The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, which you can download from the
Web, provides programs to help you set up the server and install a Windows
operating system. The ServerGuide program detects installed optional hardware
devices and provides the correct configuration programs and device drivers. For
more information about the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, see “Using the
ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD” on page 120.
v Integrated network support
The server comes with an integrated dual-port Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
controller, which supports connection to a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps
network. For more information, see “Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet
controller” on page 127.
v 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. See
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/scalable_family.html for details
about the TPM implementation. You can enable TPM support through the Setup
utility under the System Security menu option.
v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
The hot-swap server models support a maximum of eight 2.5-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 four 2.5-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.
v Light path diagnostics
Light path diagnostics provides LEDs to help you diagnose problems. For more
information about the light path diagnostics, see “Light path diagnostics panel”
on page 18 and the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM System x
Documentation CD.
v PCI adapter capabilities
The server has two PCI interface slots (one supports low-profile cards, and one
supports half-length, full-height cards). Both slots can support PCI Express or
PCI-X adapters through an optional PCI riser card. See “Installing an adapter”
on page 70 for detailed information.
v Active Energy Manager
The IBM Active Energy Manager solution is an IBM Systems Director plug-in
that measures and reports server power consumption as it occurs. This enables
you to monitor power consumption in correlation to specific software
application programs and hardware configurations. You can obtain the
measurement values through the systems-management interface and view them,
using IBM Systems Director. For more information, including the required levels
of IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager, see the IBM Systems
Director documentation on the IBM Systems Director CD,orsee
http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.html.
v Redundant connection
The addition of the optional Ethernet daughter card provides failover capability
to a redundant Ethernet connection with the applicable application installed. If a
problem occurs with the primary Ethernet connection and the optional Ethernet
daughter card is installed on the server, all Ethernet traffic that is associated
with the primary connection is automatically switched to the optional redundant
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