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•DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)
TheservercomeswiththeDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Prebootdiagnosticprogram.DSAcollects
andanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems,aswellasofferingarichsetof
diagnostictestsofthemajorcomponentsoftheserver.DSAcreatesaDSAlog,whichisachronologically
orderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theintegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)
eventlog(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucansendtheDSAlogasafile
totheSupportwebsiteorviewtheinformationasatextfileorHTMLfile.
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable:DSAPortableandDSAPreboot.Formore
informationaboutbotheditions,see“DSAeditions”onpage68
.
•FeaturesonDemand
IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedintheserverorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalledinthe
server,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.ForinformationaboutFeatureson
Demand,seehttps://fod.lenovo.com/lkms.
•ServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheWeb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage35
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•SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysical
andvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,SystemsDirector
supportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologies.Formoreinformation,seethe
SystemsDirectorInformationCenterathttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?
topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2Ffqm0_main.htmland“SystemsDirector”onpage16
.
•LenovoXClarityAdministrator
LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators
todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx,
ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesthefollowingfeatures:
–Intuitivegraphicaluserinterface
–Automateddiscoveryandinventory
–Firmwareupdatesandcompliance
–Configurationpatterns
–Baremetaldeployment
–Securitymanagement
–Upwardintegration
–Representationalstatetransfer(REST)applicationprogramminginterfacesandWindowsPowerShell
–Simplenetworkmanagementprotocol(SNMP),systemlog,ande-mailforwarding
Formoreinformation,see“UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator”onpage47
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•LenovoXClarityEnergyManager
LenovoXClarityEnergyManagerisatoolfordatacenterpowermanagement.Itmodelsthe
datacenterphysicalhierarchyandmonitorspowerandtemperatureattheserverlevelandthe
grouplevel.Byanalyzingpowerandtemperaturedata,LenovoXClarityEnergyManagerhelps
youimprovebusinesscontinuityandincreasepowerefficiency.Formoreinformation,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds101160.
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