Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 - Using the Remote Presence and Blue-Screen Capture Features

systemwatchdogtimerandrebootthesystemafteratimeout,iftheASRfeatureisenabled.Otherwise,
theTMMallowstheadministratortogenerateanonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)bypressinganNMIbutton
foranoperating-systemmemorydump.ASRissupportedbyIPMI.
•Avirtualmediakey,whichenablesremotepresencesupport(remotevideo,remotekeyboard/mouse,
andremotestorage).
•Bootsequencemanipulation.
•Command-lineinterface.
•Configurationsaveandrestore.
•DIMMerrorassistance.TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)disablesafailingDIMMthat
isdetectedduringPOST,andtheTMMlightstheassociatedsystemerrorLEDandthefailingDIMM
errorLED.
•Environmentalmonitorwithfanspeedcontrolfortemperature,voltages,fanfailure,powersupplyfailure,
andpowerbackplanefailure.
•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)SpecificationV2.0andIntelligentPlatformManagement
Bus(IPMB)support.
•Invalidsystemconfiguration(CONFIG)LEDsupport.
•Localfirmwarecodeflashupdate
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)detectionandreporting.
•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture.
•PCIconfigurationdata.
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol).
•Querypower-supplyinputpower.
•ROM-basedTMMfirmwareflashupdates.
•SerialoverLAN(SOL).
•Serialportredirectionovertelnetorssh.
•SMIhandling
•Systemeventlog(SEL)-userreadableeventlog.
TheTMMalsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheipmitool,a
managementutilityprogram:
•Command-lineinterface(IPMIShell)
Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI
2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,view
systeminformation,andidentifytheserver.Youcanalsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextfileand
runthefileasascript.
•SerialoverLAN
EstablishaSerialoverLAN(SOL)connectiontomanageserversfromaremotelocation.Youcanremotely
viewandchangetheUEFIsettings,restarttheserver,identifytheserver,andperformothermanagement
functions.AnystandardTelnetclientapplicationcanaccesstheSOLconnection.
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures
Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheTMM.
Theremotepresencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:
•Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1024x768,regardlessofthesystemstate
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