Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Using the Remote Presence and Blue-Screen Capture Features

•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)SpecificationV2.0andIntelligentPlatformManagement
Bus(IPMB)support.
•Invalidsystemconfiguration(CONFIG)LEDsupport.
•LightpathdiagnosticsLEDsindicatorstoreporterrorsthatoccurwithfans,powersupplies,
microprocessor,harddiskdrives,andsystemerrors.
•Localfirmwarecodeflashupdate
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)detectionandreporting.
•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture.
•PCIconfigurationdata.
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol).
•Querypower-supplyinputpower.
•ROM-basedIMM2.1firmwareflashupdates.
•SerialoverLAN(SOL).
•Serialportredirectionovertelnetorssh.
•SMIhandling
•Systemeventlog(SEL)-userreadableeventlog.
TheIMM2.1alsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheipmitool,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.
FormoreinformationaboutIMM2.1,seetheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser'sGuideat
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systemx/documentation/topic/com.lenovo.sysx.imm2.doc/
printable_doc.html.
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures
Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheIntegrated
ManagementModuleII(IMM2).
Theremotepresencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:
•Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1600x1200at75Hz,regardlessofthesystem
state
•Remotelyaccessingtheserver,usingthekeyboardandmousefromaremoteclient
•MappingtheCDorDVDdrive,diskettedrive,SDcard,andUSBflashdriveonaremoteclient,and
mappingISOanddisketteimagefilesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver
•UploadingadisketteimagetotheIMM2.1memoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive
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