•LenovoXClarityEnergyManager
LenovoXClarityEnergyManagerisatoolfordatacenterpowermanagement.Itmodelsthe
datacenterphysicalhierarchyandmonitorspowerandtemperatureattheserverlevelandthe
grouplevel.Byanalyzingpowerandtemperaturedata,LenovoXClarityEnergyManagerhelps
youimprovebusinesscontinuityandincreasepowerefficiency.Formoreinformation,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101160.
•LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIisacollectionofservermanagementtoolsthatutilizeacommand-line
interfaceprogramtomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystemsforCMM,IMM,and
Flex-IOMbasedsystemsusingtheapplications.LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIiscomprisedof
individualToolsCenterapplicationmodulesthatareeasilyupdated.Formoreinformation,goto
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER.
•IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
TheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMM2.1providesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceedsa
thresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMM2.1lightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,
recordstheerrorintheIMM2.1eventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMM2.1also
providesavirtualpresencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMM2.1provides
remoteservermanagementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
–CommonInformationModel(CIM)
–Webbrowser
Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)”onpage112
andtheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser’sGuideathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/
systemx/documentation/topic/com.lenovo.sysx.imm2.doc/printable_doc.html.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegrateddual-portIntelGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnection
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet
controller”onpage116.
•IntegratedTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecure
keys.ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specification.You
candownloadthesoftwaretosupporttheTCGspecification,whenthesoftwareisavailable.See
http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/enterprise/index.htmlfordetailsabouttheTPMimplementation.
YoucanenableTPMsupportthroughtheSetuputilityundertheSystemSecuritymenuchoice(see
“UsingtheSetuputility”onpage107
).
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Theservercansupportamaximumofthirty-two2.5-inchdrives,twelve3.5-inchdrives,oracombination
ofboth2.5-inchand3.5-inchdriveswhenyouusethesupportedSAS/SATAbackplaneconfigurations.
Theserversupports2.5-inchhot-swapSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)harddiskdrivesorhot-swapSerialATA
(SATA)harddiskdrives,2.5-inchhot-swapsolidstatedrives(SSD),or3.5-inchhot-swapsolidstatedrives.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningofftheserver.
•Largesystem-memorycapacity
Theservercansupportupto1536GBofsystemmemory.Theserverimplements12DIMMslotsper
processorthatsystemconsistsof24DIMMslots.Theservermemorycontrollersupportserrorcorrecting
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