Computer Hardware User Manual

•DIMMerrorassistance.TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)disablesafailingDIMMthatis
detectedduringPOST,andtheIMMlightstheassociatedsystemerrorLEDandthefailingDIMMerrorLED.
•System-eventlog(SEL).
•ROM-basedIMMrmwareashupdates.
•AutoBootFailureRecovery(ABR).
•Avirtualmediakey,whichenablesremotepresencesupport(remotevideo,remotekeyboard/mouse,
andremotestorage).
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)detectionandreporting.
•AutomaticServerRestart(ASR)whenPOSTisnotcompleteortheoperatingsystemhangsandthe
operatingsystemwatchdogtimertimes-out.TheIMMmightbeconguredtowatchfortheoperating
systemwatchdogtimerandrebootthesystemafteratimeout,iftheASRfeatureisenabled.Otherwise,
theIMMallowstheadministratortogenerateanonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)bypressinganNMIbuttonon
thesystemboardforanoperating-systemmemorydump.ASRissupportedbyIPMI.
•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)SpecicationV2.0andIntelligentPlatformManagement
Bus(IPMB)support.
•Invalidsystemconguration(CNFG)LEDsupport.
•SerialportredirectionoverTelnetorSSH.
•SerialoverLAN(SOL).
•Querypower-supplyinputpower.
•PECI2support.
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol).
•Alerts(in-bandandout-of-bandalerting,PETtraps-IPMIstyle,SNMP,e-mail).
•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture.
•Command-lineinterface.
•Congurationsaveandrestore.
•PCIcongurationdata.
•Bootsequencemanipulation.
TheIMMalsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheOSASMBridge
managementutilityprogram:
•Command-lineinterface(IPMIShell)
Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI
2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,view
systeminformation,andidentifytheserver.Youcanalsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextleand
runtheleasascript.
•SerialoverLAN
EstablishaSerialoverLAN(SOL)connectiontomanageserversfromaremotelocation.Youcanremotely
viewandchangetheUEFIsettings,restarttheserver,identifytheserver,andperformothermanagement
functions.AnystandardTelnetclientapplicationcanaccesstheSOLconnection.
IBMAdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram
TheIBMAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)programisanalternativetotheUEFISetupUtilityprogramfor
modifyingUEFIsettings.UsetheASUprogramonlineoroutofbandtomodifyUEFIsettingsfromthe
commandlinewithouttheneedtorestartthesystemtoaccesstheUEFISetupUtilityprogram.
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