IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment.
By using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating
systems and virtualization technologies for IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms. For
more information, see the IBM Systems Director Information Center at and “IBM
Systems Director” on page 18.
v IBM Enterprise X-Architecture technology
IBM X-Architecture
®
technology combines proven, innovative IBM designs to
make your Intel-processor-based server powerful, scalable, and reliable.
v IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
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 96.
v Integrated network support
The server comes with an integrated dual-port Intel 82574L 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 110.
v PCI adapter capabilities
The server has four PCI interface slots. The slots can support PCI Express or
PCI-X adapters. See “Replacing an adapter” on page 269 for detailed
information.
v Large system-memory capacity
The server supports up to 32 GB of system memory when unbuffered DIMMs
are installed. The memory controller supports error correcting code (ECC) and
non-error correcting code for up to 4 industry-standard PC3-10600R-999
(single-rank or dual-rank), 1066 and 1333 MHz, DDR3 (third-generation
double-data-rate) unbuffered synchronous dynamic random access memory
(SDRAM) dual inline memory modules (DIMMs).
v Redundant connection
The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides a failover
capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with the
primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic that is associated with the
primary connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. If the
applicable device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss
and without user intervention.
v ServeRAID support
The ServeRAID adapter provides hardware redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) support to create configurations. The standard RAID adapter
provides RAID levels 0, 1, and 10. An optional RAID adapter is available for
purchase.
v Dual-core or quad-core processing
The server supports one Intel Xeon
™
dual-core or quad-core microprocessor.
v Systems-management capabilities
The server comes with an integrated management module II (IMM2). When the
IMM2 is used with the systems-management software that comes with the
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