Lenovo System x3550 M4 - What Your Server Offers

Sleepmodepower(watts):
Notapplicableforservers.
Offmodepower(watts):
17
Noiselevels(thedeclaredA-weighedsoundpowerlevelofthecomputer):
SeeAcousticalnoiseemissions.
Testvoltageandfrequency:
230V/50Hzor60Hz
Totalharmonicdistortionoftheelectricitysupplysystem:
Themaximumharmoniccontentoftheinputvoltagewaveformwillbeequalorlessthan2%.The
qualificationiscompliantwithEN61000-3-2.
Informationanddocumentationontheinstrumentationset-upandcircuitsusedforelectricaltesting:
ENERGYSTARTestMethodforComputerServers;ECOVAGeneralizedTestProtocolforCalculating
theEnergyEfficiencyofInternalAc-DcandDc-DcPowerSupplies.
Measurementmethodologyusedtodetermineinformationinthisdocument:
ENERGYSTARServersVersion2.0ProgramRequirements;ECOVAGeneralizedTestProtocolfor
CalculatingtheEnergyEfficiencyofInternalAc-DcandDc-DcPowerSupplies.
Whatyourserveroffers
Thissectionintroducesfeaturesandtechnologiestheserverusesandprovides.
•ActiveEnergyManager
TheActiveEnergyManagersolutionisanSystemsDirectorplug-inthatmeasuresandreports
serverpowerconsumptionasitoccurs.Thisenablesyoutomonitorpowerconsumptionin
correlationtospecificsoftwareapplicationprogramsandhardwareconfigurations.Youcan
obtainthemeasurementvaluesthroughthesystems-managementinterfaceandviewthem,
usingSystemsDirector.Formoreinformation,includingtherequiredlevelsofSystems
DirectorandActiveEnergyManager,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2
Ffqm0_main.htmlorseehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html.
•DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)
TheservercomeswiththeDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Prebootdiagnosticprogram.DSAcollects
andanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems,aswellasofferingarichsetof
diagnostictestsofthemajorcomponentsoftheserver.DSAcreatesaDSAlog,whichisachronologically
orderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theintegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)
eventlog(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucansendtheDSAlogasafile
toLenovoSupportorviewtheinformationasatextfileorHTMLfile.
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable:DSAPortableandDSAPreboot.Formore
informationaboutbotheditions,see“DSAeditions”onpage136
.
•FeaturesonDemand
IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedintheserverorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalledinthe
server,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.ForinformationaboutFeatureson
Demand,seehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/.
•ServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
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