IBM X3620 M3 Manual

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IBM Asia Pacific Hardware Announcement AG12-0014 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6with text and graphics, keyboard, and mouse support (operating system mustsupport USB) over the system management LAN connections.With video compression now built into the adapter hardware, the adapter allows thegreater screen sizes and refresh rates that are usually offered in the marketplace.This feature helps enable the user to display server activities from power-on to fulloperation remotely with remote user interaction at virtually any time.IBM DirectorThe System x3620 M3 server also features IBM Director, a powerful, highlyintegrated, systems-management software solution built on industry standards anddesigned for ease of use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup-managementenvironments, and use rich security to access and manage physically dispersedIT assets more efficiently over the Internet. It can help reduce costs throughpotentially:• Reduced downtime• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users• Reduced service and support costsIT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail,and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors,HDDs, and memory.IBM Director includes a portfolio of integrated server tools that work with thesystems management monitoring functions. Typical functions and monitoringcapabilities can include:• PFA-enabled critical hardware components• Temperature• Voltage• Fan speed• Light path diagnosticsIT administrators have comprehensive, virtual on-site control of System x® serverswith the ability to remotely:• Access the server, often regardless of its status• Inventory and display detailed system and component information• View server bootup during POST• Browse and delete logs of events and errors• Reset or power cycle the server• Monitor and set thresholds on server health, including:– Operating system load– POST timeout– Voltage– Temperature• Set proactive alerts for critical server events including PFA on:– Memory– HDDs• Define automated actions, such as:– Send an email or page to an administrator– Execute a command or program– Deliver an error message to the IBM Director console• Flash BIOS