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Input/Output(I/O)features
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)connectoronthefrontpanelinsomemodelsandoneVGAconnector
ontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknown
astheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,onthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.
•OnboardIntel82574LGigabitEthernetcontrollerfordedicatedorsharedlocalareanetwork(LAN)
managementinterface(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
•OnboardIntelGigabitDualPortEthernetcontrollerforEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage26.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpyouprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver
(see“Usingpasswords”onpage63
)
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestoprotectagainstsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails(forservermodelsthatcomewithonepowersupply,youcan
purchaseahot-swapredundantpowersupplyoptionfromLenovoandinstallitintoyourserverasthe
secondpowersupplyforredundancy)
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)congurationforimprovingdatastoragereliabilityand
faulttolerance(see“ConguringRAID”onpage70
)
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
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