The command-line interface provides direct access to server management
functions through the IPMI 2.0 protocol. Use the command-line interface to issue
commands to control the server power, view system information, and identify the
server. You can also save one or more commands as a text file and run the file
as a script.
v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability
Some hot-swap server models support four 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives.
With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives
without turning off the server.
v Large system-memory capacity
The server supports up to 32 GB of system memory when registered DIMMs are
installed. The server supports up to 16 GB of memory when unbuffered DIMMs
are installed. The memory controller supports error correcting code (ECC) and
non-error correcting code for up to 6 industry-standard PC3-8500, or
PC3-10600R-999 (single-rank or dual-rank), 1066 and 1333 MHz, DDR3
(third-generation double-data-rate), registered, and unbuffered synchronous
dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline memory modules
(DIMMs).
v Redundant connection
The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides a failover
capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with the
primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic that is associated with the
primary connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. If the
applicable device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss and
without user intervention.
v High-performance graphics controller
The server comes with an onboard high-performance graphics controller that
supports high resolutions and includes many performance-enhancing features for
the operating-system environment.
v Redundant connection
The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides a failover
capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with the
primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic that is associated with the
primary connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. If the
applicable device drivers are installed, this switching occurs without data loss and
without user intervention.
v Dual-core or quad-core processing
The server supports one Intel Xeon dual-core or quad-core microprocessor.
v RAID support
The server supports an internal RAID SAS Controller, which is required for you to
use the hot-swap hard disk drives and to create redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) configurations.
v TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) support
The Ethernet controllers in the server support TOE, which is a technology that
offloads the TCP/IP flow from the microprocessors and I/O subsystem to increase
the speed of the TCP/IP flow. When an operating system that supports TOE is
running on the server and TOE is enabled, the server supports TOE operation.
See the operating-system documentation for information about enabling TOE.
Note: As of the date of this document, the Linux
®
operating system does not
support TOE.
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