Lenovo x3650 M5 - What Your Server Offers

Whatyourserveroffers
Thissectionintroducesfeaturesandtechnologiestheserverusesandprovides.
•ActiveEnergyManager
TheActiveEnergyManagersolutionisanSystemsDirectorplug-inthatmeasuresandreports
serverpowerconsumptionasitoccurs.Thisenablesyoutomonitorpowerconsumptionin
correlationtospecificsoftwareapplicationprogramsandhardwareconfigurations.Youcan
obtainthemeasurementvaluesthroughthesystems-managementinterfaceandviewthem,using
SystemsDirector.Formoreinformation,includingtherequiredlevelsofSystemsDirectorand
ActiveEnergyManager,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterathttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/
infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2Ffqm0_main.htmlor
seehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html.
•DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)
TheservercomeswiththeDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Prebootdiagnosticprogram.DSAcollects
andanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems,aswellasofferingarichsetof
diagnostictestsofthemajorcomponentsoftheserver.DSAcreatesaDSAlog,whichisachronologically
orderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theintegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)
eventlog(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucansendtheDSAlogasafile
toLenovoSupportorviewtheinformationasatextfileorHTMLfile.
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable:DSAPortableandDSAPreboot.Formore
informationaboutbotheditions,see“DSAeditions”onpage78
.
•FeaturesonDemand
IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedintheserverorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalledinthe
server,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.ForinformationaboutFeatureson
Demand,seehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/.
•ServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage45.
•SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanage
physicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,
SystemsDirectorsupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologies.Formore
information,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/
infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_main.htmland“SystemsDirector”on
page15
.
•Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)
Theintegratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMMprovidesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceeds
athresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMMlightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,
recordstheerrorintheIMMeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMMalsoprovidesa
virtualpresencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMMprovidesremoteserver
managementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
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