IBM System x3400 M3 Product Manual

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The engine of growth for your emerging businesses.Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 3perform Predictive Failure Analysis, etc., and trigger IBM Systems Director alerts. The IMMperforms the functions of both the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) of earlier systemsand the Remote Supervisor Adapter II and is upgradeable to remote presence/cKVM.• An optional Virtual Media Key provides additional systems management capabilities, includingWeb-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and optical drive support; Windows “blue screen”error capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote redirection of PCI video, text, keyboard andmouse (cKVM). And it does all this without consuming a valuable adapter slot.• UEFI — The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is the next generation of BIOS, providinggreater manageability and function. Used in PCs for several years, it is now moving into theserver arena. IBM is the first to incorporate UEFI in our new servers. Features include: Human readable event logs — no more beep codes Complete out-of-band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup A complete setup solution, allowing adapter configuration functions to be moved into UEFI Consistent firmware management across an entire product line• Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors,such as voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote power controlusing data encryption.• Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely and securely view x3400M3 text messages over Serial or LAN.• Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.• The completely redesigned IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systemsmanagement. IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools, including Active EnergyManager, and Service and Support Manager. In addition, IBM Systems Director offers extendedsystems management tools for additional server management and increased availability. When aproblem is encountered, IBM Systems Director can issue administrator alerts via e-mail, pager,and other methods.• IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, an IBM-exclusive, is designed to takeadvantage of new system power management features, by providing power monitoring features.• The optional Virtual Media key provides IMM remote presence and it does this without consuminga valuable adapter slot.Availability and ServiceabilityThe x3400 M3 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:• x3400 M3 servers offer Chipkill ECC memory protection4 (when using x4 DIMMs), standard onsome models and optional on others. Chipkill memory is up to 16X better than standard ECCmemory at correcting memory errors. This can help reduce downtime caused by memory errors.• The x3400 M3 offers memory mirroring for redundancy in the event of a non-correctablememory failure• Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts. Similarly, theintegrated ServeRAID-BR10il V2 controller, the optional IMM Virtual Media Key, and theoptional ServeRAID-M5014 controller can be installed and serviced without tools. This meansless time (and therefore less money) spent servicing the x3400 M3. Additionally, hot-swap/redundant HDDs and power supplies (model dependent), as well as Chipkill memoryprotection and mirrored memory, mean greater system uptime while these components are beingserviced.• Environmental monitoring with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan failure, powersupply failure, and power backplane failure.• IPMI 2.0 supports highly secure remote system power control using data encryption. This allowsan administrator to restart a server without having to visit it in person, saving travel time andgetting the server back up and running quickly and securely. It also adds new features to thoseprovided by IPMI 1.5, including VLAN support, Serial over LAN, enhanced authentication andencryption algorithms (RMCP+ and AES) and a firmware firewall.• Temperature-controlled fans adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics. At thelower speeds they draw less energy and suffer less wear. Equally important in a crowded datacenter, temperature-controlled fans produce less ambient noise in the data center than if theywere constantly running at full speed.• The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty5 offered on Machine Type 7379 helpsafford you peace of mind and greater investment protection than a one-year warranty does.4 Chipkill protection is supported with x4 DDR3 RDIMMs, but not x8 RDIMMs.5 For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 800-772-2227 in the U.S. In Canada call 800-426-2255. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a technician is sent afterIBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in countries in which this product is sold.