Lenovo x3650 M5 - Systems Director

adapterconnection.Iftheapplicabledevicedriversareinstalled,thisswitchingoccurswithoutdataloss
andwithoutuserintervention.
•Redundantcoolingandoptionalpowercapabilities
Theserversupportsamaximumoftwo550-watt,750-watt,900-watt,1300-wattor1500-watthot-swap
powersuppliesandsixdual-motorhot-swapfans,whichprovideredundancyandhot-swapcapabilityfor
atypicalconfiguration.Theredundantcoolingbythefansintheserverenablescontinuedoperationifone
ofthefansfails.Theservercomeswiththeminimumofone550-watt,750-watt,900-watt,1300-wattor
1500-watthot-swappowersupplyandfourfans.
Youmustinstallthefifthandsixthfanswhenyouinstallthesecondmicroprocessorintheserver.You
canorderthesecondoptionalpowersupplyforpowerredundancy.
Note:Youcannotmixdifferentwattagesanddifferent80plusefficiencylevelofpowersuppliesin
theserver.
•ServeRAIDsupport
TheServeRAIDadapterprovideshardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)supportto
createconfigurations.ThestandardRAIDadapterprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and10.AnoptionalRAID
adapterisavailableforpurchase.
•Systems-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithanIMM2.1.WhentheIMMisusedwiththesystems-managementsoftwarethat
comeswiththeserver,youcanmanagethefunctionsoftheserverlocallyandremotely.TheIMMalso
providessystemmonitoring,eventrecording,andnetworkalertcapability.Thesystems-management
connectorontherearoftheserverisdedicatedtotheIMM.Thededicatedsystems-management
connectorprovidesadditionalsecuritybyphysicallyseparatingthemanagementnetworktrafficfromthe
productionnetwork.Insharedmode,dependingonthenetworkenvironment,theIMMmightdisconnect
fromthenetworkforashorttimewhentheserverrestarts.YoucanusetheSetuputilitytoconfigurethe
servertouseadedicatedsystems-managementnetworkorasharednetwork.
•UEFI-compliantserverfirmware
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).
•VMwareESXiembeddedhypervisor
AnoptionalUSBflashdevicewithVMwareESXiembeddedhypervisorsoftwareisavailableforpurchase.
Hypervisorisvirtualizationsoftwarethatenablesmultipleoperatingsystemstorunonahostsystemat
thesametime.TheUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevicecanbeinstalledinUSBconnectoronthe
systemboard.Formoreinformationaboutusingtheembeddedhypervisor,see“Usingtheembedded
hypervisor”onpage56
.
•EnterpriseX-Architecturetechnology
X-Architecturetechnologycombinesproven,innovativeLenovodesignstomakeyour
Intel-processor-basedserverpowerful,scalable,andreliable.
SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysical
andvirtualsystemssupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesinLenovoand
non-Lenovox86platforms.
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