IBM IntelliStation M Pro, User Manual

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Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Three of the most important features in computer design 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 the later chapters of this
publication.
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Reliability features
– Boot block recovery
– Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
– Customer upgradable basic input/output system (BIOS)
– Error code correction (ECC) front-side buses (FSBs)
– ECC L2 cache
– ECC 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)
– Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM) with serial presence
detect (SPD)
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Availability features
– Advanced desktop management interface (DMI) features
– Alert on LAN
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capability
- Chassis intrusion
- Operating system (OS) suspensions
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– Auto-restart initial program load (IPL) power supply
– Automatic error retry or recovery
– Automatic computer restart
– Automatic restart after power failure
– Built-in, menu-driven configuration programs
– Built-in, menu-driven SCSI configuration programs (some models)
– Built-in, menu-driven setup programs
– Menu-driven diagnostic programs on compact disc read-only memory
(CD-ROM)
– Monitoring support for temperatures, voltages, and fan speed
– Standard advanced system management (ASM) PCI adapter provides control
for remote system management
– Upgradable BIOS, diagnostics ASM PCI adapter microcode, and POST
– Wake on LAN
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(WOL) capability
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Serviceability features
– 24/7 customer support
– 3-year warranty
– Adaptec built-in self-test (BIST)
– Alert on LAN with optional IBM Ethernet adapter
– CD-ROM-based diagnostics
– Diagnostic support of Ethernet adapters
– Error codes and messages
– Processor serial number access
– Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
– Standard-cables-present detection
2. Or unresponsive operating systems
Chapter 1. Introducing the IntelliStation M Pro
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