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Input/Output(I/O)features
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel
•FourUSB3.0connectorsontherearpanel
•TwoUSB2.0connectorsonthefrontpanel
Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage17.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupporttheVGAconnectorforconnecting
videodevices.TheintegratedgraphicscontrollerislocatedintheBaseboardManagementController
(BMC)chiponthesystemboard.
Ethernetconnectivity
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeabilityto
supporttwoEthernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000
Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage23
.
YoucaninstallanEthernetcardtoenablemoreEthernetconnectors.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizetheEthernetconnectors.Thedevicedriversareavailable
fordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Servercoverlock(see“Servercoverlock”onpage25)
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage58)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableonsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.
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