IBM iDataPlex dx360 M4, User Manual

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Menu-driven setup, system configuration, and redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) configuration programs
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Microprocessor built-in self-test (BIST), internal error signal monitoring,
configuration checking, and microprocessor and voltage regulator module failure
identification
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Memory mirroring support (memory mirroring are mutually exclusive of each
other)
v Parity checking on the small computer system interface (SCSI) bus and PCI
buses
v Power management: Compliance with Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI)
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts on memory, SAS/SATA hard disk drives,
and power supplies
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support
v Redundant Network Interface Card (NIC) support
v Remind button to temporarily turn off the system-error LED
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Remote system problem-determination support
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ROM-based diagnostics
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ROM checksums
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Serial Presence Detection (SPD) on memory, VPD, power supply, and hard disk
drives backplane
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Simple-swap hard disk drives
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Single-DIMM isolation of excessive correctable error or multi-bit error by the
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
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Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoring
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Startup (boot) from LAN through remote initial program load (RIPL) or dynamic
host configuration protocol/boot protocol (DHCP/BOOTP)
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System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
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System-error logging (POST and IMM2)
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Systems-management monitoring through the Inter-Integrated Circuit (IC)
protocol bus
v Upgradeable POST, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), diagnostics,
IMM2 firmware, and read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the
LAN
v Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies, and
SAS/SATA (hot-swap hard disk drive) backplane
v Wake on LAN capability
IBM Systems Director
IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems 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 other, 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. The common tasks include the following:
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Discovery
v Inventory
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Configuration
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System health
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