IBM System x3620 M3 7376 Manual - page 6
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with text and graphics, keyboard, and mouse support (operating system must
support USB) over the system management LAN connections.
With video compression now built into the adapter hardware, the adapter allows the
greater screen sizes and refresh rates that are usually offered in the marketplace.
This feature helps enable the user to display server activities from power-on to full
operation remotely with remote user interaction at virtually any time.
IBM Director
The System x3620 M3 server also features IBM Director, a powerful, highly
integrated, systems-management software solution built on industry standards and
designed for ease of use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup-management
environments, and use rich security to access and manage physically dispersed
IT assets more efficiently over the Internet. It can help reduce costs through
potentially:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
• Reduced service and support costs
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail,
and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors,
HDDs, and memory.
IBM Director includes a portfolio of integrated server tools that work with the
systems management monitoring functions. Typical functions and monitoring
capabilities can include:
• PFA-enabled critical hardware components
• Temperature
• Voltage
• Fan speed
• Light path diagnostics
IT administrators have comprehensive, virtual on-site control of System x® servers
with the ability to remotely:
• Access the server, often regardless of its status
• Inventory and display detailed system and component information
• View server bootup during POST
• Browse and delete logs of events and errors
• Reset or power cycle the server
• Monitor and set thresholds on server health, including:
– Operating system load
– POST timeout
– Voltage
– Temperature
• Set proactive alerts for critical server events including PFA on:
– Memory
– HDDs
• Define automated actions, such as:
– Send an email or page to an administrator
– Execute a command or program
– Deliver an error message to the IBM Director console
• Flash BIOS