IBM INTELLISTATION E PRO 6204, User Manual

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Chapter 1. Introducing the IntelliStation E Pro
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Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Three important computer design features are reliability, availability, and serviceability
(RAS). The RAS features help to ensure the integrity of the data that is stored on your
computer, the availability of the computer when you need it, and the ease with which
you can diagnose and repair problems.
The following is an abbreviated list of the RAS features that your computer supports.
Many of these features are explained in later chapters of this publication.
• Reliability features
— Boot block recovery
— Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
— Error code correction (ECC) front-side buses (FSBs)
— ECC L2 cache and system memory
— Parity checking on the small computer system interface (SCSI) and
peripheral component interconnect (PCI) buses
— Advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI)
— Power-on self-test (POST)
— Synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) with serial
presence detect (SPD)
• Availability features
— Advanced Desktop Management Interface (DMI) features
— Auto-restart initial program load (IPL) power supply
— Automatic error retry or recovery
— Automatic computer restart after power failure
— Built-in, menu-driven configuration and setup programs
— Built-in, menu-driven SCSI configuration programs (some models)
— Monitoring support for temperatures, voltages, and fan speed
— Upgradable basic input/output system (BIOS), diagnostics, and POST
— Wake on LAN (WOL) capability
• Serviceability features
— 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Customer support
— 3-year warranty
— Adaptec built-in self-test (BIST)
— Preinstalled Ethernet adapter
— CD-ROM-based diagnostics programs
— Diagnostic support of Ethernet adapters
— Error codes and messages
— Processor serial number access
— Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
— Vital product data (VPD); includes serial number information and
replacement part numbers, stored in nonvolatile memory, for easier remote
maintenance