Server User Manual

Table2.Featuresandspecications(continued)
sound-powerlevel,inbels,fora
randomsampleofsystem.
3.Thereisnokeyboardconnector
ormouseconnectoronthe
server.YoucanconnectaUSB
keyboardandUSBmouseto
theserverbyusingtheUSB
connectors.
Softwareprograms
Lenovoprovidessoftwaretohelpgetyourserverupandrunning.
EasyStartup
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
Microsoft®Windows®andLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.TheEasyStartup
programisprovidedwithyourserverontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheDVDisself-starting
(bootable).TheuserguidefortheEasyStartupprogramisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromthe
programinterface.Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage85
.
EasyManage
TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentenablesthisservertobemanagedbythecentralizedconsoleofan
EasyManageCoreServeroverthenetwork.TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentissupportedon32-bitand
64-bitWindows,RedHat,andSUSEoperatingsystems.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
TheserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
AdvancedCongurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)
AdvancedDesktopManagementInterface(DMI)
Automaticmemorydownsizingonerrordetection
Automaticrestartonnon-maskableinterrupt(NMI)
Availabilityofmicrocodelevel
Built-in,menu-drivensetup,systemconguration,andRAIDconguration
Built-inmonitoringforfan,temperature,andvoltage
Coolingfanswithspeed-sensingcapability
ECCDDR3SDRAMwithSerialPresenceDetect(SPD)
Errorcodesandmessagestohelpyouidentifyproblems
Generatingerrorlogsforthepower-onself-test(POST)failures
Hot-swapSASharddiskdrives
IntegratedEthernetcontrollers
IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
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