IBM System x3620 M3 7376 Installation And User Manual

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v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts on memory, SAS/SATA hard disk drives,fans, and power suppliesv Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover supportv Redundant hot-swap power suppliesv Remote system problem-determination supportv Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoringv Startup (boot) from LAN through Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) bootagent utility or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol/Boot Protocol(DHCP/BOOTP)v System auto-configuring from the configuration menuv System error logging (POST and service processor)v Systems-management monitoring through the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I 2C) busv Upgradeable POST, UEFI, diagnostics, service processor microcode, andread-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LANv Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies, andSAS (hot-swap-drive) backplanev 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 xSeriesChapter 1. The System x3620 M3 Type 7376 server 13