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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 (see"Using the Setup utility" on
page 132).
v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
The server can support a maximum of 24 drives, using the supported
SAS\SATA backplane configurations. The server supports 2.5-inch hot-swap
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives or hot-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard
disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap solid state drives (SSD), or 1.8-inch hot-swap solid
state drives.
With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives
without turning off the server.
v Light path diagnostics
Light path diagnostics provides LEDs to help you diagnose problems. For more
information about the light path diagnostics, see "Light path diagnostics panel"
on page 19 and the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM
Documentation CD.
v PCI Express Gen2 adapter capabilities
The server provides two PCI riser-card slots on the system board. Standard
models of the server come with two PCI Express riser assemblies. See "Installing
an adapter" on page 70 for detailed information.
– PCI riser slot 1 supports PCI Express Gen2 x8 full-height, three/fourth-length
adapters, PCI Express Gen2 x8 full-height, half-length adapters, or PCI
Express Gen2 x16 full-height, three/fourth length adapters or PCI Express
Gen2 x16 full-height, full-length adapters.
– PCI riser slot 2 supports low-profile, PCI Express Gen2 x8 (x4) adapters, the
optional IBM 6 Gb SSD Host Bus Adapter, or the optional Emulex 10GbE
Custom Adapter for IBM System x.
v Active Energy Manager
The IBM Active Energy Manager solution is an IBM Systems Director extension
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 DVD, or see
http://www.ibm.com/servers/systems/management/director/extensions/
actengmgr.html/.
v Redundant connection
The addition of an optional Emulex 10GbE Custom Adapter for IBM System x
Ethernet adapter provides (dual-ports) failover capability to a redundant
Ethernet connection with the applicable application installed. If a problem occurs
with the primary Ethernet connection and the optional Ethernet adapter is
installed in the server, all Ethernet traffic that is associated with the primary
connection is automatically switched to an optional redundant Emulex 10GbE
Custom Adapter for IBM System x Ethernet adapter connection. If the applicable
device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss and without
user intervention.
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