Your blade server offers features, such as, the Baseboard management controller, storage disk drive support, IBM® Director, IBM® Enterprise X-Architecture®, microprocessor technology, integrated network support, I/O expansion, large system-memory capacity, Light path diagnostics, PCI Express, and power throttling.
IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to centrally manage servers. For more information, see the IBM® Director documentation on the IBM® Director CD.
IBM Enterprise X-Architecture technology combines proven, innovative IBM designs to make your x86-processor-based blade server powerful, scalable, and reliable. For more information, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.html.
The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD that comes with the blade server provides programs to help you set up the blade server and install a Windows operating system. The ServerGuide program detects installed optional hardware devices and provides the correct configuration programs and device drivers. For more information about the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, see Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD.
The blade server supports an Intel LGA-771 microprocessor. Depending on the model, the blade server comes with one of six specialty of Intel microprocessors. For more information about supported microprocessors and their part numbers, see Parts listing, Types 8014, 8028 and 1916.
The blade server comes with one integrated Broadcom 5714S dual Gigabit Ethernet controller, which support connection to a 10 Mbps network through an Ethernet-compatible switch module in the BladeCenter® unit. The controller supports Wake on LAN technology.
The blade server has connectors on the system board for optional expansion cards for adding more network communication capabilities to the blade server.
The blade server system board supports up to 24 GB of system memory. The memory controller provides support for up to six industry-standard registered ECC DDR2 667 on Very Low Profile (VLP) form factor DIMMs installed on the system board. For the most current list of supported DIMMs, see the ServerProven® list at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.
Light path diagnostics provides light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to help you diagnose problems. For more information, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide.
PCI Express is a serial interface that is used for chip-to-chip interconnect and expansion adapter interconnect. With the blade expansion connector you can add optional I/O and storage devices.
Each blade server is powered by two BladeCenter redundant power-supply modules. By enforcing a power policy known as power-domain oversubscription, the BladeCenter unit can share the power load between two power modules to ensure sufficient power for each device in the BladeCenter unit. This policy is enforced when the initial power is applied to the BladeCenter unit or when a blade server is inserted into the BladeCenter unit.
The following settings for this policy are available:
You can configure and monitor the power environment by using the management module. For more information about configuring and using power throttling, see the management-module documentation or http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.