v Double-data-rate 2 synchronous dynamic RAM (DDR2 SDRAM) with serial
v Error-correcting code (ECC) memory
v Error codes and messages
v Failover Ethernet support
v Hot-spare memory support
v Integrated baseboard management controller subsystem
v Menu-driven setup, system configuration, and diagnostic programs
v Microprocessor:
v Memory ECC/parity test
v Memory downsizing
v Monitoring support for temperatures, voltages, and fan speed
v Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) switch
v Peripheral component interconnect (PCI), PCI Express (PCIe), and PCI-X bus
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Positive field replaceable unit (FRU) identification (error LEDs) for defective
v Predictive Failure Analysis
v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
v Redundant network interface card (NIC) support
v Remote system problem-analysis support
v Status LEDs on the system board
v System error logging
v Upgradeable BIOS code, baseboard management controller firmware, flash-ROM
v Vital product data (VPD), including serial-number information and replacement
v Wake on LAN capability
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System x3455 Types 7984 and 7986: User's Guide
presence detect (SPD)
– Built-in self-test (BIST)
– Internal error signal monitoring
– Internal thermal trip signal monitoring
– Configuration checking
– Voltage regulator device (VRD) failure identification through error LEDs
parity
DIMMs, microprocessors, hard disk drives, power supply, and fans
drives, voltage regulators, power supply, and fans
resident code, and diagnostics
part numbers, on the system board, power supply, and hard disk drive backplane
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(PFA) feature on DIMMs, microprocessors, hard disk