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Lenovo ThinkServer RD550
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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.
Turningontheserver
Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:
Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage19
.Theserverneedsabout
30secondsfortheThinkServerSystemManager(TSM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryou
connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerbuttononthefrontpanelduringthis
period,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTSMinitializationfinishes.
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
Turningofftheserver
CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.
Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:
Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.
Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.
Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.
IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.
Notes:
Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.
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Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Form Factor2U Rack
ProcessorUp to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 processors
RAID SupportRAID 0, 1, 10, 5
Network1Gb Ethernet; optional 10Gb Ethernet
Power SupplyRedundant hot-swap power supplies
Expansion SlotsUp to 6 x PCIe 3.0 slots
Operating System SupportMicrosoft Windows Server, Linux

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