
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknown
astheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,onthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.
•OnboardIntel82574LGigabitEthernetcontrollerfordedicatedorsharedlocalareanetwork(LAN)
managementinterface(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
•OnboardIntelGigabitDualPortEthernetcontrollerforEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage21
.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage51)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47
.
–TMM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMM
chip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonor
off,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththe
TMM-controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserver
hardwarehealthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperations
includingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagement
isindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMI
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