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TheservercomeswiththeDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Prebootdiagnosticprogramstoredinthe
integratedUSBmemoryontheserver.DSAcollectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosing
serverproblems,aswellasofferingarichsetofdiagnostictestsofthemajorcomponentsofthe
server.DSAcreatesaDSAlog,whichisachronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(as
theIPMIeventlog),theIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)eventlog(astheASMeventlog),and
theoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucansendtheDSAlogasafiletoLenovoSupportorviewthe
informationasatextfileorHTMLfile.
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable:DSAPortableandDSAPreboot.Formore
informationaboutbotheditions,see“DSAeditions”onpage125
.
•FeaturesonDemand
IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedintheserverorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalledinthe
server,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.ForinformationaboutFeatureson
Demand,seehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/.
•LenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage87
.
•SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanage
physicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,Systems
DirectorsupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesforLenovoand
non-Lenovox86platforms.Formoreinformation,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.htmland“SystemsDirector”onpage13
.
•IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
TheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMM2providesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceedsa
thresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMM2lightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,records
theerrorintheIMM2eventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMM2alsoprovidesavirtual
presencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMM2providesremoteserver
managementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
–CommonInformationModel(CIM)
–Webbrowser
Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)”onpage96
andthe
IntegratedManagementModuleIIUser’sGuideatthehttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegratedquad-portBroadcomGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupports
connectiontoa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“Configuring
theEthernetcontroller”onpage99
.
•IntegratedTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecure
keys.ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specification.You
candownloadthesoftwaretosupporttheTCGspecification,whenthesoftwareisavailable.See
http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/enterprise/index.htmlfordetailsabouttheTPMimplementation.
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