10PlatformControllerHub(PCH)
Thischipsupportsandprovidesmanyfeatures.ItservesasaPCH,whichprovidesthedatabufferingand
interfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidth
necessaryforthesystemtoachievepeakperformance.
11InternalUSBTypeAconnector2
13InternalUSBTypeAconnector1
UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.Inthiscase,youcanconnectittoaninternal
USBTypeAconnector.
12TMMPremiumconnector
UsedtoconnectaserveroptionnamedasThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium)to
enableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium”onpage123.
14TPMconnector
UsedtoconnectaTPM,whichisasecuritychip,toenhanceserversecurity.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule”onpage126.
15iButtonsocket
YourserversupportsThinkServerRAID300,whichincludesonboardSASsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.
YoualsocanactivateonboardSASsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAIDintheiButtonsocket.Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
RAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage119.
16ThinkServerManagementModule
WiththeintegratedThinkServerManagementModule(alsoknownastheBMCchip),nomatterwhat
conditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserver
isconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMMcontrolledserverscanbe
achievedthroughsystemnetwork.TheusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandSEL,
andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,locking
thepowerswitchonthefrontpanelandsoon.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
17Risercardassembly1slot
Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.
18Risercardassembly2slot
Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.
19Redundantpowersupplyconnector1
20Redundantpowersupplyconnector2
Usedtoconnectahot-swapredundantpowersupply.
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