What Your Server Offers - Lenovo System x3550 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Sleep mode power (watts):
Not applicable for servers.
Off mode power (watts):
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Noise levels (the declared A-weighed sound power level of the computer):
See Acoustical noise emissions.
Test voltage and frequency:
230V / 50 Hz or 60 Hz
Total harmonic distortion of the electricity supply system:
The maximum harmonic content of the input voltage waveform will be equal or less than 2%. The
qualification is compliant with EN 61000-3-2.
Information and documentation on the instrumentation set-up and circuits used for electrical testing:
ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for Calculating
the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.
Measurement methodology used to determine information in this document:
ENERGY STAR Servers Version 2.0 Program Requirements; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for
Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.

What your server offers

This section introduces features and technologies the server uses and provides.
• Active Energy Manager
The Active Energy Manager solution is an Systems Director plug-in 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 configurations. You can
obtain the measurement values through the systems-management interface and view them,
using Systems Director. For more information, including the required levels of Systems
Director and Active Energy Manager, see the Systems Director Information Center at
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2
Ffqm0_main.html or see http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html.
• Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
The server comes with the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot diagnostic program. DSA collects
and analyzes system information to aid in diagnosing server problems, as well as offering a rich set of
diagnostic tests of the major components of the server. 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)
event log (as the ASM event log), and the operating-system event logs. You can send the DSA log as a file
to Lenovo Support or view the information as a text file or HTML file.
Two editions of Dynamic System Analysis are available: DSA Portable and DSA Preboot. For more
information about both editions, see "DSA editions" on page 136.
• Features on Demand
If a Features on Demand feature is integrated in the server or in an optional device that is installed in the
server, you can purchase an activation key to activate the feature. For information about Features on
Demand, see http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/.
• ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, which you can download from the web, provides programs to
help you set up the server and install a Windows operating system. The ServerGuide program detects
installed optional hardware devices and provides the correct configuration programs and device drivers.
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