What Your Server Offers - IBM 88701RX User Manual

What your server offers

Your server uses the following features and technologies:
v IBM Director
v IBM Enterprise X-Architecture technology
v IBM ServerGuide
v Integrated network support
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xSeries 445 Type 8870: User's Guide
IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to
centrally manage xSeries servers. For more information about IBM Director, see
the IBM Director User's Guide on the IBM Director CD.
IBM X-Architecture technology combines proven, innovative IBM designs to make
your Intel-processor-based server powerful, scalable, and reliable. For more
information, go to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.html.
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– Active Memory
The Active Memory feature improves the reliability of memory through memory
mirroring, memory scrubbing, and the Memory ProteXion
information, see "Active Memory" on page 7.
– Large system-memory capacity
The memory bus supports up to 64 GB of system memory. The memory
controller supports error correcting code (ECC) for up to 32 industry-standard
PC1600, 133 megahertz (MHz), 3.3 V, 168-pin, registered, double-data-rate
(DDR), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline
memory modules (DIMMs).
– Memory ProteXion
The Memory ProteXion feature provides the equivalent of a hot-spare drive in
a RAID array. It is based in the memory controller, and it enables the server to
sense when a chip on a DIMM has failed and to route the data around the
failed chip.
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– XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache
The XceL4 Server Accelerator Cache provides 64 MB of external Level-4
cache per SMP Expansion Module, which increases memory bandwidth and
reduces access time through PCI-X, Ethernet, SCSI, and Fibre Channel
interfaces.
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Setup and Installation CD
The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD that comes with your server provides
programs to help you set up your server and install the operating system. The
ServerGuide program detects installed hardware options and provides the correct
configuration programs and device drivers. For more information about the
ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, see "Using the ServerGuide Setup and
Installation CD" on page 27.
Note: If your server model came with an operating system, such as Microsoft
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Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, or
VMware ESX server, see the software documentation provided with your
software for configuration information.
Your server comes with an integrated Broadcom 5704 Dual Gigabit Ethernet
controller, which supports connection to a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps
network. For more information, see "Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller"
on page 30.
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