Computer Hardware User Manual

Chapter2.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidesgeneralinformationthatappliestoallmachinetypessupportedbythispublication.

Featuresandtechnologies

Theserverusesthefollowingfeaturesandtechnologies:

•UEFI-compliantserverrmware

UEFIreplacesthebasicinput/outputsystem(BIOS)anddenesastandardinterfacebetweenthe

operatingsystem,platformrmware,andexternaldevices.TheserverdesigncombinestheUEFI

capabilitiesandfeatureswithlegacyBIOScompatibility.UEFI-compliantserversarecapableofstarting

UEFI-compliantoperatingsystems,BIOS-basedoperatingsystems,andBIOS-basedadaptersaswell

asUEFI-compliantadapters.

Note:ThisserverdoesnotsupportDOS.

•Dual-coreorquad-coreprocessing

TheserversupportsoneIntel®Xeon®orCeleron®dual-coreorquad-coremicroprocessor.

•Integratedmanagementmodule

TheIntegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)combinesserviceprocessorfunctions,videocontroller,and

(whenanoptionalvirtualmediakeyisinstalled)remotepresencefunctioninasinglechip.TheIMM

providesadvancedservice-processorcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.Ifanenvironmental

conditionexceedsathresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMMlightsLEDstohelpyoudiagnose

theproblem,recordstheerrorintheeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.Optionally,theIMMalso

providesavirtualpresencecapabilityforremoteservermanagementcapabilities.TheIMMprovides

remoteservermanagementthroughthefollowingindustry-standardinterfaces:

–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0

–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3

–CommonInformationModel(CIM)

–Webbrowser

Foradditionalinformation,see“Usingtheintegratedmanagementmodule”onpage213

•Remotepresencecapabilityandblue-screencapture

Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheintegrated

managementmodule(IMM)andareavailablewiththepurchaseoftheoptionalLenovoVirtualMediaKey.

Avirtualmediakeyisrequiredtoenabletheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures.The

remotepresencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:

–Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1280x1024,regardlessofthesystemstate

–Remotelyaccessingtheserver,usingthekeyboardandmousefromaremoteclient

–MappingtheDVDdrive,diskettedrive,andUSBashdriveonaremoteclient,andmappingISOand

disketteimagelesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver

–UploadingadisketteimagetotheIMMmemoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive

Theblue-screencapturefeaturecapturesthevideodisplaycontentsbeforetheIMMrestartstheserver

whentheIMMdetectsanoperating-systemhangcondition.Asystemadministratorcanusethe

blue-screencapturetoassistindeterminingthecauseofthehangcondition.

See“Usingtheremotepresencecapabilityandblue-screencapture”onpage217

foradditional

information.