IBM 71453RU manual IBM Systems Director

vIBM Systems Director workgroup-hardware-management tool

vInformation and light path diagnostics LED panels

vIntegrated management module

vService processor adapter for remote systems management

vParity checking on the SAS bus and PCI Express buses

vPower managed and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) compliant

vPower-on self-test (POST)

vPredictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts

vRedundant Ethernet capabilities (requires optional Ethernet adapter) with failover support

vRedundant hot-swap capability

–Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability

–Power supplies

vRemind button to temporarily flash the system-error LED

vRemote system problem-determination support

vROM-based diagnostic programs

vStandby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring

vStartup (boot) from LAN using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) protocol

vSystem auto-configuring from the configuration menu

vSystem error logging

vUpgradeable microcode for POST, IMM, diagnostics, service processor, and read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LAN

vVital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system boards, power supplies, and SAS (hot-swap-drive) backplane

vWake on LAN capability

IBM Systems Director

IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the way you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment. By using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating systems and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.

Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views for viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one another, and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with business needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Director provides many of the core capabilities that are required for basic management, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These common tasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring, updates, event notification, and automation for managed systems.

The IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent interface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:

vDiscovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailed inventory and relationships to the other network resources

vNotifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate the sources of the problems

vNotifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing updates on a schedule

vAnalyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify the administrator of emerging problems

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