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What your blade server offers
Your blade server offers features, such as the integrated management module, storage disk drive support,
IBM® Systems Director, IBM Enterprise X-Architecture, microprocessor technology, integrated network
support, I/O expansion, large system-memory capacity, light path diagnostics LEDs, PCI Express, and
power throttling.
• Integrated management module (IMM)
The integrated management module (IMM) combines service processor functions, video controller, the
remote presence, and blue-screen capture features in a single chip. The IMM provides advanced service-
processor control, monitoring, and alerting function. If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or
if a system component fails, the IMM lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in
the IMM event log, and alerts you to the problem.
Optionally, the IMM also provides a virtual presence capability for remote server management capabilities.
The IMM provides remove server management through industry-standard interfaces:
– Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) version 2.0
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) version 3.0
– Common Information Model (CIM)
– web browser.
For more information, see Chapter 6 "Accessing the IMM" on page 109.
• Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
IBM Dynamic Systems Analysis (DSA) collects and analyses system information to aid in diagnosing
server problems. DSA collects the following information about the server:
– Drive health information
– Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors
– Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information
– Installed applications and hot fixes
– Kernel modules
– Light path diagnostics status
– Network interface and settings
– Performance data and details about processes that are running
– RAID and controller configuration
– Service processor (integrated management module) status and configuration
– System configuration
– Vital product data and firmware information
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) chassis-event log (as the ASM event log), and the
operating-system event logs. You can send the DSA log as a file to IBM service or view the information as
a text file or HTML file.
For more information, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide.
• Hard disk drive support
The blade server supports up to two solid state drives (SSDs). You can implement RAID 0 or RAID 1 for
the SSDs.
• IBM ServerGuide Setup and InstallationCD
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