
•Securityfeatures
–Servercoverlock(see“Servercoverlock”onpage24
)
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage54)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableonsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.
–TSM(alsoknownasBMC),andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedThinkServerSystem
Manager(TSM)features.TheTSMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardof
yourserver.WiththeTSMchip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandno
matteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,
theinteractionwiththeTSM-controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercan
obtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconductthe
operationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofserver
managementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTSM,communication
buses,sensors,BIOS,andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,system
powercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.TheTSM
providessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specification.IPMIhelps
lowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0from
theWebsiteofIntel.TheTSMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.
Youcanfindthedefaultusername,password,andotherinformationfortheTSMintheThinkServer
SystemManagerUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
–Hot-swapfeature
Somemodelssupporthot-swapstoragedrivesandallmodelssupporthot-swappowersuppliesand
hot-swapsystemfans.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplacestoragedrives,a
failingpowersupply,orafailingsystemfanwithoutturningofftheserver.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasstoragedrives)oroperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.YourserveralsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAS
hardwareRAIDconfigurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,
see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage58
.
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