IBM System x3250 M4 Installation & User Manual

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4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD andrestart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating systemtakes control to complete the installation.Installing your operating system without using ServerGuideIf you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using theServerGuide program to install your operating system, you can downloadoperating-system installation instructions for the server from http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.Using the integrated management module II (IMM2)The Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) is the second generation of thefunctions that were formerly provided by the Integrated Management Module (IMM).It combines service processor functions and the video controller in a single chip.The IMM2 supports the following basic systems-management features:v Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fanfailure, and power supply failure. •v DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)disables a failing DIMM that is detected during POST, and the IMM2 lights theassociated system error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.v System event-log (SEL).v ROM-based IMM2 firmware flash updates.v Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR).v Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operatingsystem hangs and the operating system watchdog timer times-out. The IMM2allows the administrator to generate a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) by pressingan NMI button on the system board for an operating-system memory dump. ASRis supported by IPMI.v Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 andIntelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.v Invalid system configuration (CNFG) LED support.v Serial over LAN (SOL).v Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset).v Alerts (IPMI style PET traps).Using IPMItoolIPMItool provides various tools that you can use to manage and configure an IPMIsystem. You can use IPMItool in-band to manage and configure the IMM2. Formore information about IPMItool, or to download IPMItool, go tohttp://sourceforge.net/Managing tools and utilities with IMM2 and IBM System x ServerFirmwareThis section describes the tools and utilities that are supported by IMM2 and IBMSystem x Server Firmware. The IBM tools that you use to manage the IMM2in-band do not require you to install device drivers. However, if you choose to usecertain tools such as IPMItool in-band, you must install the OpenIPMI drivers.60 IBM System x3250 M4 Type 2583: Installation and User’s Guide