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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 dx320 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 memory downsizing on error detection
v Automatic restart on nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) logic supporting a system restart when the
v Automatic restart after a power failure, based on the BIOS setting
v Boot-block recovery
v Built-in monitoring for fan, power, temperature, and voltage
v Customer support center that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
v Error codes and messages
v Memory change messages posted to the error log
v Power-on self-test (POST) with error logging of POST failures
v Power management
v Integrated Ethernet controllers
v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support
v Simple-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives
v Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System-error LED on the front panel
v Upgradeable BMC firmware
v Upgradeable microcode for POST, basic input/output system (BIOS) code, and
v Vital product data (VPD); includes serial-number information and replacement
v Wake on LAN capability
1. Service availability will vary by country. Response time varies; may exclude holidays.
The dx320 supports IPMI version 2.0 over LAN system management protocol. It
supports an optional rack-level management controller that uses
industry-standard management tools.
operating system becomes unresponsive
read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over a LAN
part numbers, stored in nonvolatile memory, for easier remote maintenance
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