Ibm Director - IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839 Installation And User Manual

v Customer support center 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
v Diagnostic support of Ethernet controllers
v Error codes and messages
v Error correcting code (ECC) protection on the L2 and L3 caches
v ECC memory
v Failover Ethernet support
v Hot Spare Memory feature
v Hot-swap drives on optional small computer system interface (SCSI) storage
v Light path diagnostics
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts
v Service processor that communicates with the BladeCenter management module
v SDRAM with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data (VPD)
v System error logging
v VPD (includes information stored in nonvolatile memory for easier remote
v Wake on LAN capability

IBM Director

With IBM Director, a network administrator can:
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 Intel-based
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager.
Key features include:
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.
2. Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.
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BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839: Installation and User's Guide
expansion unit
to enable remote blade server management
viewing)
microprocessors, disks, and memory
servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile computers on a variety of
platforms
Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, and Novell
NetWare. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see
the IBM Director Compatibility Document. This document is in PDF at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/systems_management/nfdir/agent.html.
It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks.
mobile computers.
environments.
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