IBM PS700, Installation And User Manual

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Blade-level RAS features
The blade server has the following blade-level RAS features:
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Automatic service processor reset and reload recovery for service processor errors
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Automatic server recovery and restart that provides automatic reboot after boot hangs or detection of
checkstop conditions
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Automatic server restart (ASR)
v Built-in monitoring for temperature, voltage, hard disk drives, and flash drives
v Call Home
v Checkstop analysis
v Checkstop detection with automated restart
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Customer-upgradeable basic input/output system (BIOS) code (firmware code)
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Customer support center 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
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Degraded boot support (memory and microprocessors)
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Repeat Gard
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Extended Error Handling (EEH) for PCI host and root complex, PCIe link, and PCI adapter failures
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Emergency power off (EPOW) for the blade server and expansion cards
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Environmental monitors and alerts
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Error codes and messages
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ECC memory
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Failover Ethernet support
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First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) for determining failure root cause
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Service processor communication with the management module to enable remote blade server
management
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Light emitting diodes (LEDs) for identifying failing customer replaceable units (CRUs) or field
replaceable units (FRUs)
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Light path diagnostics
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POWER7 RAS design and objectives
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POWER7 Hypervisor (PHYP) partition recovery or partition termination when unrecoverable errors
occur
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Power-on self-test (POST)
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SDRAM with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data (VPD)
v System error logging
v System Management Services (SMS) menu support
v System-wide checkstop
v Vital product data (VPD) unique identifiers on blade server and all major electronic components with
information stored in nonvolatile memory for remote viewing
1. Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.
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Power Systems: Installation and User's Guide for the IBM Power PS700 (8406-70Y)