Server User Manual

Input/Output(I/O)features
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
•TwoVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)connectors(oneonthefrontpanelandtheotherontherearpanel)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage14
.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknown
astheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,onthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.
•OnboardIntel82574GigabitEthernetcontrollerfordedicatedorsharedlocalareanetwork(LAN)
managementinterface(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
•OnboardIntelGigabitDualPortEthernetcontrollerforEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage25.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage57
)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails
–Sixhot-swapsystemfanswithredundancy,whichmeansthatvesystemfanscanprovideadequate
coolingwhiletheextraoneservesasaredundantsystemfan,tohelpyoutoavoidsignicantcooling
problemswhenasystemfanfails
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53
.
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