IBM System x3250, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoring
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Startup (boot) from LAN through remote initial program load (RIPL) or dynamic
host configuration protocol/boot protocol (DHCP/BOOTP)
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System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
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System-error logging (POST and IMM)
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Systems-management monitoring through the Inter-Integrated Circuit (IC)
protocol bus
v Upgradeable POST, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), diagnostics,
IMM firmware, and read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the
LAN
v Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessor, system board, power supply, and
SAS/SATA (hot-swap hard disk drive) backplane
v Wake on LAN capability
IBM Systems Director
IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems and supports multiple operating
systems and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.
Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views for
viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one another,
and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with business
needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Director provides
many of the core capabilities that are required for basic management, which means
instant out-of-the-box business value. The following common tasks are included:
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Discovery
v Inventory
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Configuration
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System health
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Monitoring
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Updates
v Event notification
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Automation for managed systems
The IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent
interface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:
v Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailed
inventory and relationships to the other network resources
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Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate the
sources of the problems
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Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing
updates on a schedule
v Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify the
administrator of emerging problems
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Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that can
apply those settings to multiple systems
v Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the base
capabilities
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Managing the life cycles of virtual resources
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IBM System x3250 M3 Types 4251, 4252, and 4261: Installation and User’s Guide