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Memory parity testing
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Microprocessor built-in self-test (BIST) during power-on self-test (POST)
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Microprocessor serial number access
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PCI PMI 2.2
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POST
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Power policy 24-hour support center
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Processor presence detect
v ROM resident diagnostics
v Service processor that communicates with the Advanced Management Module to
enable remote blade server management
v System error logging
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Vital product data (VPD) on memory
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Wake on LAN capability
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Wake on PCI (PME) capability
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Wake on USB 2.0 capability
IBM Systems Director
Use this information to understand how IBM Systems Director works with the
blade server.
IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment.
By using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating
systems and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.
Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views
for viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one
another, and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with
business needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems
Director provides many of the core capabilities that are required for basic
management, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These common
tasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring,
updates, event notification, and automation for managed systems.
The IBM Systems Director web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent
interface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:
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Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the
detailed inventory and relationships to the other network resources
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Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate
sources of the problems
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Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing
updates on a schedule
v Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify
the administrator of emerging problems
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Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that
can apply those settings to multiple systems
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Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the base
capabilities
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Managing the life cycles of virtual resources
For more information about IBM Systems Director, see the documentation at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo_all/
Chapter 1. Introduction
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