Lenovo System x3250 M4 - The Updatexpress System Pack Installer; Changing the Power Policy Option to the Default Settings after Loading UEFI Defaults; Using the Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)

TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstallerdetectssupportedandinstalleddevicedriversandfirmwareinthe
serverandinstallsavailableupdates.
ForadditionalinformationandtodownloadtheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller,gototheToolsCenter
forSystemxandBladeCenterathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/andclick
UpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller.
ChangingthePowerPolicyoptiontothedefaultsettingsafterloading
UEFIdefaults
ThedefaultsettingsforthePowerPolicyoptionaresetbytheIMM2.
TochangethePowerPolicyoptiontothedefaultsettings,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately20secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtoACpower,thepower-control
buttonbecomesactive.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
musttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetuputilitymenu.Ifyoudonottypethe
administratorpassword,alimitedSetuputilitymenuisavailable.
Step3.SelectSystemSettings➙IntegratedManagementModule,thensetPowerRestorePolicy
settingtoRestore.
Step4.GobacktoSystemConfigurationandBootManagement➙SaveSettings.
Step5.GobackandcheckthePowerPolicysettingtoverifythatitissettoRestore(thedefault).
Attention:Ifyousetanadministratorpasswordandthenforgetit,thereisnowaytochange,override,
orremoveit.Youmustreplacethesystemboard.
UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
TheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)isasecondgenerationofthefunctionsthatwereformerly
providedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerhardware.Itcombinesserviceprocessorfunctions,video
controller,andremotepresencefunctioninasinglechip.
TheIMM2supportsthefollowingbasicsystems-managementfeatures:
•ActiveEnergyManager.
•Alerts(in-bandandout-of-bandalerting,PETtraps-IPMIstyle,SNMP,e-mail).
•AutoBootFailureRecovery(ABR).
•Automaticmicroprocessordisableonfailureandrestartinatwo-microprocessorconfigurationwhenone
microprocessorsignalsaninternalerror.Whenoneofthemicroprocessorsfail,theserverwilldisablethe
failingmicroprocessorandrestartwiththeothermicroprocessor.
•AutomaticServerRestart(ASR)whenPOSTisnotcompleteortheoperatingsystemhangsandthe
operatingsystemwatchdogtimertimes-out.TheIMM2mightbeconfiguredtowatchfortheoperating
systemwatchdogtimerandrebootthesystemafteratimeout,iftheASRfeatureisenabled.Otherwise,
theIMM2allowstheadministratortogenerateanonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)bypressinganNMIbutton
onthelightpathdiagnosticspanelforanoperating-systemmemorydump.ASRissupportedbyIPMI.
•Avirtualmediakey,whichenablesremotepresencesupport(remotevideo,remotekeyboard/mouse,
andremotestorage).
•Bootsequencemanipulation.
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