The Updatexpress System Pack Installer; Using The Integrated Management Module - IBM System x3550 M4 Installation And Service Manual

The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer

The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer detects supported and installed device
drivers and firmware in the server and installs available updates.
For additional information and to download the UpdateXpress System Pack
Installer, go to the ToolsCenter for System x and BladeCenter at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/ and click UpdateXpress
System Pack Installer.

Using the integrated management module

The integrated management module (IMM) is a second generation of the functions
that were formerly provided by the baseboard management controller hardware. It
combines service processor functions, video controller, and remote presence
function in a single chip.
The IMM supports the following basic systems-management features:
v Active Energy Manager.
v Alerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail).
v Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR).
v Automatic microprocessor disable on failure and restart in a two-microprocessor
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating
v A virtual media key, which enables remote presence support (remote video,
v Boot sequence manipulation.
v Command-line interface.
v Configuration save and restore.
v DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
v Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan
v Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V2.0 and
v Invalid system configuration (CONFIG) LED support.
v Light path diagnostics LEDs indicators to report errors that occur with fans,
v Local firmware code flash update
v Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.
v Operating-system failure blue screen capture.
v PCI configuration data.
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configuration when one microprocessor signals an internal error. When one of
the microprocessors fail, the server will disable the failing microprocessor and
restart with the other microprocessor.
system hangs and the operating system watchdog timer times-out. The IMM
might be configured to watch for the operating system watchdog timer and
reboot the system after a timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, the
IMM allows the administrator to generate a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) by
pressing an NMI button on the light path diagnostics panel for an
operating-system memory dump. ASR is supported by IPMI.
remote keyboard/mouse, and remote storage).
disables a failing DIMM that is detected during POST, and the IMM lights the
associated system error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.
failure, power supply failure, and power backplane failure.
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) support.
power supplies, microprocessor, hard disk drives, and system errors.