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What
your
server
offers
Your
server
uses
the
following
features
and
technologies:
v
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,
see
the
IBM
Director
User’s
Guide
on
the
IBM
Director
CD.
v
IBM
Enterprise
X-Architecture
technology
IBM
X-Architecture
technology
combines
proven,
innovative
IBM
designs
to
make
your
Intel-processor-based
server
powerful,
scalable,
and
reliable.
For
more
information,
go
to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.html.
–
Active
™
Memory
The
Active
Memory
feature
improves
the
reliability
of
memory
through
memory
mirroring,
memory
scrubbing,
and
the
Memory
ProteXion
™
feature.
For
more
information,
see
“Active
Memory”
on
page
7.
–
Large
system-memory
capacity
The
memory
bus
supports
up
to
64
GB
of
system
memory.
The
memory
controller
supports
error
correcting
code
(ECC)
for
up
to
32
industry-standard
PC1600,
133
megahertz
(MHz),
3.3
V,
168-pin,
registered,
double-data-rate
(DDR),
synchronous
dynamic
random
access
memory
(SDRAM)
dual
inline
memory
modules
(DIMMs).
–
Memory
ProteXion
The
Memory
ProteXion
feature
provides
the
equivalent
of
a
hot-spare
drive
in
a
RAID
array.
It
is
based
in
the
memory
controller,
and
it
enables
the
server
to
sense
when
a
chip
on
a
DIMM
has
failed
and
to
route
the
data
around
the
failed
chip.
–
XceL4
™
Server
Accelerator
Cache
The
XceL4
Server
Accelerator
Cache
provides
64
MB
of
external
Level-4
cache
per
SMP
Expansion
Module,
which
increases
memory
bandwidth
and
reduces
access
time
through
PCI-X,
Ethernet,
SCSI,
and
Fibre
Channel
interfaces.
v
IBM
ServerGuide
™
Setup
and
Installation
CD
The
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD
that
comes
with
your
server
provides
programs
to
help
you
set
up
your
server
and
install
the
operating
system.
The
ServerGuide
program
detects
installed
hardware
options
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”
on
page
27.
Note:
If
your
server
model
came
with
an
operating
system,
such
as
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
Datacenter
Server,
Windows
Server
2003
Datacenter
Edition,
or
VMware
ESX
server,
see
the
software
documentation
provided
with
your
software
for
configuration
information.
v
Integrated
network
support
Your
server
comes
with
an
integrated
Broadcom
5704
Dual
Gigabit
Ethernet
controller,
which
supports
connection
to
a
10-Mbps,
100-Mbps,
or
1000-Mbps
network.
For
more
information,
see
“Configuring
the
Gigabit
Ethernet
controller”
on
page
30.
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xSeries
445
Type
8870:
User’s
Guide