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•LenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto
helpyousetuptheserverandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogramdetects
installedoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconfigurationprogramsanddevicedrivers.
FormoreinformationabouttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,see“UsingtheServerGuide
SetupandInstallationCD”onpage105
.
•IBMSystemsDirector
IBMSystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanage
physicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,IBM
SystemsDirectorsupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesforLenovoand
non-Lenovox86platforms.Formoreinformation,seetheLenovoSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/resources.htmland“SystemsDirector”onpage16
.
•LenovoXClarityAdministrator
LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators
todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx,
ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesthefollowingfeatures:
–Intuitivegraphicaluserinterface
–Automateddiscoveryandinventory
–Firmwareupdatesandcompliance
–Configurationpatterns
–Baremetaldeployment
–Securitymanagement
–Upwardintegration
–Representationalstatetransfer(REST)applicationprogramminginterfacesandWindowsPowerShell
–Simplenetworkmanagementprotocol(SNMP),systemlog,ande-mailforwarding
Formoreinformation,see“UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator”onpage119
.
•IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
TheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMM2providesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceedsa
thresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMM2lightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,records
theerrorintheIMM2eventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMM2alsoprovidesavirtual
presencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMM2providesremoteserver
managementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
–CommonInformationModel(CIM)
–Webbrowser
Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)”onpage114andthe
IntegratedManagementModuleIIUser'sGuideatthehttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegrateddual-portIntelGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnection
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet
controller”onpage118.
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