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v Service processor adapter for remote systems management
v Parity checking on the SAS bus and PCI Express buses
v Power managed and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities (requires optional Ethernet adapter) with failover
v Redundant hot-swap capability
v Remind button to temporarily flash the system-error LED
v Remote system problem-determination support
v ROM-based diagnostic programs
v Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring
v Startup (boot) from LAN using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System error logging
v Upgradeable microcode for POST, BIOS, diagnostics, service processor, and
v Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system boards, power supplies,
v Wake on LAN
IBM Director
With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail
v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as
v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It
includes the following key features:
v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft
v Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and
v Support for systems-management industry standards.
v Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management
v Ease of use, training, and setup.
IBM Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced server
tools that are designed to reduce the total cost of managing and supporting
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compliant
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– Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
– Power supplies
read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LAN
and SAS (hot-swap-drive) backplane
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capability
microprocessors, disks, and memory
x86-processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and notebook
computers on a variety of platforms
Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, AIX, i5/OS, Red Hat
Linux, SUSE Linux, VMware, and Novell NetWare. For a complete list of
operating systems that support IBM Director, see the IBM Director Compatibility
Document. This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/resources/. It is updated every
6 to 8 weeks.
notebook computers.
environments.
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