What
your
server
offers
The
server
uses
the
following
features
and
technologies:
v
Baseboard
management
controller
The
baseboard
management
controller
provides
environmental
monitoring
for
the
server.
If
environmental
conditions
exceed
thresholds
or
if
system
components
fail,
the
baseboard
management
controller
lights
LEDs
to
help
you
diagnose
the
problem.
Critical
errors
are
also
included
in
the
error
log.
The
baseboard
management
controller
also
provides
remote
server
management
capabilities
through
the
OSA
SMBridge
management
utility
program.
Note:
The
baseboard
management
controller
is
also
known
as
the
service
processor.
v
IBM
Director
IBM
Director
is
a
workgroup-hardware-management
tool
that
you
can
use
to
centrally
manage
xSeries
servers.
For
more
information
about
IBM
Director,
see
the
IBM
Director
documentation
on
the
IBM
Director
CD.
v
IBM
Enterprise
X-Architecture
technology
IBM
X-Architecture
technology
combines
proven,
innovative
IBM
designs
to
make
your
Intel-processor-based
server
powerful,
scalable,
and
reliable.
For
more
information,
go
to
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.html.
–
Active
™
Memory
The
Active
Memory
feature
improves
the
reliability
of
memory
through
memory
mirroring
and
online-spare
memory.
Memory
mirroring
stores
data
in
two
pairs
of
DIMMs
simultaneously.
Online-spare
memory
disables
a
failed
pair
of
DIMMs
from
the
system
configuration
and
activates
a
pair
of
online-spare
memory
DIMMs.
For
more
information,
see
the
section
about
installing
DIMMs
in
the
Installation
Guide
.
–
Large
system-memory
capacity
The
memory
bus
supports
up
to
16
GB
of
system
memory.
The
memory
controller
supports
error
correcting
code
(ECC)
for
up
to
eight
industry-standard,
1.8
V,
240-pin,
double-data
rate
(DDR)
II,
PC2-3200,
registered,
synchronous
dynamic
random-access
memory
(SDRAM)
dual
inline
memory
modules
(DIMMs).
v
IBM
ServerGuide
™
Setup
and
Installation
CD
The
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD
that
comes
with
the
server
provides
programs
to
help
you
set
up
the
server
and
install
a
32-bit
Windows
®
operating
system.
The
ServerGuide
program
detects
installed
hardware
options
and
provides
the
correct
configuration
programs
and
device
drivers.
For
more
information
about
the
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD,
see
“Using
the
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD”
on
page
18.
v
Integrated
network
support
The
server
comes
with
two
integrated
Broadcom
Gigabit
Ethernet
controllers,
which
support
connection
to
a
10-Mbps,
100-Mbps,
or
1000-Mbps
network.
For
more
information,
see
“Configuring
the
Ethernet
controllers”
on
page
22.
v
Large
data-storage
and
hot-swap
capability
The
server
supports
up
to
six
25.4
mm
(1-inch)
slim,
3.5-inch
hot-swap
hard
disk
drives
installed
on
Ultra-Slim
hard
disk
drive
trays
in
the
hot-swap
bays.
With
the
hot-swap
feature,
you
can
add,
remove,
or
replace
hard
disk
drives
without
turning
off
the
server.
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xSeries
346
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