Product guide

Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and
expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket server
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 IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
 IBM Service and Support Manager
• Integrated Management Module (IMM):
 IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control
 Text console redirection systems management standard
• Active Memory protection:
 Advanced Chipkill ECC memory protection support
 Memory mirroring
• Integrated slotless ServeRAID controller — enhances system availability and serviceability
without using a PCIe slot
• Hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, or simple-swap SSDs—no fixed drives
• Optional IBM 50.0GB Solid State Drive as a high-reliability alternative to internal storage
(with up to three times the MTBF of spinning disk drives)
• Ultra-efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features and hot-
swap/redundant fan modules
• Standard or optional hot-swap/redundant power supplies (on selected models)
• Light path diagnostics (front LED panel, pop-out/drop-down light path panel)
• Optional Virtual Media Key daughter card (no slot required)
 Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards
• Toolless chassis and toolless slide design; integrated Cable Management Arm
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Infrastructure
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