IBM System x3250 M3 Type 4251 Installation And User Manual page 24

v Integrated network support
v Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
v Active Energy Manager (AEM)
v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
v PCI adapter capabilities
v ServeRAID support
v Systems-management capabilities
v TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) support
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IBM System x3250 M3 Types 4251, 4252, and 4261: Installation and User's Guide
The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, which you can download from the
Web, provides programs to help you set up the server and install a Windows
operating system. The ServerGuide program detects installed optional hardware
devices and provides the correct configuration programs and device drivers. For
more information about the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, see "Using
the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD" on page 64.
The server comes with an integrated Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller, which
supports connection to a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps network. For more
information, see "Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller" on page 70.
This integrated security chip performs cryptographic functions and stores private
and public secure keys. It provides the hardware support for the Trusted
Computing Group (TCG) specification. You can download the software to support
the TCG specification, when the software is available. See http://www.ibm.com/
servers/eserver/xseries/scalable_family.html for details about the TPM
implementation. You can enable TPM support through the Setup utility under the
System Security menu choice.
The IBM Active Energy Manager solution is an IBM Systems Director plug-in that
measures and reports server power consumption as it occurs. This enables you
to monitor power consumption in correlation to specific software application
programs and hardware configurations. You can obtain the measurement values
through the systems-management interface and view them, using IBM Systems
Director. For more information, including the required levels of IBM Systems
Director and Active Energy Manager, see the IBM Systems Director
documentation on the IBM Systems Director CD, or see http://www.ibm.com/
systems/management/director/resources/.
The server supports a maximum of four 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) hard disk drives, two 3.5-inch simple-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk
drives, or two 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or SATA hard disk drives, depending on the
server model.
With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives
without turning off the server.
The server has two PCI interface slots on the riser card (one supports low-profile
cards, and one supports full-height, three-quarter length cards). Both slots can
support PCI Express or PCI-X adapters. See "Installing an adapter" on page 41
for detailed information.
The ServeRAID adapter provides hardware redundant array of independent disks
(RAID) support to create configurations. The standard RAID adapter provides
RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E. An optional RAID adapter is available for purchase that
provides RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10.
The server comes with an integrated management module (IMM). When the IMM
is used with the systems-management software that comes with the server, you
can manage the functions of the server locally and remotely. The IMM also
provides system monitoring, event recording, and network alert capability.