IBM x3250 - System M3 - 4251 Installation And User Manual

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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 (IC)protocol busv 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 microprocessor, system board, power supply, 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 and supports multiple operatingsystems and 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. The following common tasks are included: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 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 settings to multiple systemsv Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the basecapabilitiesv Managing the life cycles of virtual resources12 IBM System x3250 M3 Types 4251, 4252, and 4261: Installation and User’s Guide