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Software
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use,
andmaintaintheserver.
Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
BIOSandTMMupdateutilities
TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)firmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage66
and“Updatingthefirmware”onpage73.
LenovoThinkServerEnergyManager
TheLenovoThinkServerEnergyManagerisatoolfordatacenterpowermanagement.Itmonitorsthepower
andtemperatureatthedevicelevelandthegrouplevel.Bymonitoringandanalyzingpowerandtemperature
information,EnergyManagerhelpsyoutoincreasepowerefficiencyandimprovebusinesscontinuity.
ForinformationaboutusingEnergyManager,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner
TheLenovoThinkserverPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.
LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperations
Management
TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManagementprogramautomatically
detectsthemanagedserversofyourThinkServerserverandprovidesdetailedsysteminformationabout
themanagedservers.Thesysteminformationincludescomponentinventory,componentstatus,and
sensorstatus.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstoperformmanagementtasks,suchasrestartingorturning
offyourThinkServerserver,accessingtheRemoteDesktopConsolethroughRemoteDesktopProtocol
(RDP),andaccessingtheTMMinterface.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
LenovoPartnerPackforvSpherevCenterServer
TheLenovoPartnerPackforvSpherevCenterServerprogramprovidesdetailedsysteminformationabout
themanagedserversofyourThinkServerserverintheVMwarevirtualizedenvironment.Thesystem
informationincludestheinventoryandstatusofcomponentssuchasmicroprocessors,memorymodules,
fans,andtemperaturesensors.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstoperformtaskssuchaslaunchinga
remoteconsoleandaccessingtheTMMinterface.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
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