What your server offers, What, Your – IBM 4190 User Manual

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What

your

server

offers

The

server

uses

the

following

features

and

technologies:

v

Baseboard

management

controller

The

baseboard

management

controller

provides

basic

service-processor

environmental

monitoring

functions.

If

an

environmental

condition

exceeds

a

threshold

or

if

a

system

component

fails,

the

baseboard

management

controller

lights

LEDs

to

help

you

diagnose

the

problem.

Critical

errors

are

also

included

in

the

error

log.

Note:

In

messages

and

documentation,

the

term

service

processor

refers

to

the

baseboard

management

controller

or

the

optional

Remote

Supervisor

Adapter

II

SlimLine.

v

IBM

Director

IBM

Director

is

a

workgroup-hardware-management

tool

that

you

can

use

to

centrally

manage

servers.

For

more

information,

see

the

IBM

Director

documentation

on

the

IBM

Director

CD.

v

IBM

Enterprise

X-Architecture

technology

IBM

X-Architecture

technology

combines

proven,

innovative

IBM

designs

to

make

your

x86-processor-based

server

powerful,

scalable,

and

reliable.

For

more

information,

see

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/

enterprise/index.html.

v

Large

system-memory

capacity

The

server

supports

up

to

8

GB

of

system

memory.

The

memory

controller

supports

error

correcting

code

(ECC)

for

up

to

four

industry-standard

PC2-5300,

667

MHz,

ECC,

double-data-rate

(DDR)

II

unbuffered

synchronous

dynamic

random

access

memory

(SDRAM)

dual

inline

memory

modules

(DIMMs).

v

IBM

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD

The

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD

that

comes

with

the

server

provides

programs

to

help

you

set

up

the

server

and

install

a

Windows

operating

system.

The

ServerGuide

program

detects

installed

optional

hardware

devices

and

provides

the

correct

configuration

programs

and

device

drivers.

For

more

information

about

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD,

see

“Using

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD”

on

page

42.

v

Integrated

network

support

The

server

comes

with

two

integrated

Broadcom

Gigabit

controllers,

which

support

connection

to

a

10

Mbps,

100

Mbps,

or

1000

Mbps

network.

For

more

information,

see

“Configuring

the

Gigabit

Ethernet

controllers”

on

page

55.

v

Large

data-storage

capacity

The

server

supports

up

to

two

25.4

mm

(1-inch)

slim-high,

3.5-inch

hard

disk

drives

(Serial

Advanced

Technology

Attachment

(SATA)

or

serial-attached

SCSI

(SAS),

depending

on

the

server

model),

or

up

to

four

63.5

mm

(2.5-inch)

hard

disk

drives

(SAS),

depending

on

the

server

model.

v

ServeRAID

support

The

hot-swap

models

of

this

server

contain

an

internal

SAS

controller

that

supports

level

0

and

level

1

redundant

array

of

independent

disks

(RAID)

configurations.

The

server

also

supports

some

ServeRAID

adapters

and

other

optional

devices

to

create

RAID

configurations.

For

a

list

of

supported

ServeRAID

devices

for

the

server,

see

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/

compat/us/.

Chapter

1.

The

System

x3250

M2

Types

4190

and

4194

5

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