IBM System x3500 M2 Type 7839 Installation And User Manual

Also see for System x3500 M2 Type 7839: Specifications

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v Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoringv System auto-configuring from the configuration menuv System-error LED on the front bezel and diagnostics LEDs on the system boardv Upgradeable microcode for POST, BIOS, and read-only memory (ROM) residentcode, locally or over a LANv Vital product data (VPD); includes serial-number information and replacementpart numbers, stored in nonvolatile memory, for easier remote maintenancev Wake on LAN capabilityIBM Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines theway you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment. Byusing industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating systemsand virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views forviewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one another,and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with businessneeds. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Director providesmany of the core capabilities that are required for basic management, which meansinstant out-of-the-box business value. These common tasks include discovery,inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring, updates, event notification, andautomation for managed systems.The IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistentinterface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:v Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailedinventory and relationships to the other network resourcesv Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate thesources of the problemsv Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installingupdates on a schedulev Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify theadministrator of emerging problemsv Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that canapply those setting to multiple systemsv Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the basecapabilitiesv Managing the life cycles of virtual resourcesFor more information about IBM Systems Director, see the documentation on theIBM Systems Director DVD that comes with the server and the IBM xSeriesSystems Management Web page at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/,which presents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM SystemsDirector.12 IBM System x3500 M2 Type 7839: Installation and User’s Guide