Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

Youmustinstallthefifthandsixthfanswhenyouinstallthesecondmicroprocessorintheserver.You
canorderthesecondoptionalpowersupplyforpowerredundancy.
Note:Youcannotmixdifferentwattagesanddifferent80plusefficiencylevelofpowersuppliesin
theserver.
•ServeRAIDsupport
TheServeRAIDadapterprovideshardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)supportto
createconfigurations.ThestandardRAIDadapterprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and10.AnoptionalRAID
adapterisavailableforpurchase.
•Systems-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithanIMM2.1.WhentheIMMisusedwiththesystems-managementsoftwarethat
comeswiththeserver,youcanmanagethefunctionsoftheserverlocallyandremotely.TheIMMalso
providessystemmonitoring,eventrecording,andnetworkalertcapability.Thesystems-management
connectorontherearoftheserverisdedicatedtotheIMM.Thededicatedsystems-management
connectorprovidesadditionalsecuritybyphysicallyseparatingthemanagementnetworktrafficfromthe
productionnetwork.Insharedmode,dependingonthenetworkenvironment,theIMMmightdisconnect
fromthenetworkforashorttimewhentheserverrestarts.YoucanusetheSetupUtilitytoconfigurethe
servertouseadedicatedsystems-managementnetworkorasharednetwork.
•UEFI-compliantserverfirmware
SystemxServerFirmware(serverfirmware)offersseveralfeatures,includingUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
Interface(UEFI)2.1compliance;enhancedreliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS)capabilities;and
basicinput/outputsystem(BIOS)compatibilitysupport.UEFIreplacestheBIOSanddefinesastandard
interfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformfirmware,andexternaldevices.UEFI-compliantSystem
xserversarecapableofbootingUEFI-compliantoperatingsystems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,and
BIOS-basedadaptersaswellasUEFI-compliantadapters.
Note:TheserverdoesnotsupportDOS(DiskOperatingSystem).
•VMwareESXiembeddedhypervisor
AnoptionalUSBflashdeviceorSDcardwithVMwareESXiembeddedhypervisorsoftwareisavailablefor
purchase.Hypervisorisvirtualizationsoftwarethatenablesmultipleoperatingsystemstorunonahost
systematthesametime.TheUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevicecanbeinstalledinUSBhypervisor
connectoronthesystemboard.TheSDcardcanbeinsertedintotheSDadapter.Formoreinformation
aboutusingtheembeddedhypervisor,see“Usingtheembeddedhypervisor”onpage60
.
•EnterpriseX-Architecturetechnology
X-Architecturetechnologycombinesproven,innovativeLenovodesignstomakeyour
Intel-processor-basedserverpowerful,scalable,andreliable.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Threeimportantcomputerdesignfeaturesarereliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS).TheRAS
featureshelptoensuretheintegrityofthedatathatisstoredintheserver,theavailabilityoftheserverwhen
youneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•3-yearpartsand3-yearlaborlimitedwarranty(MachineType8871)
•24-hoursupportcenter
•Automaticerrorretryandrecovery
•Automaticrestartonnonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)
•Automaticrestartafterapowerfailure
•Backupbasicinput/outputsystemswitchingunderthecontroloftheintegratedmanagementmodule
(IMM)
•Built-inmonitoringforfan,power,temperature,voltage,andpower-supplyredundancy
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