Ibm Director - IBM xSeries 346 User Manual

v Parity checking on the small computer system interface (SCSI) bus and PCI
v Power management: Compliance with Advanced Configuration and Power
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Predictive Failure Analysis
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support
v Redundant hot-swap power supplies and redundant hot-swap fans (some
v Remind button to temporarily turn off the system-error LED
v Remote system problem-determination support
v Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoring
v Startup (boot) from LAN through remote initial program load (RIPL) or dynamic
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System error logging (POST and service processor)
v System-management monitoring through the Intra-Integrated Circuit (I
v Upgradeable POST, BIOS, diagnostics, service processor microcode, and
v Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies,
v Wake on LAN capability

IBM Director

With IBM Director, a network administrator can:
v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail
v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as
v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM Intel-based
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager.
Key features include:
v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft
v Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and
v Support for systems-management industry standards.
v Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management
v Ease of use, training, and setup.
IBM Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced server
tools that are designed to reduce the total cost of managing and supporting
networked systems. By deploying IBM Director, you can achieve reductions in
ownership costs through:
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IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840: User's Guide
buses
Interface (ACPI)
models)
host configuration protocol/boot protocol (DHCP/BOOTP)
read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LAN
SCSI (hot-swap-drive) backplane, and power backplane
microprocessors, disks, and memory
servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile computers on a variety of
platforms
Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat
NetWare. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see
the IBM Director Compatibility Document. This document is in Portable Document
Format (PDF) at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/
sys_migration/ibmdiragent.html. It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks.
mobile computers.
environments.
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(PFA) alerts
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Linux
2
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Windows 2000
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, SUSE LINUX, and Novell