Lenovo x3250 m6 - Chapter 4. Configuration information; Updating the firmware

informationforserversupport,suchaspartsinstallationandreplacementvideos,anderrorcodesfor
serversupport.
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•Multi-coreprocessing
TheserversupportsanIntelPentium,Celeron,Corei3,orXeonE3-1200v5seriesmulti-core
microprocessor.
•PCIeadaptercapabilities
TheserverhastwoPCIeinterfaceslots.BothslotscansupportPCIExpressadapters.See“Installingan
adapter”onpage111fordetailedinformation.
•Coolingandoptionalpowercapabilities
Theserversupportsfourspeed-controlledsimple-swapfansforafullconfiguration.Theservercomes
withone300-wattfixedpowersupply,orone460-watthot-swappowersupplyinstalled.Theserver
supportsamaximumoftwo460-watthot-swappowersupplies.Forredundancysupportonhot-swap
models,twopower-suppliesmustbeinstalledintheserver.Twopowersuppliesenablecontinued
operationifoneofthepowersuppliesfails.
•ServeRAIDsupport
ThestandardRAIDadapterprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and10.AdditionaloptionalRAIDadaptersthat
provideRAIDlevel5areavailableforpurchase.TheServeRAIDM5200SeriesadaptersprovideRAID
level6ifaFeaturesonDemandupgradekeyforRAIDisavailable.
•System-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithanIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2).TheIMM2,whenusedwiththe
system-managementsoftwarethatcomeswiththeserver,enablesyoutomanagethefunctionsofthe
serverlocallyandremotely.TheIMM2alsoprovidessystemmonitor,eventrecord,andnetworkalert
capability.Thesystem-managementconnectorfortheIMM2isontherearoftheserver.
•UEFI-compliantserverfirmware
TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)firmwareoffersseveralfeatures,includingUEFIversion
2.1compliance;enhancedreliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS),andbasicinput/outputsystem
(BIOS)compatibilitysupport.UEFIreplacesthetraditionalBIOSinterfacewithabetterBIOSanddefines
astandardinterfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformfirmware,andexternaldevices.Theserveris
capableofbootingUEFI-compliantoperatingsystems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,andBIOS-based
adaptersaswellasUEFI-compliantadapters.FormoreinformationaboutUEFI-compliantfirmware,goto:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083207
Note:TheserverdoesnotsupportDiskOperatingSystem(DOS).
•VMwareESXiembeddedhypervisor
AnoptionalUSBflashdevicewithVMwareESXiembeddedhypervisorsoftwareisavailableforpurchase.
Hypervisorisvirtualizationsoftwarethatenablesmultipleoperatingsystemstorunonahostsystemat
thesametime.Formoreinformation,see“Usingtheembeddedhypervisor”onpage37
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