User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1. General information
- Chapter 2. Server setup road map
- Chapter 3. Product overview
- Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off the server
- Chapter 5. Configuring the server
- Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Guidelines
- Removing the server cover
- Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
- Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Installing or removing a memory module
- Installing or removing a PCI card
- Installing or removing the Ethernet card
- Installing or removing the RAID card
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer SATA Software RAID 5 Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer iKVM Remote Management Module
- Installing or removing the TPM module
- Installing or removing the DIT module
- Installing or replacing an optical drive
- Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- Removing or installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive
- Replacing the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
- Replacing the non-hot-swap power supply assembly
- Replacing a hot-swap redundant power supply module
- Replacing the power distribution board and cage assembly
- Replacing the front panel board assembly
- Replacing the front system fan
- Replacing the rear system fan
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the microprocessor
- Replacing the system board battery
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Index
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)orinstalledoperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
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
TheBMCrmwaresupportsthefollowingadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures:
Note:TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheBMCdetectsthepresence
ofanintegratedkeyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheiKVMkeyisaremotemanagementmodule.
YoucanpurchaseaniKVMkeyfromLenovoandinstallitontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthesystemboard
ofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatetheadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.
–iKVMredirection
TheBMCrmwaresupportsiKVMredirectionoverLAN.Thisfeatureisavailableremotelyfromthe
embeddedWebserver.Theremotemanagementmodulecandigitizeandcompressthecollected
keyboard,video,andmousesignalsfromthehostsystemandthensendthemtotheremoteconsole.
Meanwhile,itiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollablethroughLANorInternet.Fordetailed
information,refertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserver.
–Mediaredirection
TheembeddedWebserverprovidesaJavaJNLPtoenabletheremotemediaredirection.Thisisused
inconjunctionwiththeremoteKVMfeatureorasastandaloneapplet.
Themediaredirectionfeatureisintendedtoenablesystemadministratorsoruserstomountaremote
opticaldrive,oppydrive,orUSBashdiskasaUSBdevicetotheserver.Oncemounted,theremote
devicefunctionsasalocaldevicetotheserver,enablingsystemadministratorsoruserstobootthe
serverandinstallsoftware(includingoperatingsystems),copyles,updatetheBIOSfromthisdevice.
–WebServicesforManagement(WS-MAN)
TheBMCrmwaresupportstheWS-MANspecication.
–LocalDirectoryAuthenticationProtocol(LDAP)
TheBMCrmwaresupportstheLDAPforuserauthentication.
Note:TheIPMIusers,passwords,andsessionsarenotsupportedoverLDAP.
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