IBM System x3650 M2 At-A-Glance Manual page 6

Features and benefits:
• Monitoring:
– System voltages
– Battery voltage
– System temperatures
• Fan speed control
• Fan tachometer monitor
• Good Power signal monitor
• System ID and planar version detection
• System power and reset control
• NMI detection (system interrupts)
• SMI detection and generation (system interrupts)
• Serial port text console redirection
• System LED control (power, HDD, activity, alerts, and heartbeat)
• The embedded Web server gives you remote control from any standard Web
browser. No additional software is required on the remote administrator's
workstation.
• For users who are accustomed to a command-line interface (CLI), the
administrator can also use the CLI from a Telnet session to perform some of the
functions that can be performed from the Web server.
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Built-in LAN and serial connectivity supports virtually any network infrastructure.
• Multiple alerting functions warn systems administrators of potential problems
through e-mail, IPMI PETs, and SNMP.
This key enables easy console redirection with text and graphics, keyboard, and
mouse support (operating system must support USB) over the system management
LAN connections.
With video compression now built into the adapter hardware, the adapter allows
the greater screen sizes and refresh rates that are usually in the marketplace.
This feature helps enable the user to display server activities from power-on to full
operation remotely with remote user interaction at virtually any time.
IBM Director
The System x3650 M2 server also features IBM Director, a powerful, highly
integrated, systems-management software solution built on industry standards and
designed for ease of use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup-management
environments, and use rich security to access and manage physically dispersed
IT assets more efficiently over the Internet. It can help reduce costs through
potentially:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
• Reduced service and support costs
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail,
and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors,
HDDs, and memory.
IBM Director includes a portfolio of integrated server tools that work with the
systems management monitoring functions. Typical functions and monitoring
capabilities can include:
• PFA-enabled critical hardware components
• Temperature
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