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 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 schedulev Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notifythe administrator of emerging problemsv Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan thatcan apply those settings 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, the IBM Systems DirectorInformation Center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2Ffqm0_main.html, and theSystems Management website at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/,which presents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM SystemsDirector.Server controls, LEDs, and powerThis section describes the controls and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and how toturn the server on and off.For the locations of other LEDs on the system board, see “System-board LEDs” onpage 32.Front viewThe following illustrations show the controls, LEDs, and connectors on the front ofyour server model.2.5-inch hard disk drive server model.3.5-inch hard disk drive server model.Figure 5. Front view: 2.5-inchChapter 1. The IBM System x3550 M4 server 15
