
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTSM-controlled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTSM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TSMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specification.IPMI
helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTSMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.
Youcanfindthedefaultusername,password,andotherinformationfortheTSMintheThinkServer
SystemManagerUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
–Hot-swapfeature
Yourserversupportshot-swapstoragedrives(includingharddiskdrivesandsolid-statedrives),
hot-swapsystemfans,andhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcan
install,remove,orreplaceahot-swapdevicewithoutturningofftheserver.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDifyourserverhasarequiredAnyRAID
adapterinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage62
.
–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page16.
–Softwareprograms
Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage13.
–WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTSMdetectsthepresenceofa
TSMPremium.TheTSMPremiumisaremotemanagementmodule.YoucanpurchaseaTSMPremium
fromLenovoandinstallitonthesystemboardtoactivatetheadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.
Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerSystemManager
UserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
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