Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 - Lenovo Xclarity Administrator

•Coolingandoptionalpowercapabilities
Theserversupportsfivespeed-controlledsimple-swapfansforafullconfiguration.Theservercomes
withtwo1200or1600-watthot-swappowersupplyinstalled.Theserversupportsamaximumoftwo
1600-watthot-swappowersupplies.Forredundancysupportonhot-swapmodels,twopower-supplies
mustbeinstalledintheserver.Twopowersuppliesenablescontinuedoperationifoneofthepower
suppliesfails.
•RAIDsupport
TheRAIDadapterprovideshardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)supporttocreate
configurations.ThestandardRAIDadapterprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and10.
Notes:
1.OneoftheRAIDlevelsmustbechosenforconfigurationwhentheRAIDadapterisinstalled.
2.DuringRAIDrebuildprocess,HDDisconsideredasnon-useable.HDDtrayAmberLEDwillblinkand
GlobalHDDstatusLEDwillbeon.ThisEVENTwillbeloggedinBMC.Whentherebuildprocessis
completed,HDDtrayAmberLEDandGlobalHDDstatusLEDwillbeoff.UsercanrefertoHBAutility
toconfirmcurrentHDD/RAIDstatus.
•Systems-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithaTMM.WhentheTMMisusedwiththesystems-managementsoftwarethat
comeswiththeserver,youcanmanagethefunctionsoftheserverlocallyandremotely.TheTMMalso
providessystemmonitoring,eventrecording,andnetworkalertcapability.Thesystems-management
connectorfortheTMMislocatedontherearoftheserver.
•UEFI-compliantserverfirmware
TheUEFIfirmwareoffersseveralfeatures,includingUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)
version2.1compliance,enhancedreliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS)capabilities,andbasic
input/outputsystem(BIOS)compatibilitysupport.UEFIreplacestheBIOSanddefinesastandard
interfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformfirmware,andexternaldevices.Theserveriscapableof
bootingUEFI-compliantoperatingsystems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,andBIOS-basedadapters
aswellasUEFI-compliantadapters.
LenovoXClarityAdministrator
LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralized,resource-managementsolutionthatsimplifiesinfrastructure
management,speedsresponses,andenhancestheavailabilityofLenovo®serversystemsandsolutions.It
runsasavirtualappliancethatautomatesdiscovery,inventory,tracking,monitoring,andprovisioningfor
Lenovoservers,FlexSystemservers,andRackSwitchswitchesinasecureenvironment.
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralinterfacetoperformthefollowingfunctionsforallmanaged
endpoints.
•Hardwaremanagement
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesagent-freehardwaremanagement.Itcanautomaticallydiscover
manageableendpoints,includingFlexSystemchassisandcomponents,Systemx,NeXtScale,and
ThinkServerservers,andRackSwitchswitches.Inventoryofthediscoveredendpointsisalsogathered,
soanat-a-glanceviewofthemanagedhardwareinventoryandstatusispossible.
•Hardwaremonitoring
LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralizedviewofalleventsandalertsthataregeneratedfrom
themanagedendpoints.WhenaCMMorIMMdetectsanissue,analertoreventispassedtotheLenovo
XClarityAdministratorandisdisplayedintheeventsoralertslog.Asummaryofallalertsandeventsis
visiblefromtheDashboardandtheStatusbar.Eventsandalertsforaspecificendpointareavailablefrom
theAlertsandEventsdetailpageforthatendpoint.
•Serviceandsupport
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