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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”onpage115
.
•TheIntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,
andremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMMprovidesadvanced
service-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceeds
athresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMMlightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnosetheproblem,
recordstheerrorintheIMMeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMMalsoprovidesa
virtualpresencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMMprovidesremoteserver
managementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:
–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0
–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0
–CommonInformationModel(CIM)
–Webbrowser
SomeofthefeaturesthatareuniquetotheIMMareenhancedperformance,higher-resolutionremote
video,expandedsecurityoptions,andFeatureonDemandenablementforhardwareandfirmwareoptions.
Foradditionalinformation,see“Usingtheintegratedmanagementmodule”onpage110
and
theIntegratedManagementModuleIIUser’sGuideathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/
systemx/documentation/topic/com.lenovo.sysx.imm2.doc/printable_doc.html.
•Integratednetworksupport
Theservercomeswithanintegrateddual-portIntelGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnection
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringtheEthernet
controller”onpage114
.
•IntegratedTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecurekeys.
ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specification.Youcandownload
thesoftwaretosupporttheTCGspecification,whenthesoftwareisavailable.YoucanenableTPM
supportthroughtheSetuputilityundertheSystemSecuritymenuoption.
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Thehot-swapservermodelssupportamaximumoftwenty-six2.5-inchhot-swapSerialAttachedSCSI
(SAS)harddiskdrivesorSerialATA(SATA)harddiskdrivesorsixteen1.8-inchsolid-statedrives.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningofftheserver.
•Largesystem-memorycapacity
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