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–Hot-swapfeature
Somemodelssupporthot-swapharddiskdrivesandorhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.With
thehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceharddiskdrivesorafailingpowersupply
withoutturningofftheserver.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)orinstalledoperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
RAID”onpage73
.
–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.
–Softwareprograms
Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12
.
–WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork
(LAN),anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagement
consoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdata
transferandsoftwareupdates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedone
afternormalworkinghoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheTMMrmwaresupportsthefollowingadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.
Note:TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTMMdetectsthepresence
ofanintegratedkeyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheiKVMkeyisaremotemanagement
module.YoucanpurchaseaniKVMkeyfromLenovoandinstallitontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthe
systemboardofyourservertoenabletheremotemanagementfunctionandactivatetheadvanced
systemmanagementfeatures.
–ThinkServerManagementModulePremiumredirection
TheTMMrmwaresupportsThinkServerManagementModulePremiumredirectionoverLAN.This
featureisavailableremotelyfromtheembeddedWebserver.Theremotemanagementmodulecan
digitizeandcompressthecollectedkeyboard,video,andmousesignalsfromthehostsystemandthen
sendthemtotheremoteconsole.Meanwhile,itiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollable
throughLANorInternet.Fordetailedinformation,refertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide
onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.
–Mediaredirection
TheembeddedWebserverprovidesaJavaJNLPtoenabletheremotemediaredirection.Thisisused
inconjunctionwiththeremoteKVMfeatureorasastandaloneapplet.
Themediaredirectionfeatureisintendedtoenablesystemadministratorsoruserstomountaremote
opticaldrive,oppydrive,orUSBashdiskasaUSBdevicetotheserver.Oncemounted,theremote
devicefunctionsasalocaldevicetotheserver,enablingsystemadministratorsoruserstobootthe
serverandinstallsoftware(includingoperatingsystems),copyles,updatetheBIOSfromthisdevice.
–WebServicesforManagement(WS-MAN)
TheTMMrmwaresupportstheWS-MANspecication.
–LocalDirectoryAuthenticationProtocol(LDAP)
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