Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Configuring the Server

•ServeRAIDfirmwareisstoredinROMonthesystemboardandtheRAIDadapter(ifoneisinstalled).
•SAS/SATAfirmwareisstoredinROMontheSAS/SATAcontrolleronthesystemboard.
Configuringtheserver
Thefollowingconfigurationprogramscomewiththeserver:
•SetupUtility
TheSetupUtilityispartoftheUEFIfirmware.Useittoperformconfigurationtaskssuchaschanging
interruptrequest(IRQ)settings,changingthestartup-devicesequence,settingthedateandtime,and
settingpasswords.Forinformationaboutusingthisprogram,see“UsingtheSetupUtility”onpage36.
•BootManagerprogram
TheBootManagerispartoftheUEFIfirmware.Useittooverridethestartupsequencethatissetinthe
SetupUtilityandtemporarilyassignadevicetobefirstinthestartupsequence.Formoreinformation
aboutusingthisprogram,see“UsingtheBootManager”onpage41.
•ServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
TheServerGuideprogramprovidessoftware-setuptoolsandinstallationtoolsthataredesignedforthe
server.UsethisCDduringtheinstallationoftheservertoconfigurebasichardwarefeatures,suchasan
integratedSAS/SATAcontrollerwithRAIDcapabilities,andtosimplifytheinstallationofyouroperating
system.ForinformationaboutusingthisCD,see“UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD”
onpage35
.
•Integratedmanagementmodule
Usetheintegratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)forconfiguration,toupdatethe
firmwareandsensordatarecord/fieldreplaceableunit(SDR/FRU)data,andtoremotely
manageanetwork.ForinformationaboutusingtheIMM,see“Usingtheintegrated
managementmodule”onpage41
andtheIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser’sGuideat
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systemx/documentation/topic/com.lenovo.sysx.imm2.doc/
product_page.html.
•VMwareESXiembeddedhypervisor
TheVMwareESXiembeddedhypervisorsoftwareisavailableontheoptionalUSBflashdeviceorSD
adapter.Hypervisorisvirtualizationsoftwarethatenablesmultipleoperatingsystemstorunonahost
systematthesametime.Formoreinformationaboutusingtheembeddedhypervisor,see“Usingthe
embeddedhypervisor”onpage45
.
•Remotepresencecapabilityandblue-screencapture
Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheintegrated
managementmodule2.1(IMM2.1).Theremotepresencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:
–Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1600x1200at75Hz,regardlessofthesystem
state
–Remotelyaccessingtheserver,usingthekeyboardandmousefromaremoteclient
–MappingtheCDorDVDdrive,diskettedrive,andUSBflashdriveonaremoteclient,andmappingISO
anddisketteimagefilesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver
–UploadingadisketteimagetotheIMMmemoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive
Theblue-screencapturefeaturecapturesthevideodisplaycontentsbeforetheIMMrestartsthe
serverwhentheIMMdetectsanoperating-systemhangcondition.Asystemadministratorcanuse
theblue-screencapturefeaturetoassistindeterminingthecauseofthehangcondition.Formore
information,see“Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures”onpage43
.
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