Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability - IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 User Manual

v Systems-management capabilities

Reliability, availability, and serviceability

Three important hardware and software design features are reliability, availability,
and serviceability (RAS). The RAS features help to ensure the integrity of the data
that is stored in the hardware, the availability of the hardware and software when
you need it, and the ease with which you can diagnose and correct problems.
The dx360 M3 has the following RAS features:
v Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
v Advanced Desktop Management Interface (DMI) features
v Automatic error retry or recovery
v Automatic restart after a power failure, based on the UEFI setting
v Built in, menu-driven setup, system configuration, and redundant array of
v Built-in monitoring of fan, power, temperature, and voltage
v CD-based diagnostic programs
v Customer support center that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
v Diagnostic support of ServeRAID adapters
v Error codes and messages
v Hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives (some configurations)
v Integrated Ethernet controller
v Integrated management module (IMM)
v Power-on self-test (POST) with error logging of POST failures
v Power management
v 900 watt redundant power supplies
v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support
v Remote system problem-determination support
v Simple-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives
v Simple-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives (some configurations)
v Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring
v Startup from backup UEFI page
v System-error LED on the front bezel
v System-error logging
v Upgradeable IMM firmware
v Upgradeable microcode for POST, UEFI code, and ROM resident code, locally or
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System x iDataPlex dx360 M3: User's Guide
The dx360 M3 system-board tray comes with one or two Intel microprocessors. If
the system-board tray comes with only one microprocessor, a trained service
technician can add a second microprocessor.
The dx360 M3 system-board tray supports IPMI version 2.0 over LAN
systems-management protocol. It supports an optional rack-level management
controller that uses industry-standard management tools.
independent disks (RAID) configuration (depending on server configuration)
(some configurations)
over a LAN
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