What Your Server Offers - IBM 8670 - Eserver xSeries 345 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
v Large data-storage and hot-swap capability
v Large system memory capacity
v Light Path Diagnostics feature
v Redundant connection
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 publications 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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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 15.
Your server comes with an integrated Intel Ethernet controller, which supports
connection to a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps network. For more
information, see "Configuring the Ethernet controller" on page 20.
Your server supports up to six 25.4 mm (1-inch) slim-high, 3.5-inch hot-swap
hard disk drives in the hot-swap bays. With the hot-swap feature, you can add,
remove, or replace hard disk drives without turning off the server.
The memory bus supports up to 8 GB of system memory. The memory controller
supports error correcting code (ECC) for up to four industry-standard, 2.5 V,
184-pin, double-data rate (DDR), PC2100 CL2.5 (downward compatible with
PC1600 CL2), registered, synchronous dynamic random-access memory
(SDRAM) dual inline memory modules (DIMMs). The memory controller also
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provides Chipkill memory protection if all DIMMs are of the type x4. Chipkill
memory protection is a technology that protects the system from a single chip
failure on a DIMM.
The Light Path Diagnostics feature provides LEDs to help you isolate problems.
For more information, see the section about the Light Path Diagnostics feature in
the Option Installation Guide.
The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides a failover
capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with the
primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic associated with this primary
connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. If the appropriate
device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss and without
user intervention.
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 345 Type 8670
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