Lenovo x3550 M4, Installation And Service Manual

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For more information about the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, see “Using the ServerGuide
Setup and Installation CD” on page 96.
• Systems Director
Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the way you manage
physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment. By using industry
standards, Systems Director supports multiple operating systems and virtualization
technologies. For more information, see the Systems Director Information Center at
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2
Ffqm0_main.html and “Systems Director” on page 13.
• Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)
The integrated management module II (IMM2) combines service processor functions, video controller,
and remote presence and blue-screen capture features in a single chip. The IMM provides advanced
service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting function. If an environmental condition exceeds
a threshold or if a system component fails, the IMM lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem,
records the error in the IMM event log, and alerts you to the problem. Optionally, the IMM also provides a
virtual presence capability for remote server management capabilities. The IMM provides remote server
management through the following industry-standard interfaces:
– Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3.0
– Common Information Model (CIM)
– Web browser
Some of the features that are unique to the IMM are enhanced performance, higher-resolution remote
video, expanded security options, and Feature on Demand enablement for hardware and firmware options.
For additional information, see “Using the integrated management module”
on page 104 and the Integrated Management Module II Users Guide at
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5086346.
• Integrated network support
The server comes with an integrated dual-port Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller, which supports connection
to a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps network. For more information, see “Configuring the Ethernet
controller” on page 107.
• Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
This integrated security chip performs cryptographic functions and stores private and public secure keys.
It provides the hardware support for the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) specification. You can download
the software to support the TCG specification, when the software is available. You can enable TPM
support through the Setup utility under the
System Security menu option.
• Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
The hot-swap server models support a maximum of eight 2.5-inch or three 3.5-inch hot-swap Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives or hot-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives. The simple-swap
server models support a maximum of three 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA hard disk drives.
With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives without turning off the server.
• Large system-memory capacity
The server can support up to 768 GB of system memory. The server provides 24 dual inline memory
module (DIMM) connectors. The server memory controller supports error correcting code (ECC) for
PC3-8500 (DDR3-1066), PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333), PC3-12800 (DDR3-1600), or PC3-14900 (DDR3-1866),
DDR3 (third-generation double-data-rate), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM)
DIMMs.
• Light path diagnostics
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