Reliability, Availability, | and | Serviceability Features |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Three of the most important factors in server design are reliability, | |||||||||||
serviceability | (RAS). These | factors | help to ensure the integrity | of | th | ||||||
on | your server; that your server is available | when you want | to | use | i | ||||||
should a failure occur, you can easily diagnose and repair the failu | |||||||||||
inconvenience. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
The | following is an abbreviated list | of the | |||||||||
Server. Many | of | these features are | explained | in the following | chapters | ||||||
Ÿ |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Ÿ |
|
|
|
| |||||||
Ÿ |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Ÿ |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Ÿ | (POST) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Ÿ | Customer | support | center | 2 | per day |
|
|
|
| ||
24 hours |
|
|
|
| |||||||
Ÿ |
|
|
|
|
| ||||||
Ÿ | Cooling fans with |
|
|
|
| ||||||
Ÿ | Error checking and correcting (ECC) | memory |
|
|
|
| |||||
Ÿ | Error | codes | and | messages |
|
|
|
|
| ||
ŸRemote systems management through the Netfinity Advanced System
Management controller
Ÿ Remote system
ŸUpgradable BIOS, diagnostics, and Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor code
Ÿ | Recovery for | damaged | BIOS |
|
| |||
Ÿ | Automatic | restart | after | power failure |
|
| ||
Ÿ | Automatic | restart | on initial | processor | error condition | |||
Ÿ | Parity checking | on | the | SCSI | bus, keyboard | interface, | and serial port | |
ŸMonitoring and reporting the status of hard disk drives, power suppli
| cooling systems through status | indicators | on the | front | and | back | of t | ||||
| and on the system board |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Ÿ | Early | warning of failing hard disk drives | and | memory |
|
|
| ||||
Ÿ | Vital | product data (VPD), including serial | number | information | and | repla | |||||
| part | numbers, stored in nonvolatile memory, | making |
| remote | maintenance | of | ||||
| your | server more | efficient |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ÿ | Standard | redundant | power supply |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Ÿ | Redundant power supply option for enhanced availability |
|
|
| |||||||
Ÿ | Redundant | Ethernet | capabilities | (with optional | adapter) |
|
|
| |||
2 Response time will vary, depending on the number and nature of calls received.
6 Netfinity 5000 Server Hardware Information and Procedures
