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–TSM(alsoknownasBMC),andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedThinkServerSystem
Manager(TSM)features.TheTSMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardof
yourserver.WiththeTSMchip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandno
matteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,
theinteractionwiththeTSM-controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercan
obtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconductthe
operationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofserver
managementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTSM,communication
buses,sensors,BIOS,andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,system
powercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.TheTSM
providessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specification.IPMIhelps
lowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0from
theWebsiteofIntel.TheTSMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.
Youcanfindthedefaultusername,password,andotherinformationfortheTSMintheThinkServer
SystemManagerUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
–Hot-swapfeature
Somemodelssupporthot-swapstoragedrivesandallmodelssupporthot-swappowersuppliesand
hot-swapsystemfans.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplacestoragedrives,a
failingpowersupply,orafailingsystemfanwithoutturningofftheserver.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasstoragedrives)oroperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.YourserveralsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAS
hardwareRAIDconfigurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,
see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage65
.
–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
ForinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage17
.
–Softwareprograms
Forinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage13.
–WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork
(LAN),anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagement
consoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdata
transferandsoftwareupdates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedone
afternormalworkinghoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTSMdetectsthepresenceofa
ThinkServerSystemManagerPremium(TSMPremium)module,whichalsoisknownastheintegrated
keyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheTSMPremiummoduleisaremotemanagementmodule.
YoucanpurchaseaTSMPremiummodulefromLenovoandinstallitontheTSMPremiumconnector
(alsoknownasiKVMconnector)onthesystemboardofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionand
activatetheadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.
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