IBM 8682 Server User Manual


 
v Hot-swap hard disk drives
v Active PCI (hot-plug) adapter slots
v Information and diagnostic LED panels
v Menu-driven setup, system configuration, SCSISelect configuration, and
diagnostic programs
v Memory scrubbing and Predictive Failure Analysis
®
(PFA) (background and real
time)
v Microcode and diagnostic levels available
v NIC failover support
v Power and temperature monitoring
v Power-supply redundancy monitoring
v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities (with optional adapter)
v Redundant hot-swap cooling
v Redundant and hot-swap power supplies
v Remote Connect
v Remote system problem-determination support
v System auto-configuring from a configuration menu
v Upgradable POST, BIOS, diagnostics, and Advanced System Management
Processor microcode
v Wake on LAN
®
capability
v Windows NT
®
failover support
v Alert on LAN
capability
v Backup BIOS switching by jumper
v Error codes and messages
v Integrated service processor subsystem provides control for remote system
management
v Processor serial number access
v Standard cables present detection
v System error logging (POST and Advanced System Management Processor)
v Vital Product Data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies,
hot-swap-drive backplane, and power backplane
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