Installing Your Operating System Without Using Serverguide; Using The Integrated Management Module Ii (Imm2); Using Ipmitool; Managing Tools And Utilities With Imm2 And Ibm System X Server Firmware - IBM System x3250 M4 Installation & User Manual

4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and

Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide

If you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using the
ServerGuide program to install your operating system, you can download
operating-system installation instructions for the server from http://www.ibm.com/
supportportal/.

Using the integrated management module II (IMM2)

The Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) is the second generation of the
functions that were formerly provided by the Integrated Management Module (IMM).
It combines service processor functions and the video controller in a single chip.
The IMM2 supports the following basic systems-management features:
v Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan
v DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
v System event-log (SEL).
v ROM-based IMM2 firmware flash updates.
v Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR).
v Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating
v Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 and
v Invalid system configuration (CNFG) LED support.
v Serial over LAN (SOL).
v Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset).
v Alerts (IPMI style PET traps).

Using IPMItool

IPMItool provides various tools that you can use to manage and configure an IPMI
system. You can use IPMItool in-band to manage and configure the IMM2. For
more information about IPMItool, or to download IPMItool, go to
http://sourceforge.net/
Managing tools and utilities with IMM2 and IBM System x Server
Firmware
This section describes the tools and utilities that are supported by IMM2 and IBM
System x Server Firmware. The IBM tools that you use to manage the IMM2
in-band do not require you to install device drivers. However, if you choose to use
certain tools such as IPMItool in-band, you must install the OpenIPMI drivers.
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restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation.
failure, and power supply failure. •
disables a failing DIMM that is detected during POST, and the IMM2 lights the
associated system error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.
system hangs and the operating system watchdog timer times-out. The IMM2
allows the administrator to generate a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) by pressing
an NMI button on the system board for an operating-system memory dump. ASR
is supported by IPMI.
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.