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•DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)
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”onpage142
.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsupport
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradeactivationkeyforFiberChanneloverEthernetandiSCSIstorageprotocols
thatisprovidedthroughtheintegratedEthernetcontroller.Formoreinformation,see“EnablingFeatures
onDemandRAIDsoftware”onpage116
.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsupport
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsupportforRAIDlevels5,6,50,and60upgrade.
FeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDupgradeisintegratedintotheIntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2).Formoreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemandRAIDsoftware”onpage116.
•LenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage105
.
•SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanage
physicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,Systems
DirectorsupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesforLenovoand
non-Lenovox86platforms.Formoreinformation,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.htmland“SystemsDirector”onpage15
.
•LenovoXClarityAdministrator
LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators
todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx,
ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesthefollowingfeatures:
–Intuitivegraphicaluserinterface
–Automateddiscoveryandinventory
–Firmwareupdatesandcompliance
–Configurationpatterns
–Baremetaldeployment
–Securitymanagement
–Upwardintegration
–Representationalstatetransfer(REST)applicationprogramminginterfacesandWindowsPowerShell
–Simplenetworkmanagementprotocol(SNMP),systemlog,ande-mailforwarding
Formoreinformation,see“UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator”onpage118
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