What your server offers, What, Your – IBM 206 User Manual

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What

your

server

offers

Your

server

uses

the

following

features

and

technologies:

v

High-performance

graphics

controller

Your

server

comes

with

a

graphics

controller

in

the

mini-PCI

slot

on

the

system

board.

This

high-performance

controller

supports

high

resolutions

and

includes

many

performance-enhancing

features

for

your

operating-system

environment.

v

IBM

Enhanced

Diagnostics

CD

Your

server

comes

with

a

IBM

Enhanced

Diagnostics

CD,

which

you

can

use

to

diagnose

problems.

v

IBM

Director

IBM

Director

is

a

workgroup-hardware-management

tool

that

you

can

use

to

centrally

manage

xSeries

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

Intel-processor-based

server

powerful,

scalable,

and

reliable.

For

more

information,

go

to

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.htm.

v

IBM

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD

The

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD

provides

programs

to

help

you

set

up

your

server

and

install

the

Windows

®

operating

system.

The

ServerGuide

program

detects

installed

hardware

options

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

20.

v

Integrated

network

support

Your

server

comes

with

an

integrated

Intel

Gigabit

Ethernet

controller,

which

supports

connection

to

a

10-Mbps,

100-Mbps,

or

1000-Mbps

network.

For

more

information,

see

“Configuring

the

Intel

Gigabit

Ethernet

controller”

on

page

27.

v

Large

data-storage

and

hot-swap

capabilities

Some

server

models

support

up

to

three

25.4-mm

(1-inch)

slim-high,

3.5-inch

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives

in

the

hot-swap

bays.

With

the

hot-swap

feature,

you

can

add,

remove,

or

replace

hard

disk

drives

without

turning

off

the

server.

v

Large

system-memory

capacity

Your

server

supports

up

to

4

GB

of

system

memory.

The

memory

controller

supports

error

correcting

code

(ECC)

for

up

to

four

industry-standard,

2.5

V,

184-pin,

double-data-rate

(DDR),

PC2700

or

PC3200

unbuffered,

synchronous

dynamic

random

access

memory

(SDRAM)

dual

inline

memory

modules

(DIMMs).

v

Redundant

connection

The

addition

of

an

optional

network

interface

card

(NIC)

provides

a

failover

capability

to

a

redundant

Ethernet

connection.

If

a

problem

occurs

with

the

primary

Ethernet

connection,

all

Ethernet

traffic

associated

with

the

primary

connection

is

automatically

switched

to

the

redundant

NIC.

If

the

applicable

device

drivers

are

installed,

this

switching

occurs

without

data

loss

and

without

user

intervention.

v

ServeRAID

support

Your

server

supports

ServeRAID

adapters

to

create

redundant

array

of

independent

disks

(RAID)

configurations.

In

addition,

your

server

also

has

integrated

RAID

levels

0

and

1

support.

Chapter

1.

Introducing

the

xSeries

206

Type

8482

server

5

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