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SystemxServerFirmware(serverfirmware)offersseveralfeatures,includingUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
Interface(UEFI)2.1compliance;ActiveEnergyManagertechnology;enhancedreliability,availability,
andserviceability(RAS)capabilities;andbasicinput/outputsystem(BIOS)compatibilitysupport.UEFI
replacestheBIOSanddefinesastandardinterfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformfirmware,and
externaldevices.UEFI-compliantSystemxserversarecapableofbootingUEFI-compliantoperating
systems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,andBIOS-basedadaptersaswellasUEFI-compliantadapters.
Note:TheserverdoesnotsupportDOS(DiskOperatingSystem).
•DynamicSystemAnalysisPrebootdiagnosticsprograms
TheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)PrebootdiagnosticsprogramsarestoredontheintegratedUSB
memory.Itcollectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems.Thediagnostic
programscollectthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
–Systemconfiguration
–Networkinterfacesandsettings
–Installedhardware
–Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
–Serviceprocessorstatusandconfiguration
–Vitalproductdata,firmware,andUEFI(formerlyBIOS)configuration
–Harddiskdrivehealth
–RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
–EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
Thediagnosticprogramscreateamergedlogthatincludeseventsfromallcollectedlogs.Theinformation
iscollectedintoafilethatyoucansendtoserviceandsupport.Additionally,youcanviewtheinformation
locallythroughageneratedtextreportfile.Youcanalsocopythelogtoaremovablemediaandview
thelogfromawebbrowser.
ForadditionalinformationaboutDSAPrebootdiagnostics,seetheProblemDeterminationandService
GuideontheSystemxDocumentationCD
•Multi-coreprocessing
TheserversupportsuptotwoIntelXeon™E5-2600v2seriesmulti-coremicroprocessors.Theserver
comeswithonlyonemicroprocessorinstalled.
•MobileaccesstoServiceInformationwebsite
TheserverprovidesaQRcodeonthesystemservicelabel,whichisonthecoveroftheserver,thatyou
canscanusingaQRcodereaderandscannerwithamobiledevicetogetquickaccesstotheService
Informationwebsite.TheServiceInformationwebsiteprovidesadditionalinformationforpartsinstallation
andreplacementvideos,anderrorcodesforserversupport.FortheQRcode,seeQRcodeinformation
onpageChapter1“TheLenovoSystemx3650M4BDType5466server”onpage1
.
•SystemsDirectorCD
SystemsDirectorisaworkgroup-hardware-managementtoolthatyoucanusetocentrallymanage
SystemxandxSeriesservers.Formoreinformation,seetheSystemsDirectordocumentationonthe
SystemsDirectorCDand“SystemsDirector”onpage13
•X-Architecturetechnology
X-Architecturetechnologycombinesproven,innovativedesignstomakeyour
Intel-processor-basedserverpowerful,scalable,andreliable.Formoreinformation,see
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/mission-critical/.
–ActiveMemory
TheActiveMemoryfeatureimprovesthereliabilityofmemorythroughmemorymirroring.Memory
mirroringmodereplicatesandstoresdataontwopairsofDIMMswithintwochannelssimultaneously.
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