IBM 3550 Type 7978 User Manual page 21

v Integrated network support
The server comes with an integrated dual port Broadcom 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 70.
v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
The server supports a maximum of four 2.5-inch or two 3.5-inch Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hot-swap hard disk drives in the hot-swap bays
or two 3.5-inch SATA simple swap hard disk drives.
With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives
without turning off the server.
v Light path diagnostics
Light path diagnostics provides LEDs to help you diagnose problems. For more
information, see the section about light path diagnostics in the Installation Guide
on the IBM System x Documentation CD.
v PCI adapter capabilities
The server has two half-length PCI interface slots. Both slots can be used for
PCI Express adapters. The full-length slot can be used for either a PCI-X adapter
or a PCI Express adapter.
v PowerExecutive
PowerExecutive is an IBM Director extension that measures and reports server
power consumption as it occurs. This enables you to monitor power consumption
in correlation to specific software application programs and hardware
systems-management interface, and can view them using IBM Director. For more
information, including the required levels of IBM Director and PowerExecutive,
see the IBM Director documentation on the IBM Director CD, or see
www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ibm_director/
extensions.
v Redundant connection
The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides failover
capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with the
primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic that is associated with the
primary connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. If the
applicable device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss and
without user intervention.
v Redundant cooling and optional power capabilities
The server supports a maximum of two 670-watt hot-swap power supplies and
six hot-swap fans, which provide redundancy and hot-swap capability for a typical
configuration.The redundant cooling of the fans in the server enables continued
operation if one of the fans fails. The server comes with one 670-watt hot-swap
power supply and five fans. You can order the second optional power supply with
the additional fan.
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v ServeRAID support
An optional ServeRAID adapter provides hardware redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) support to create configurations. The standard RAID
configuration on the server provides software RAID support and mirroring.
v Systems-management capabilities
The server comes with a baseboard management controller (BMC). When the
BMC is used with the systems-management software that comes with the server,
you can manage the functions of the server locally and remotely. The BMC also
provides system monitoring, event recording, and network alert capability.
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