What Your Ibm Xseries 232 Offers - IBM eServer 232 xSeries User Reference Manual

What your IBM xSeries 232 offers

The unique design of your server takes advantage of advancements in symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP), data storage, and memory management. Your server
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IBM xSeries 232: User's Reference
Impressive performance using an innovative approach to SMP
Your server supports up to two Pentium III microprocessors. Your server comes
with one microprocessor installed; you can install an additional microprocessor to
enhance performance and provide SMP capability.
Large data-storage and hot-swap capabilities
All models of the server support up to six hot-swap hard disk drives. This hot-
swap feature enables you to remove and replace hard disk drives without turning
off the server.
IBM Intergrated System Management (ISM) Processor
The IBM Integrated System Management Processor provides environmental
monitoring for your server. This system environmental monitor supports the
Automatic Server Restart (ASR) feature, and it can issue system alerts using the
Alert on LAN features of the integrated Ethernet controller. Future firmware code
releases for the Integrated System Management Processor will support additional
functions and features. These features will include dial-in support using the
dedicated system management serial port C, alert forwarding through the
integrated system management (ISM) connectors, error logging, support for
communication between the Integrated System Management Processor and
more robust IBM system management adapters and controllers.
Redundant power capabilities
Your server comes with either one 385-watt nonredundant power supply or two
250-watt N+1 power-supply units. The models with the two hot-swap 250-watt
units offer power redundancy. You can install an optional backplane in the 385-
watt model to enable hot-swap power-supply redundancy, replacing the 385-watt
with two 250-watt units. The optional backplane can also accommodate a third
250-watt unit to provide further redundancy.
The NON light emitting diode (LED) on the system board is lit when the power
load is 250 watts or greater with two power supplies, or when the power load is
500 watts or greater with three power supplies.
Large system memory
The memory bus in your server supports up to 4 GB (GB equals approximately
1000 000 000 bytes) of two-way interleaved system memory. The memory
controller provides error correcting code (ECC) support for up to four industry-
standard PC133, 3.3 V, 168-pin, 8-byte, registered, synchronous-dynamic-
random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline memory modules (DIMMs).
Integrated network environment support
Your server comes with an Ethernet controller on the system board. This Ethernet
controller has an interface for connecting to 10-Mbps or 100-Mbps networks. The
server automatically selects between 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX. The
controller provides full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous
transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN).
Redundant network-interface card
The addition of an optional, redundant network interface card (NIC) provides a
failover capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with
the primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic associated with this primary
connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. This switching occurs
without data loss and without user intervention.