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System x3690 X5 Types 7147, 7148, 7149, and 7192: Problem Determination and Service Guide
- Power Restore Policy
Select this choice to determine the mode of operation to which the server
will be restored after a power outage occurs. You can select Always Off,
Restore, or Always On to restore the server the state that it was set to at
the time of the power outage.
– Operating Modes
Select this choice to view or change the operating profile (performance and
power utilization). This choice specify a preset operating mode to configure
the server for maximum power savings, maximum efficiency, or maximum
performance.
- Efficiency mode
Select this choice to maintain the optimal balance between performance and
power consumption. The server generally produces the best performance
per watt while it is in this mode.
- Acoustic mode
Select this choice to configure the server to draw the minimum amount of
power and generate the least noise. Server performance might be degraded
depending on the application that you are running.
- Performance mode
Select this choice to achieve the highest absolute performance for most
server applications. The power consumption in this mode is often higher
than in the Efficiency or the Acoustics mode.
- Custom mode
Select this choice only if you understand the functions of the low-level
IMM settings. This is the only choice that enables you to change the
low-level IMM settings that affect the performance and power consumption
of the server.
– Integrated Management Module
Select this choice to view or change the settings for the integrated
management module.
- POST Watchdog Timer
Select this choice to view or enable the POST watchdog timer.
- POST Watchdog Timer Value
Select this choice to view or set the POST loader watchdog timer value.
- Reboot System on NMI
Enable or disable restarting the server whenever a nonmaskable interrupt
(NMI) occurs. Disabled is the default.
- Commands on USB Interface Preference
Select this choice to enable or disable the Ethernet over USB interface on
IMM.
- Network Configuration
Select this choice to view the system management network interface port,
the IMM MAC address, the current IMM IP address, and host name; define
the static IMM IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address, specify
whether to use the static IP address or have DHCP assign the IMM IP
address, save the network changes, and reset the IMM.
- Reset IMM to Defaults
Select this choice to view or reset IMM to the default settings.
- Reset IMM