IBM 71413SU Technical Reference - Page 38

Continuous health monitoring and control The RSA II continuously monitors all important system parameters (such as temperature, voltage, and so on). So if, for example, a fan fails, the RSA II forces the remaining fans to increase speed to compensate for the failing fan. Event log You can get access to the event logs of the server and the power-on self-test (POST) log and export them while the server is up and running. Operating system failure screen capture When the operating system hangs, for example, with a blue screen, you can do a screen capture for support purposes. Additionally, the RSA II stores the last failure screen in memory so you can refer to it later. Remote media As a part of the remote control feature, the remote media capability lets you use diskette drives, diskette images, optical drives such as DVD or CD-ROM drives, or optical drive images of the system where the Web interface of RSA II is running on the remote PC, and make them appear to be local drives. Trusted Platform Module The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 implement the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which ensures that the process from power-on to hand-off to the operating system boot loader is secure. The Core Root of Trusted Measurements (CRTM) code is embedded in the BIOS for logging and signing of the BIOS. In addition, you can enable the ACPI setting in the BIOS (disabled by default) which will assist any operating system that has support written into its code to use the security features of this module. The TPM is TCG V1.2-compliant, and is ready for use with software purchased from the third party list of the TPM Ecosystem partners in compliance with the TPM v1.2 specification. Active Energy Manager IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ (formerly known as IBM PowerExecutive™) is a combination of hardware and software that enables direct power monitoring through IBM Director. By utilizing an operating system that supports this feature, customers will be able to monitor the power consumption of the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2, and then modify or cap the consumption if so required. Active Energy Manager enables customers to monitor actual power draw and thermal loading information. This helps customers with: More efficient planning of new datacenter construction or modification Proper power input sizing based on physical systems Justification of incremental hardware purchases based on available input power capacity Better utilization of existing resources For more information see: http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/extensions/actengmrg.html 38 IBM System x3950 M2 and x3850 M2 Technical Introduction