What Your Blade Server Offers - IBM BladeCenter HX5 Installation And User Manual

What your blade server offers

Your blade server offers features, such as the integrated management module,
storage disk drive support, IBM
microprocessor technology, integrated network support, I/O expansion, large
system-memory capacity, light path diagnostics LEDs, PCI Express
throttling.
v Integrated management module (IMM)
v Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
v Hard disk drive support
v IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
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IBM BladeCenter HX5 Type 7873, 7872, 1910, and 1909: Installation and User's Guide
The integrated management module (IMM) combines service processor
functions, video controller, the remote presence, and blue-screen capture features
in a single chip. The IMM provides advanced service-processor control,
monitoring, and alerting function. If an environmental condition exceeds a
threshold or if a system component fails, the IMM lights LEDs to help you
diagnose the problem, records the error in the IMM event log, and alerts you to
the problem.
Optionally, the IMM also provides a virtual presence capability for remote server
management capabilities. The IMM provides remove server management
through industry-standard interfaces:
– Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3.0
– Common Information Model (CIM)
– Web browser.
For more information, see Chapter 6, "Accessing the IMM," on page 107.
IBM Dynamic Systems Analysis (DSA) collects and analyses system information
to aid in diagnosing server problems. DSA collects the following information
about the server:
– Drive health information
– Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors
– Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information
– Installed applications and hot fixes
– Kernel modules
– Light path diagnostics status
– Network interface and settings
– Performance data and details about processes that are running
– RAID and controller configuration
– Service processor (integrated management module) status and configuration
– System configuration
– Vital product data and firmware information
DSA creates a DSA log, which is a chronologically ordered merge of the
system-event log (as the IPMI event log), the integrated management module
(IMM) chassis-event log (as the ASM event log), and the operating-system event
logs. You can send the DSA log as a file to IBM service or view the information
as a text file or HTML file.
For more information, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide.
The blade server supports up to two solid state drives (SSDs). You can
implement RAID 0 or RAID 1 for the SSDs.
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