Product guide

Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability
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including:
• Monitoring of system and battery voltage, system temperature, fans, power supplies,
processor and DIMM status
• Fan speed control
• Product ID and Family ID detection
• Highly secure remote power on/off
• System reset control
• NMI/SMI detection and generation
• System diagnostic LED control (power, HDD, activity, alerts, heartbeat)
• IPMI over LAN
• Serial Over LAN
• Proxy server support
• LAN messaging and alerting
• Text console redirection over LAN
• Predictive Failure Analysis for system fans
• Web-based out-of-band control
• SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) support
• VLAN support
• Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms (RMCP+, AES)
• Local update of IMM firmware
• Firmware firewall
• Support for IPMI v2.0 compliant management software (e.g., xCAT)
• Other mandatory and optional IPMI IMM functions
The IMM alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as voltage
and thermal conditions—even if the server has failed.
The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 also include standard an IBM Virtual Media Key for additional
systems management capabilities, including:
• Latest OS failure screen capture
• Graphical console redirection over LAN
• Remote virtual floppy and CD-ROM
• High-speed remote redirection of PCI video, keyboard and mouse
IBM ToolsCenter consolidates 42 needed tools for managing servers individually into an
integrated suite of 8 tools. They are organized by function: deployment, updates,
configuration and diagnostics. Tools are now simpler to access and use with a single
webpage for access, a common look and feel and a common command line interface for the
scripting tools. The ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator offers significantly more
functionality than past tools with the ability to add more tools to the bootable image and to
automatically download the bootable environment if needed. Bootable Media Creator allows
you to create bootable CDs, DVD, and USB keys for updates customized to your systems.
Automatic Server Restart (ASR) helps reduce downtime by restarting the server
automatically in the event of a system lockup. If the operating system crashes or the
hardware freezes, it automatically triggers the ASR hardware, which immediately restarts the
server (and logs an ASR event with IBM Systems Director). These features are designed so
that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted.
Automatic Node Failover helps improve the availability of multi-node systems. If one node
of a multinode system experiences a failure, the remaining node will reboot and continue
running.
Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off. Once
powered up, the server can be controlled across the network, using the Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE).
Like Wake on LAN, PXE is system firmware. It enables software such as the optional IBM
Remote Deployment Manager to take control of a system before the BIOS, operating
system or applications are loaded (using Wake on LAN/PXE) and lets an administrator
perform many low-level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system.
These tasks may include such things as formatting a hard disk drive, updating system
firmware, or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system.
Text and Graphical Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view