What your blade server offersYour blade server offers features, such as the integrated management module,storage disk drive support, IBM ® Systems Director, IBM Enterprise X-Architecture ®,microprocessor technology, integrated network support, I/O expansion, largesystem-memory capacity, light path diagnostics LEDs, PCI Express ®, and powerthrottling.v Integrated management module (IMM)The integrated management module (IMM) combines service processorfunctions, video controller, the remote presence, and blue-screen capture featuresin a single chip. The IMM provides advanced service-processor control,monitoring, and alerting function. If an environmental condition exceeds athreshold or if a system component fails, the IMM lights LEDs to help youdiagnose the problem, records the error in the IMM event log, and alerts you tothe problem.Optionally, the IMM also provides a virtual presence capability for remote servermanagement capabilities. The IMM provides remove server managementthrough industry-standard interfaces:– Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3.0– Common Information Model (CIM)– Web browser.For more information, see Chapter 6, “Accessing the IMM,” on page 107.v Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)IBM Dynamic Systems Analysis (DSA) collects and analyses system informationto aid in diagnosing server problems. DSA collects the following informationabout the server:– Drive health information– Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors– Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information– Installed applications and hot fixes– Kernel modules– Light path diagnostics status– Network interface and settings– Performance data and details about processes that are running– RAID and controller configuration– Service processor (integrated management module) status and configuration– System configuration– Vital product data and firmware informationDSA creates a DSA log, which is a chronologically ordered merge of thesystem-event log (as the IPMI event log), the integrated management module(IMM) chassis-event log (as the ASM event log), and the operating-system eventlogs. You can send the DSA log as a file to IBM service or view the informationas a text file or HTML file.For more information, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide.v Hard disk drive supportThe blade server supports up to two solid state drives (SSDs). You canimplement RAID 0 or RAID 1 for the SSDs.v IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD8 IBM BladeCenter HX5 Type 7873, 7872, 1910, and 1909: Installation and User's Guide
