Server Controls, Leds, And Power; Front View - Lenovo System x3250 M5 Installation And Service Manual

• System health
• Updates
• Event notification
• Automation for managed systems
The Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent interface that is focused
on driving these common tasks and capabilities:
• Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailed inventory and
relationships to the other network resources
• Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate the source of the problems
• Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing updates on a schedule
• Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify the administrator of
emerging problems
• Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that can apply those settings to
multiple systems
• Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the base capabilities
• Managing the life cycles of virtual resources
For more information about Systems Director, see the Systems Director Information Center at
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp, and the Systems Management website at
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/solutions/, which presents an overview of Systems Management
and Systems Director.

Server controls, LEDs, and power

This section describes the controls and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and how to turn the server on and off.
For the locations of other LEDs on the system board, see "System-board LEDs" on page 29.

Front view

The following illustration shows the controls, LEDs, and connectors on the front of the server.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
The following illustration shows the controls, LEDs, and connectors on the front of the 3.5-inch hot-swap
hard disk drive model.
Figure 5. Front view of the 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive server
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