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v Error correcting code (ECC) double-data-rate 2 (DDR2) synchronous dynamic
v Error logging of POST failures
v Hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives
v Integrated Ethernet controller
v Support for the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II
v Key-lock support for physical security
v Memory change messages posted to the error log
v Mini baseboard management controller (mini-BMC) (service processor)
v Power management
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities (requires an optional Ethernet adapter) with
v Simple-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives
v Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoring
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System-error LED on the front bezel and diagnostic LEDs on the system board
v Upgradeable mini-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
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.
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random-access memory (SDRAM) with serial presence detect (SPD)
failover support
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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capability
microprocessors, disks, and memory
Intel-processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile
computers on a variety of platforms
Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux
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/servers/eserver/xseries/
systems_management/sys_migration/ibmdiragent.html. It is updated every 6 to 8
weeks.
mobile computers.
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Windows
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, SUSE LINUX, and Novell
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