v ROM-based diagnosticsv ROM checksumsv Serial Presence Detection (SPD) on memory, VPD on system board, powersupply, and hard disk drive or solid state drive backplanes, microprocessor andmemory expansion tray, and Ethernet cardsv Single-DIMM isolation of excessive correctable error or multi-bit error by theUnified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)v Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoringv Startup (boot) from LAN through remote initial program load (RIPL) or dynamichost configuration protocol/boot protocol (DHCP/BOOTP)v System auto-configuring from the configuration menuv System-error logging (POST and IMM)v Systems-management monitoring through the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)protocol busv Uncorrectable error (UE) detectionv Upgradeable POST, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), diagnostics,IMM firmware, and read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over theLANv Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies, andSAS/SATA (hot-swap hard disk drive) backplanev Wake on LAN capabilityIBM Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines theway you manage physical and virtual systems supports multiple operating systemsand virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent viewsfor viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one other,and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with businessneeds. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Directorprovides many of the core capabilities that are required for basic management,which means instant out-of-the-box business value. The common tasks include thefollowing:v Discoveryv Inventoryv Configurationv System healthv Monitoringv Updatesv Event notificationv Automation for managed systemsThe 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 thedetailed inventory 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 scheduleChapter 1. The IBM System x3530 M4 Type 7160 server 13
