Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Using the Remote Presence and Blue-Screen Capture Features

•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture.
•PCIconfigurationdata.
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol).
•Querypower-supplyinputpower.
•ROM-basedIMM2firmwareflashupdates.
•SerialoverLAN(SOL).
•Serialportredirectionovertelnetorssh.
•SMIhandling
•Systemeventlog(SEL)-userreadableeventlog.
TheIMM2alsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheipmitool,a
managementutilityprogram:
•Command-lineinterface(IPMIShell)
Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI
2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,view
systeminformation,andidentifytheserver.Youcanalsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextfileand
runthefileasascript.
•SerialoverLAN
EstablishaSerialoverLAN(SOL)connectiontomanageserversfromaremotelocation.Youcanremotely
viewandchangetheUEFIsettings,restarttheserver,identifytheserver,andperformothermanagement
functions.AnystandardTelnetclientapplicationcanaccesstheSOLconnection.
FormoreinformationaboutIMM2,seetheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser'sGuideat
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5086346.
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures
Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheIntegrated
ManagementModuleII(IMM2).
Theremotepresencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:
•Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1600x1200at75Hz,regardlessofthesystem
state
•Remotelyaccessingtheserver,usingthekeyboardandmousefromaremoteclient
•MappingtheCDorDVDdrive,diskettedrive,andUSBflashdriveonaremoteclient,andmappingISO
anddisketteimagefilesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver
•UploadingadisketteimagetotheIMM2memoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive
Theblue-screencapturefeaturecapturesthevideodisplaycontentsbeforetheIMM2restartsthe
serverwhentheIMM2detectsanoperating-systemhangcondition.Asystemadministratorcanusethe
blue-screencapturetoassistindeterminingthecauseofthehangcondition.
ObtainingtheIMM2hostname
UsethisinformationtoobtaintheIMM2hostname.
IfyouareloggingontotheIMM2forthefirsttimeafterinstallation,theIMM2defaultstoDHCP.IfaDHCP
serverisnotavailable,theIMM2usesastaticIPaddressof192.168.70.125.ThedefaultIPv4hostnameis
“IMM-”(plusthelast12charactersontheIMM2MACaddress).Thedefaulthostnamealsocomesonthe
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