Ibm Director - IBM HS21 - BladeCenter - 8853 User Manual

v ECC memory
v ECC protection on the L2 cache
v Error codes and messages
v Failover Ethernet support
v Hot-spare memory
v Hot-swap drives on optional Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage expansion unit
v Light path diagnostics feature
v Memory parity testing
v Microprocessor built-in self-test (BIST) during power-on self-test (POST)
v Microprocessor presence detection
v Microprocessor serial number access
v Power policy support
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts
v ROM resident diagnostics
v FB-DDR2 SDRAM with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data
v Memory mirroring with an optional Memory and I/O Expansion Blade
v Service processor that communicates with the management module to enable
v System error logging
v Wake on LAN capability

IBM Director

With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail
v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as
v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM x86
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It
includes the following key features:
v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft Windows 2000
v Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and
v Support for systems-management industry standards.
v Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management
v Ease of use, training, and setup.
(VPD)
remote blade server management
microprocessors, disks, and memory
processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and notebook
computers on a variety of platforms
Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, AIX
Linux, SUSE Linux, VMware, and Novell NetWare. For a complete list of
operating systems that support IBM Director, see the IBM Director Compatibility
Document. This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/resources/. It is updated every
6 to 8 weeks.
notebook computers.
environments.
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Chapter 1. Introduction