Input/Output(I/O)features
•Ontherearpanel:
–Onevideographicsarray(VGA)connector
–OneRJ-45Ethernetconnector
–Oneserialconnector(availableonsomemodels)
–TwoUSB3.0connectors
•Onthefrontpanel(availableonsomemodels):
–OneVGAconnector
–TwoUSB2.0connectors
Note:IfyourserverhastwoVGAconnectors,theycannotbeenabledatthesametime.
Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage18
.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupporttheVGAconnectorsforconnecting
videodevices.TheintegratedgraphicscontrollerislocatedintheBaseboardManagementController
(BMC)chiponthesystemboard.
•Integratedgraphicscontroller:On-boardASPEEDAST2400
•16MBofvideomemorycache
Ethernetconnectivity
ThereisoneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.TheEthernetconnectorisforsystemmanagement.
YoucaninstallanEthernetcardoranAnyFabricadaptertoenablemoreEthernetconnectors.However,you
mustinstalladevicedrivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizetheEthernetconnectors.Thedevice
driversareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
10ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual