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Ifafailureoccurs,thememorycontrollerswitchesfromtheprimarypairofmemoryDIMMstothe
backuppairofDIMMs.FormoreinformationaboutinstallingDIMMsformemorymirroring,see
“Memorymoduleinstallation”onpage55
.
–Largesystem-memorycapacity
Theserversupportsuptoamaximumof512GBofsystemmemory.Theserversupports
onlyindustry-standarddouble-data-rate3(DDR3)-1600MHzor1866MHz(dependingonthe
configuration),synchronousdynamicrandom-accessmemory(SDRAM)registereddualinlinememory
modules(DIMMs)witherrorcorrectingcode(ECC).Forfurtherdetails,seeProblemDeterminationand
ServiceGuideontheSystemxDocumentationCD.
•ServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage85
.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegrated3-portGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnectionto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheGigabit
Ethernetcontroller”onpage98.
•IntegratedTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecure
keys.ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specification.
YoucandownloadthesoftwaretosupporttheTCGspecification,whenthesoftwareisavailable.
Seehttp://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/scalable_family.htmlfordetailsabouttheTPM
implementation.YoucanenableTPMsupportthroughtheSetuputilityundertheSystemSecurity
menuoption.
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Thehot-swapservermodelssupportamaximumoffourteen3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAttachedSCSI
(SAS)harddiskdrivesorhot-swapSerialATA(SATA)harddiskdrives.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningofftheserver.
•Lightpathdiagnostics
LightpathdiagnosticsprovidesLEDstohelpyoudiagnoseproblems.Formoreinformationaboutthe
lightpathdiagnostics,see“Lightpathdiagnostics”onpage113
•PCIadaptercapabilities
Basedontheserverconfiguration,theservermaypossiblysupportuptothreePCIexpansionslots.See
“InstallinganadapteronthePCIriser-cardassembly”onpage42fordetailedinformation.
•ActiveEnergyManager
TheActiveEnergyManagersolutionisanSystemsDirectorextensionthatmeasuresandreports
serverpowerconsumptionasitoccurs.Thisenablesyoutomonitorpowerconsumption
incorrelationtospecificsoftwareapplicationprogramsandhardwareconfigurations.You
canobtainthemeasurementvaluesthroughthesystems-managementinterfaceandview
them,usingSystemsDirector.Formoreinformation,includingtherequiredlevelsofSystems
DirectorandActiveEnergyManager,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html,or
seehttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.html.
•Redundantconnection
TheIMM2providesfailovercapabilitytoaredundantEthernetconnectionwiththeapplicableapplication
installed.IfaproblemoccurswiththeprimaryEthernetconnection,allEthernettrafficthatisassociated
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