– Identifying parts for service
– Runtime error persistent deallocation, if necessary, for I-Cash, D-cash, L2
cache, L3 cache
– Transparent microprocessor hardware error recovery (for example, for L2
cache errors)
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Single processor checkstop (including a partition checkstop)
Blade-level RAS features
The blade server has the following blade-level RAS features:
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Automatic service processor reset and reload recovery for service processor
errors
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Automatic server recovery and restart that provides automatic reboot after boot
hangs or detection of checkstop conditions
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Automatic server restart (ASR)
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Built-in monitoring for temperature, voltage, hard disk drives, and flash drives
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Call Home - eCare client
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Checkstop analysis
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Checkstop detection with automated restart
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Customer-upgradeable basic input/output system (BIOS) code (firmware code)
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Customer support center 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
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Degraded boot support (memory and microprocessors)
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Repeat Gard
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Extended Error Handling (EEH) for PCI host and root complex, PCIe link, and
PCI adapter failures
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Emergency power off (EPOW) for the blade server and expansion cards
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Environmental monitors and alerts
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Error codes and messages
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ECC memory
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Failover Ethernet support
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First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) for determining failure root cause
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Service processor communication with the management module to enable
remote blade server management
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Light emitting diodes (LEDs) for identifying failing customer replaceable units
(CRUs) or field replaceable units (FRUs)
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Light path diagnostics
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POWER6 RAS design and objectives
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POWER6 Hypervisor (PHYP) partition recovery or partition termination when
unrecoverable errors occur
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Power-on self-test (POST)
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SDRAM with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data (VPD)
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System error logging
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System Management Services (SMS) menu support
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System-wide checkstop
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Vital product data (VPD) unique identifiers on blade server and all major
electronic components with information stored in nonvolatile memory for remote
viewing
1. Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.
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