Lenovo x3250 m6 - Using the Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)

Step5.GobackandcheckthePowerPolicysettingtoverifythatitissettoRestore(thedefault).
UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)isasecondgenerationofthefunctionsthatwereformerly
providedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerhardware.Itcombinesserviceprocessorfunctions,video
controller,andremotepresencefunctioninasinglechip.
IMM2supportsthefollowingbasicsystem-managementfeatures:
•Alerts(in-bandandout-of-bandalerting,PETtraps-IPMIstyle,SNMP,e-mail)
•AutoBootFailureRecovery(ABR)
•AutomaticServerRestart(ASR)whenPOSTisnotcompletedortheoperatingsystemhangsandthe
operatingsystemwatchdogtimertimesout
•Avirtualmediakey,whichenablesremotepresencesupport(remotevideo,remotekeyboard/mouse,and
remotestorage)
•Bootsequencemanipulation
•Command-lineinterface
•Configurationssaveandrestore
•DIMMerrorassistance.TheUEFIdisablesafailingDIMMthatisdetectedduringPOST,andtheIMM2
lightstheassociatedsystemerrorLED
•Environmentalmonitorwithfanspeedcontrolfortemperature,voltages,fanfailure,powersupplyfailure,
andpowerbackplanefailure
•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)SpecificationV2.0andIntelligentPlatformManagement
Bus(IPMB)support
•Invalidsystemconfiguration(CONFIG)LEDsupport
•Localfirmwarecodeflashupdate
•Nonmaskableinterrupt(NMI)detectionandreporting
•Operating-systemfailurebluescreencapture
•PCIconfigurationdata
•Power/resetcontrol(power-on,hardandsoftshutdown,hardandsoftreset,schedulepowercontrol)
•Querypower-supplyinputpower
•ROM-basedIMM2firmwareflashupdates
•SerialoverLAN(SOL)
•Serialportredirectionovertelnetorsshprotocols
•SMIhandling
•Systemeventlog(SEL)-userreadableeventlog
TheIMM2alsoprovidesthefollowingremoteservermanagementcapabilitiesthroughtheipmitool,a
managementutilityprogram:
•Command-lineinterface(IPMIShell)
Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI
2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,view
systeminformation,andidentifytheserver.Youcanalsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextfileand
runthefileasascript.
•SerialoverLAN
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