IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Chapter 9. Management
In the information technology sector, server systems management has received greater focus
over recent years. The ability to maintain and manage systems efficiently is essential to
business IT operations. We briefly describe the embedded hardware and external
applications that are available to manage and maintain the eX5 range of systems. And, we
demonstrate several of them.
This chapter contains the following topics:
򐂰 9.1, “Introduction” on page 448
򐂰 9.2, “Integrated Management Module (IMM)” on page 449
򐂰 9.3, “Advanced Management Module (AMM)” on page 454
򐂰 9.4, “Remote control” on page 462
򐂰 9.5, “IBM Systems Director 6.2” on page 467
򐂰 9.6, “IBM Electronic Services” on page 493
򐂰 9.7, “Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)” on page 495
򐂰 9.8, “IBM ServerGuide” on page 501
򐂰 9.9, “IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit” on page 507
򐂰 9.10, “Firmware update tools and methods” on page 509
򐂰 9.11, “UpdateXpress System Pack Installer” on page 511
򐂰 9.12, “Bootable Media Creator” on page 514
򐂰 9.13, “MegaRAID Storage Manager” on page 521
򐂰 9.14, “Serial over LAN” on page 525
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IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack