The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer
The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer detects supported and installed device
drivers and firmware in the server and installs available updates.
For additional information and to download the UpdateXpress System Pack
Installer, go to the ToolsCenter for System x and BladeCenter at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/ and click UpdateXpress
System Pack Installer.
Using the Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)
The Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) is a second generation of the
functions that were formerly provided by the baseboard management controller
hardware. It combines service processor functions, video controller, and remote
presence function in a single chip.
The IMM2 supports the following basic systems-management features:
v Alerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail).
v Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR).
v Automatic microprocessor disable on failure and restart in a two-microprocessor
configuration when one microprocessor signals an internal error. When one of
the microprocessors fail, the server will disable the failing microprocessor and
restart with the other microprocessor.
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating
system hangs and the operating system watchdog timer times-out. The IMM2
might be configured to watch for the operating system watchdog timer and
reboot the system after a timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, the
IMM2 allows the administrator to generate a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) by
pressing an NMI button on the light path diagnostics panel for an
operating-system memory dump. ASR is supported by IPMI.
v A virtual media key, which enables remote presence support (remote video,
remote keyboard/mouse, and remote storage).
v Boot sequence manipulation.
v Command-line interface.
v Configuration save and restore.
v DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
disables a failing DIMM that is detected during POST, and the IMM2 lights the
associated system error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.
v Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan
failure, power supply failure, and power backplane failure.
v Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 and
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.
v Invalid system configuration (CONFIG) LED support.
v Light path diagnostics LEDs indicators to report errors that occur with fans,
power supplies, microprocessor, hard disk drives, and system errors.
v Local firmware code flash update
v Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.
v Operating-system failure blue screen capture.
v PCI configuration data.
v Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset,
schedule power control).
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