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YoucanenableTPMsupportthroughtheSetuputilityundertheSystemSecuritymenuoption(see
“UsingtheSetuputility”onpage89
).
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Theserversupportsamaximumofeight2.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swapSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)
orSerialATA(SATA)harddiskdrives,orfour3.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swapSAS/SATAharddisk
drives,dependingontheservermodel.
•Largesystem-memorycapacity
Theserversupportsupto32GBifunbufferedDIMMsareinstalled.Thememorycontrollersupportserror
correctingcode(ECC)forupto4industry-standardPC3L-12800(DDR3-1600),DDR3(third-generation
double-data-rate),unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(DIMMs).
•MobileaccesstoLenovoServiceInformationwebsite
TheserverprovidesaQRcodeonthesystemservicelabel,whichisonthecoveroftheserver,thatyou
canscanusingaQRcodereaderandscannerwithamobiledevicetogetquickaccesstotheLenovo
ServiceInformationwebsite.TheLenovoServiceInformationwebsiteprovidesadditionalinformationfor
partsinstallationandreplacementvideos,anderrorcodesforserversupport.FortheQRcode,seeQR
codeinformationonpageChapter1“TheLenovoSystemx3250M5Type5458server”onpage1
.
•Multi-coreprocessing
TheserversupportsIntelPentium™,IntelCore™i3,andIntelXeonE3-1200v3seriesmulti-core
microprocessors.Theservercomeswithonemicroprocessorinstalled.
•PCIadaptercapabilities
TheserverhastwoPCIinterfaceslots.BothslotscansupportPCIExpressadapters.See“Replacingan
adapter”onpage185
fordetailedinformation.
•Coolingandoptionalpowercapabilities
Theserversupportsfivespeed-controlledsimple-swapfansforafullconfiguration.Theservercomes
withone300-wattfixedpowersupply,orone460-watthot-swappowersupplyinstalled.Theserver
supportsamaximumoftwo460-watthot-swappowersupplies.Forredundancysupportonhot-swap
models,twopower-suppliesmustbeinstalledintheserver.Twopowersuppliesenablescontinued
operationifoneofthepowersuppliesfails.
•ServeRAIDsupport
TheServeRAIDadapterprovideshardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)supporttocreate
configurations.ThestandardRAIDadapterprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and10.AdditionaloptionalRAID
adaptersareavailableforpurchasethatprovideRAIDlevel5.
•Systems-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithanIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2).WhentheIMM2isusedwiththe
systems-managementsoftwarethatcomeswiththeserver,youcanmanagethefunctionsoftheserver
locallyandremotely.TheIMM2alsoprovidessystemmonitoring,eventrecording,andnetworkalert
capability.Thesystems-managementconnectorfortheIMM2islocatedontherearoftheserver.
•UEFI-compliantserverfirmware
TheUEFIfirmwareoffersseveralfeatures,includingUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)
version2.1compliance,enhancedreliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS)capabilities,andbasic
input/outputsystem(BIOS)compatibilitysupport.UEFIreplacestheBIOSanddefinesastandard
interfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformfirmware,andexternaldevices.Theserveriscapableof
bootingUEFI-compliantoperatingsystems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,andBIOS-basedadapters
aswellasUEFI-compliantadapters.FormoreinformationaboutUEFI-compliantfirmware,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083207.
Note:TheserverdoesnotsupportDOS(DiskOperatingSystem).
•VMwareESXiembeddedhypervisor
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