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What your server offers The server uses the following features and technologies: v Baseboard management controller The baseboard management controller (BMC) 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 and records the error in the error log. The baseboard management controller also provides remote server management capabilities through the OSA SMBridge management utility program. Note: In messages and documentation, the term service processor refers to the baseboard management controller or the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. v IBM Director IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to centrally manage IBM System x and xSeries® servers. For more information, see the IBM Director documentation on the IBM Director CD. v IBM Electronic Service Agent IBM Electronic Service Agent is a software tool that monitors the server for hardware error events and automatically submits electronic service requests to the IBM Support Center. Also, it can collect and transmit system configuration information on a scheduled basis so that the information is available to you and your support representative. It uses minimal system resources, is available free of charge, and can be downloaded from the Web. For more information and to download Electronic Service Agent, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/electronic/. 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. - Active™ Memory The Active Memory feature improves the reliability of memory through online-spare memory, memory mirroring, and memory scrubbing. Online-spare memory disables a failed pair of DIMMs from the server configuration and activates a pair of online-spare DIMMs. Memory scrubbing is an automatic daily test of all the system memory that detects and reports memory errors that might develop, before they cause a server outage. - Large system-memory capacity The server supports up to 256 GB of system memory. The memory controller supports error correcting code (ECC) for up to 32 industry-standard PC2-5300, 1.8 V, 240-pin, registered, double-data-rate (DDR) II, synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline memory modules (DIMMs). - Memory ProteXion The Memory ProteXion feature provides the equivalent of a hot-spare drive in a RAID array. It is based in the memory controller, and it enables the server to sense when a chip on a DIMM has failed and to route the data around the failed chip. 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. 6 IBM System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 Types 7141 and 7233: User's Guide

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What your server offers
The server uses the following features and technologies:
v
Baseboard management controller
The baseboard management controller (BMC) 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 and records the error in the error
log. The baseboard management controller also provides remote server
management capabilities through the OSA SMBridge management utility
program.
Note:
In messages and documentation, the term
service processor
refers to the
baseboard management controller or the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
v
IBM Director
IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to
centrally manage IBM System x and xSeries
®
servers. For more information, see
the IBM Director documentation on the
IBM Director
CD.
v
IBM Electronic Service Agent
IBM Electronic Service Agent is a software tool that monitors the server for
hardware error events and automatically submits electronic service requests to
the IBM Support Center. Also, it can collect and transmit system configuration
information on a scheduled basis so that the information is available to you and
your support representative. It uses minimal system resources, is available free
of charge, and can be downloaded from the Web. For more information and to
download Electronic Service Agent, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/electronic/.
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
enterprise/index.html.
–
Active
™
Memory
The Active Memory feature improves the reliability of memory through
online-spare memory, memory mirroring, and memory scrubbing. Online-spare
memory disables a failed pair of DIMMs from the server configuration and
activates a pair of online-spare DIMMs. Memory scrubbing is an automatic
daily test of all the system memory that detects and reports memory errors
that might develop, before they cause a server outage.
–
Large system-memory capacity
The server supports up to 256 GB of system memory. The memory controller
supports error correcting code (ECC) for up to 32 industry-standard
PC2-5300, 1.8 V, 240-pin, registered, double-data-rate (DDR) II, synchronous
dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline memory modules
(DIMMs).
–
Memory ProteXion
The Memory ProteXion feature provides the equivalent of a hot-spare drive in
a RAID array. It is based in the memory controller, and it enables the server to
sense when a chip on a DIMM has failed and to route the data around the
failed chip.
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.
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