IBM 206 User Manual

 

 

 

 

Your

 

server

 

uses

 

the

 

following

 

features

 

and

 

technologies:

 

v

   

 

 

 

Your

 

server

 

comes

 

with

 

a

 

graphics

 

controller

 

in

 

the

 

mini-PCI

 

slot

 

on

 

the

 

system

 

board.

 

This

 

high-performance

 

controller

 

supports

 

high

 

resolutions

 

and

 

includes

 

many

 

performance-enhancing

 

features

 

for

 

your

 

operating-system

 

environment.

 

v

   

 

 

 

 

Your

 

server

 

comes

 

with

 

a

 

 

 

 

CD,

 

which

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

to

 

diagnose

 

problems.

 

v

   

 

 

IBM

 

Director

 

is

 

a

 

workgroup-hardware-management

 

tool

 

that

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

to

 

centrally

 

manage

 

xSeries

 

servers.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

the

 

IBM

 

Director

 

documentation

 

on

 

the

 

 

 

CD.

 

v

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

v

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

 

™

 

 

 

 

CD

 

provides

 

programs

 

to

 

help

 

you

 

set

 

up

 

your

 

server

 

and

 

install

 

the

 

Windows

®

 

operating

 

system.

 

The

 

ServerGuide

 

program

 

detects

 

installed

 

hardware

 

options

 

and

 

provides

 

the

 

correct

 

configuration

 

programs

 

and

 

device

 

drivers.

 

For

 

more

 

information

 

about

 

the

 

 

 

 

 

CD,

 

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v

   

 

 

 

Your

 

server

 

comes

 

with

 

an

 

integrated

 

Intel

 

Gigabit

 

Ethernet

 

controller,

 

which

 

supports

 

connection

 

to

 

a

 

10-Mbps,

 

100-Mbps,

 

or

 

1000-Mbps

 

network.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v

   

 

 

 

 

 

Some

 

server

 

models

 

support

 

up

 

to

 

three

 

25.4-mm

 

(1-inch)

 

slim-high,

 

3.5-inch

 

hot-swap

 

hard

 

disk

 

drives

 

in

 

the

 

hot-swap

 

bays.

 

With

 

the

 

hot-swap

 

feature,

 

you

 

can

 

add,

 

remove,

 

or

 

replace

 

hard

 

disk

 

drives

 

without

 

turning

 

off

 

the

 

server.

 

v

   

 

 

 

Your

 

server

 

supports

 

up

 

to

 

4

 

GB

 

of

 

system

 

memory.

 

The

 

memory

 

controller

 

supports

 

error

 

correcting

 

code

 

(ECC)

 

for

 

up

 

to

 

four

 

industry-standard,

 

2.5

 

V,

 

184-pin,

 

double-data-rate

 

(DDR),

 

PC2700

 

or

 

PC3200

 

unbuffered,

 

synchronous

 

dynamic

 

random

 

access

 

memory

 

(SDRAM)

 

dual

 

inline

 

memory

 

modules

 

(DIMMs).

 

v

   

 

 

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

 

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

   

 

 

Your

 

server

 

supports

 

ServeRAID

 

adapters

 

to

 

create

 

redundant

 

array

 

of

 

independent

 

disks

 

(RAID)

 

configurations.

 

In

 

addition,

 

your

 

server

 

also

 

has

 

integrated

 

RAID

 

levels

 

0

 

and

 

1

 

support.

   

Chapter

 

1.

 

Introducing

 

the

 

xSeries

 

206

 

Type

 

8482

 

server