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Chapter 1. Introducing the xSeries 205 Type 8480 server 5
• IBM Director
IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to
centrally manage xSeries servers. For more information about IBM Director, go to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/software/sysmgmt/ on the World Wide Web.
• Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD
Your server comes with a Device Drivers and Enhanced Diagnostics CD. Use the
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics program on this CD to diagnose problems with your
server.
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Three important server design features are reliability, availability, and serviceability
(RAS). The RAS features help to ensure the integrity of the data that is stored in your
server, the availability of the server when you need it, and the ease with which you can
diagnose and repair problems.
Your server has the following RAS features:
• Boot block recovery
• Automatic restart after a power failure
• Power-on self-test (POST)
• Hot-swap hard disk drives
• Upgradeable basic input/output system (BIOS), diagnostics, and POST
• Error correction code (ECC) synchronous dynamic random access memory
(SDRAM) with serial presence detect (SPD)
• Cyclic redundancy checking on the small computer systems interface (SCSI) data
bus
• Predictive failure analysis
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(PFA) on memory, microprocessor, hard disk drives,
fans, and power supply
• Auto-restart initial program load (IPL) power supply
• Wake on LAN capability
• Error codes and messages
• Monitoring support for temperatures, voltages, and fan speed
• Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
• Failover Ethernet support
• Microprocessor built-in self-test (BIST)
• Vital product data (VPD); includes serial number information and replacement
part numbers, stored in nonvolatile memory, for easier remote maintenance
• Diagnostic support of Ethernet and RAID adapters
• Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
• Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) jumper
• Key lock support for physical security
Server controls, LEDs, and connectors
This section describes the controls, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and connectors on
your server.