Lenovo ThinkServer TS460 - Page 23

Input/Output(I/O)features
•Frontpanel
–TwoUSB3.0connectors
•Rearpanel
–VideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connector
–Serialconnector
–FourUSB3.0connectors
–TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectors
–OneRJ-45EthernetconnectorforBMCmanagement
VideosubsystemAnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupportthe
VGAconnectorforconnectingcompatiblevideodevices.Theintegrated
graphicscontrollerislocatedintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),
whichalsoisknownastheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip
onthesystemboard.
EthernetconnectivityTherearetworegularRJ-45EthernetconnectorsandoneRJ-45Ethernet
connectorforBMCmanagementontherearpanelwith10megabitsper
second(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formore
information,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage16.
Securityfeatures•Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage19)
•Administratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordtohelpprotect
unauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see“Usingpasswords”onpage42)
•ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,to
helpenhanceserversecurity
•Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruption
totheoperationofthesystemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableon
somemodels)
•Intrusionswitchthatinformsyouthroughaneventinthesystemeventlog
(SEL)whentheservercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosed
Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
•Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
•BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationand
configuretheserverinthepre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39
.
•Hot-swapfeature
Somemodelssupporthot-swapstoragedrivesandhot-swapredundant
powersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,or
replaceastoragedriveorafailingpowersupplywithoutturningoffthe
server.
•PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutostartyourcomputers,loadan
operatingsystem,ordeployexecutableimagesfromaremoteserverby
usinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedoneindependentlyof
localdatastoragedevices(suchasHDDs)orinstalledoperatingsystems.
•RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAID
cardisinstalled,yourserveralsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardware
RAIDconfigurations.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”
onpage47
.
•Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelated
topicsin“Componentlocations”onpage12.
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