IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Hardware Announcement ZG09-0169
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mouse (operating system must support USB) support over the system management
LAN connections.
With video compression now built into the adapter hardware, it is designed to
allow the greater screen sizes and refresh rates that are becoming standard in the
marketplace. This feature allows the user to display server activities from power-on
to full operation remotely, with remote user interaction at virtually any time.
IBM Director
The System x3650 M2 server features IBM Director, a powerful, highly integrated
systems management software solution built on industry standards, and designed
for ease of use.
You can exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup management environments
and use rich security features that access and manage physically dispersed IT assets
efficiently over the Internet.
It can help reduce costs through potentially:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
• Reduced service and support costs
IBM Director integrates leading workgroup and enterprise systems management
environments via upward integration modules. This integration enables the
advanced management capabilities built into the System x3650 M2 server to be
accessed from:
• Tivoli Enterprise and Tivoli NetView
• Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Framework
• NetIQ -- BMC Patrol
• Microsoft SMS
• Intel LANDesk Management Suite
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail,
and monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as processors,
HDDs, and memory.
IBM Director includes self-management features and a portfolio of proactive
predictive tools that enable advanced xSeries® server management, resulting in
higher server availability and reliability.
Its industry-standard foundation enables heterogeneous hardware support. It works
with the integrated systems-management processor to access environmental system
information.
The integrated systems management processor monitors and controls operating
status for critical errors.
• Automatic server restart (ASR) monitors the operating system status and
automatically restarts the server if the operating system fails to respond. An alert
is then generated if the system has been restarted through ASR.
• Fan monitoring and control manages fan speed and automatically increases it
to maintain system cooling if temperature thresholds are exceeded. An alert is
generated if a fan:
– Fails, or failure is predicted
– Is installed or removed
• Power supply monitoring monitors for voltage ranges of supply.
• Temperature monitoring provides CPU and HDD backplane temperature
information. An alert is generated if (preset) temperature warning thresholds are
exceeded or restored, and if critical temperature thresholds are exceeded. Soft
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