Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Systems Director

•Menu-drivensetup,systemconfiguration,andredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)configuration
programs
•Microprocessorbuilt-inself-test(BIST),internalerrorsignalmonitoring,internalthermaltripsignal
monitoring,configurationchecking,andmicroprocessorandvoltageregulatormodulefailureidentification
throughlightpathdiagnostics
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)button
•ParitycheckingonthePCIebuses
•Powermanagement:compliancewithAdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)
•Power-onself-test(POST)
•PredictiveFailureAnalysis(PFA)alertsonmemory,SAS/SATAharddiskdrivesorsolidstatedrives
•RedundantEthernetcapabilitieswithfailoversupport
•Redundanthot-swappowersuppliesandredundanthot-swapfans
•Redundantnetworkinterfacecard(NIC)support
•Remindbuttontotemporarilyturnoffthesystem-errorLED
•Remotesystemproblem-determinationsupport
•ROM-baseddiagnostics
•ROMchecksums
•SerialPresenceDetection(SPD)onmemory,VPDonsystemboard,powersupply,andharddiskdriveor
solidstatedrivebackplanes,microprocessorandmemoryexpansiontray,andEthernetadapters
•Single-DIMMisolationofexcessivecorrectableerrorormulti-biterrorbytheUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
Interface(UEFI)
•Solid-statedrives
•Standbyvoltageforsystems-managementfeaturesandmonitoring
•Startup(boot)fromLANthroughremoteinitialprogramload(RIPL)ordynamichostconfiguration
protocol/bootprotocol(DHCP/BOOTP)
•Systemauto-configuringfromtheconfigurationmenu
•System-errorlogging(POSTandIMM2)
•Systems-managementmonitoringthroughtheInter-IntegratedCircuit(I2C)protocolbus
•Uncorrectableerror(UE)detection
•UpgradeablePOST,UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI),diagnostics,IMM2firmware,and
read-onlymemory(ROM)residentcode,locallyorovertheLAN
•Vitalproductdata(VPD)onmicroprocessors,systemboard,powersupplies,andSAS/SATA(hot-swap
harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive)backplane
•WakeonLANcapability
SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysicaland
virtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,SystemsDirectorsupports
multipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesinLenovoandnon-Lenovox86platforms.
Throughasingleuserinterface,SystemsDirectorprovidesconsistentviewsforviewingmanagedsystems,
determininghowthesesystemsrelatetooneother,andidentifyingtheirstatuses,helpingtocorrelate
technicalresourceswithbusinessneeds.AsetofcommontasksthatareincludedwithSystemsDirector
providesmanyofthecorecapabilitiesthatarerequiredforbasicmanagement,whichmeansinstant
out-of-the-boxbusinessvalue.Thecommontasksincludediscovery,inventory,configuration,system
health,monitoring,updates,eventnotification,automationformanagedsystems,hardwarelog,power,and
lightpath.
TheSystemsDirectorwebandcommand-lineinterfacesprovideaconsistentinterfacethatisfocused
ondrivingthesecommontasksandcapabilities:
•Discovering,navigating,andvisualizingsystemsonthenetworkwiththedetailedinventoryand
relationshipstotheothernetworkresources
•Notifyingusersofproblemsthatoccuronsystemsandtheabilitytoisolatethesourceoftheproblem
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