Ibm Systems Director - IBM System x3850 X5 Installation And User Manual

v Power managed and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities (requires optional Ethernet adapter) with
v Redundant hot-swap capability
v Remind button to temporarily flash the system-error LED
v Remote system problem-determination support
v ROM-based diagnostic programs
v Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring
v Startup (boot) from LAN using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System error logging
v Upgradeable microcode for POST, IMM, diagnostics, service processor, and
v Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system boards, power supplies,
v Wake on LAN capability

IBM Systems Director

IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment. By
using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating
systems and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.
Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views
for viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one
another, and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with
business needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems
Director provides many of the core capabilities that are required for basic
management, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These common
tasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring,
updates, event notification, and automation for managed systems.
The IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent
interface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:
v Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the
v Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate the
v Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing
v Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify
v Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that
v Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the base
v Managing the life cycles of virtual resources
compliant
failover support
– Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
– Power supplies
read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LAN
and SAS (hot-swap-drive) backplane
detailed inventory and relationships to the other network resources
sources of the problems
updates on a schedule
the administrator of emerging problems
can apply those setting to multiple systems
capabilities
Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 server
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