Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Systems Director

•Powermanagement:CompliancewithAdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)
•Power-onself-test(POST)
•PredictiveFailureAnalysis(PFA)alertsonmemory,microprocessors,SAS/SATAharddiskdrivesor
solidstatedrives,fans,powersupplies,andVRM
•RedundantEthernetcapabilitieswithfailoversupport
•Redundanthot-swappowersuppliesandredundanthot-swapfans
•Redundantnetworkinterfacecard(NIC)support
•Remindbuttontotemporarilyturnoffthesystem-errorLED
•Remotesystemproblem-determinationsupport
•ROM-baseddiagnostics
•ROMchecksums
•SerialPresenceDetection(SPD)onmemory,VPDonsystemboard,powersupply,andharddiskdriveor
solidstatedrivebackplanes,microprocessorandmemoryexpansiontray,andEthernetcards
•Single-DIMMisolationofexcessivecorrectableerrorormulti-biterrorbytheUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
Interface(UEFI)
•Solidstatedrives
•Standbyvoltageforsystem-managementfeaturesandmonitoring
•Startup(boot)fromLANthroughremoteinitialprogramload(RIPL)ordynamichostconfiguration
protocol/bootprotocol(DHCP/BOOTP)
•Systemauto-configuringfromtheconfigurationmenu
•System-errorlogging(POSTandIMM)
•Systems-managementmonitoringthroughtheInter-IntegratedCircuit(IC)protocolbus
•Uncorrectableerror(UE)detection
•UpgradeablePOST,UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI),diagnostics,IMMfirmware,and
read-onlymemory(ROM)residentcode,locallyorovertheLAN
•Vitalproductdata(VPD)onmicroprocessors,systemboard,powersupplies,andSAS/SATA(hot-swap
harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive)backplane
•WakeonLANcapability
SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysical
andvirtualsystemssupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesinLenovoand
non-Lenovox86platforms.
Throughasingleuserinterface,SystemsDirectorprovidesconsistentviewsforviewingmanagedsystems,
determininghowthesesystemsrelatetooneother,andidentifyingtheirstatuses,helpingtocorrelate
technicalresourceswithbusinessneeds.AsetofcommontasksthatareincludedwithSystemsDirector
providesmanyofthecorecapabilitiesthatarerequiredforbasicmanagement,whichmeansinstant
out-of-the-boxbusinessvalue.Thecommontasksincludethefollowingitems:
•Discovery
•Inventory
•Configuration
•Systemhealth
•Monitoring
•Updates
•Eventnotification
•Automationformanagedsystems
TheSystemsDirectorWebandcommand-lineinterfacesprovideaconsistentinterfacethatisfocused
ondrivingthesecommontasksandcapabilities:
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