Lenovo BladeCenter HS22, Installation And User Manual

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• System error logging
• Wake on LAN capability
• Wake on PCI (PME) capability
• Wake on USB 2.0 capability
IBM® Director
Use this information to understand how IBM® Director works with the blade server.
With IBM® Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
• View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail
• Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as microprocessors, disks, and memory
• Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM x86-processor-based servers, desktop
computers, workstations, and notebook computers on a variety of platforms
IBM® Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It includes the following
key features:
• Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
• Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft Small Business Server,
MicrosoftWindows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, AIX, i5/OS, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,
and VMware. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see the IBM
Director Compatibility Document. This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/resources/. It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks.
• Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and notebook computers.
• Support for systems-management industry standards.
• Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management environments.
• Ease of use, training, and setup.
IBM® Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced server tools that are designed to
reduce the total cost of managing and supporting networked systems. By deploying IBM® Director, you can
achieve reductions in ownership costs through the following benefits:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and users
• Reduced service and support costs
For more information about IBM Director, see the IBM Systems Director Information Center at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo_all/diricinfoparent.html and the
IBMxSeries Systems Management Web page at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/, which
presents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM® Director.
Major components of the blade server
Use this information to locate the major components on the blade server. The major components of the blade
server include Field Replaceable Units (FRUs), Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs), and optional devices.
The following illustration shows the major components of the blade server.
Chapter 1
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Introduction
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