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FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage96
.
•SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanage
physicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustry
standards,SystemsDirectorsupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualization
technologies.Formoreinformation,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2
Ffqm0_main.htmland“SystemsDirector”onpage13
.
•IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
TheintegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMMprovidesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceeds
athresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMMlightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,
recordstheerrorintheIMMeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMMalsoprovidesa
virtualpresencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMMprovidesremoteserver
managementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
–CommonInformationModel(CIM)
–Webbrowser
SomeofthefeaturesthatareuniquetotheIMMareenhancedperformance,higher-resolutionremote
video,expandedsecurityoptions,andFeatureonDemandenablementforhardwareandfirmwareoptions.
Foradditionalinformation,see“Usingtheintegratedmanagementmodule”
onpage104
andtheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUsersGuideat
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5086346.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegrateddual-portIntelGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnection
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet
controller”onpage107
.
•IntegratedTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecurekeys.
ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specification.Youcandownload
thesoftwaretosupporttheTCGspecification,whenthesoftwareisavailable.YoucanenableTPM
supportthroughtheSetuputilityundertheSystemSecuritymenuoption.
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Thehot-swapservermodelssupportamaximumofeight2.5-inchorthree3.5-inchhot-swapSerial
AttachedSCSI(SAS)harddiskdrivesorhot-swapSerialATA(SATA)harddiskdrives.Thesimple-swap
servermodelssupportamaximumofthree3.5-inchsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrives.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningofftheserver.
•Largesystem-memorycapacity
Theservercansupportupto768GBofsystemmemory.Theserverprovides24dualinlinememory
module(DIMM)connectors.Theservermemorycontrollersupportserrorcorrectingcode(ECC)for
PC3-8500(DDR3-1066),PC3-10600(DDR3-1333),PC3-12800(DDR3-1600),orPC3-14900(DDR3-1866),
DDR3(third-generationdouble-data-rate),synchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemory(SDRAM)
DIMMs.
•Lightpathdiagnostics
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