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LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurations
Management
TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurationsManagement(SCCM)programhelps
youmanagethefirmwarecomponentsinyourThinkServerserver.Thefirmwarecomponentsinclude
TSM,BIOS,DeploymentManagerApplication,WindowsDriverPackageforDeploymentManager,and
LinuxDriverPackageforDeploymentManager.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstosende-mailalertsto
relatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperations
Management
TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManagementprogramautomatically
detectsthemanagedserversofyourThinkServerserverandprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedservers.Thesysteminformationincludescomponentinventory,componentstatus,andsensor
status.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstoperformmanagementtasks,suchasrestartingorturningoffyour
ThinkServerserver,andaccessingtheTSMinterface.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
LenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenter
TheLenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenterprogramprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedserversofyourThinkServerserverintheVMwarevirtualizedenvironment.Thesysteminformation
includestheinventoryandstatusofcomponentssuchasmicroprocessors,memorymodules,fans,and
temperaturesensors.Theprogramenablesuserstoperformtaskssuchaslaunchingaremoteconsoleand
accessingtheTSMinterface.Theprogramalsoprovidesaneasywaytoupdatethefirmwareandsend
e-mailalertstorelatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.
LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager
TheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasDeploymentManager)
simplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAID,configuringBIOSsettings,andupdatingthefirmware.The
programworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatethe
processofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Theprogramispartoftheserver
firmware.Thehelpsystemfortheprogramcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
DeploymentManagerhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystem
•Automatichardwaredetection
•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype
•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster
•ContainsRAIDconfigurationutility
•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•SupportsBIOSsettingsconfiguration
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