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–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)orinstalledoperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
RAID”onpage71.
–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.
–ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram
Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12.
–WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork
(LAN),anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagement
consoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdata
transferandsoftwareupdates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedone
afternormalworkinghoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheBMCrmwaresupportsthefollowingadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures:
Note:TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheBMCdetectsthepresence
ofanintegratedkeyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheiKVMkeyisaremotemanagementmodule.
YoucanpurchaseaniKVMkeyfromLenovoandinstallitontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthesystemboard
ofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatetheadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.
–iKVMredirection
TheBMCrmwaresupportsiKVMredirectionoverLAN.Thisfeatureisavailableremotelyfromthe
embeddedWebserver.Theremotemanagementmodulecandigitizeandcompressthecollected
keyboard,video,andmousesignalsfromthehostsystemandthensendthemtotheremoteconsole.
Meanwhile,itiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollablethroughLANorInternet.Fordetailed
information,refertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserver.
–Mediaredirection
TheembeddedWebserverprovidesaJavaJNLPtoenabletheremotemediaredirection.Thisisused
inconjunctionwiththeremoteKVMfeatureorasastandaloneapplet.
Themediaredirectionfeatureisintendedtoenablesystemadministratorsoruserstomountaremote
opticaldrive,oppydrive,orUSBashdiskasaUSBdevicetotheserver.Oncemounted,theremote
devicefunctionsasalocaldevicetotheserver,enablingsystemadministratorsoruserstobootthe
serverandinstallsoftware(includingoperatingsystems),copyles,updatetheBIOSfromthisdevice.
–WebServicesforManagement(WS-MAN)
TheBMCrmwaresupportstheWS-MANspecication.
–LocalDirectoryAuthenticationProtocol(LDAP)
TheBMCrmwaresupportstheLDAPforuserauthentication.
Note:TheIPMIusers,passwords,andsessionsarenotsupportedoverLDAP.
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