Lenovo RD640, RD540, RD340, RD440 User Manual

ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide

ThinkServerRD340,RD440,RD540,andRD640

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowing:

•“Safetyinformation”onpage1

•AppendixB“Notices”onpage31

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Contents

Chapter1.Introduction.........1

Terminology.................1

Safetyinformation..............1

Chapter2.OverviewoftheLenovo
ThinkServerManagementModule...3

FeaturesoftheThinkServerRemoteManagement

Module..................3

Chapter3.Configurationofthe
ThinkServerRemoteManagement

Module.................5

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemote
ManagementModuleQuickStart...7

Prestart..................7

Log-on..................10

Navigation................11

Log-out.................12

Chapter5.Remoteconsole(KVM)

operation...............13

Starttheredirectionconsole.........13

Mainwindowoftheremoteconsole......13

Menubaroftheremoteconsole........13

Viewmenuoftheremoteconsole.....13

Macrosmenuoftheremoteconsole....14

Toolsmenuoftheremoteconsole.....14

Powermenuoftheremoteconsole.....14

Chapter6.ThinkServerRemote
ManagementModuleWebconsole

options................15

Properties................15

Viewingproperties...........15

Serverinformation.............16

Viewingsensorreadings.........16

ViewingtheSystemEventLog........16

Eventmanagement.............17

PlatformEvents............17

TrapSettings(SNMP)..........18

EmailSettings(SMTP)..........18

SerialOverLAN............18

Remotecontrol..............19

Remotemanagement..........19

Virtualmedia.............20

Powercontrol.............21

Configuration...............22

Network...............22

Networksecurity............23

Security...............23

Users................23

Service................24

IPMI.................24

Session................25

LDAP................26

Update................26

Utilities................27

Languages................28

AppendixA.Frequentlyasked

questions...............29

AppendixB.Notices..........31

Trademarks................32

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Chapter1.Introduction

ThankyoufororderingandusingtheLenovo

®

ThinkServer

®

ManagementModule(TMM),hereinafter

referredtoasRemoteManagementModule.

TheUserGuidedescribeshowtousetheRemoteManagementModule,theoverviewofthemodule
features,andhowtosetupandoperatethemodule.

TheUserGuideisforsystemadministratorsresponsibleforinstallation,troubleshooting,upgradeand
maintenanceoftheRemoteManagementModule.Asasystemadministrator,onceyouarefamiliarwiththe
UserGuide,youcanuseRemoteManagementModuletoaccessremotelyfromanylocationtorespondfor
emergency.

Terminology

Thefollowingtableliststhetermsusedinthisdocumentanditscorrespondingdescriptions.

AbbreviationDefinition

BMCSystemboardManagementController

DHCPDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol

IPMI

KVMKeyboard,Video,andMouse

MACMediaAccessController

TCP/IPTransferControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

Safetyinformation

WARNING

WithreferencetoeithertheGuideorotherdocuments,youshouldalwayspayparticularattention
tosafetyinformationbeforeoperatingtheThinkServer.T oensurefullcompliancewiththeexisting
certificationandlicensing,youmustfollowtheinstallationinstructionsintheGuide.

Poweron/off:thepowerbuttoncannotcutoffsystempowerorRemoteManagementModulepower.

TocutoffthepowerofRemoteManagementModule,youmustdisconnecttheacpowercordfromthe
poweroutlet.Whenopeningthechassistoinstallorremovetheparts,youshouldmakesuretheacpower
cordhasbeendisconnected.

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Dangeroussituations,equipmentandcables:power,telephones,andsignalcablesmayhavethedanger

ofelectricshock.Beforeopeningthedevice,shutdowntheserver,disconnectedthepowercord,the
communicationsystem,networkandmodemconnectedtotheserver.Otherwise,itmayresultinpersonal
injuryorequipmentdamage.

ElectrostaticDischarge(ESD)andESDprotection:ElectrostaticDischarge(ESD)candamagedisk
drivers,systemboardandothercomponents.WerecommendthatyoucompleteallthestepsinthisSection
onlyintheESDprotectiveworkstations.IfESDworkstationisunavailable,pleasewearanti-staticwriststrap
whileholdingpartsandconnectthewriststraptothegroundwire(thatis,anyunpaintedmetalsurface)
oftheserverchassistoprovideESDprotection.

ESDandholdingsystemboards:becarefulwhenholdingthesystemboard.Theyareextremelysensitive
toESD.Onlytouchtheedgewhenholdingthesystemboard.Laythesystemboardwithcomponentsside
facingupwardsaftertakingthesystemboardoutoftheprotectionbagorthesever.Usetheconductive
foampad(ifany)ratherthanthesystemboardpackage.Donotslidethesystemboardonanysurface.

Installingorremovingjumper:jumperisasmallplasticconductorbetweentwojumperpins.Somejumpers
haveasmallwingonthetopforyoutousefingertipsorfineneedleforcepstoclipit.Ifthejumperhasno
suchwing,becarefulwheninstallingorremovingitwithneedleforceps,andclipthejumper'snarrowface
insteadofthewideone.Clippingthewidefacewilldamagethecontactsinsidethejumper,whichwillleadto
intermittentfaultstosomefunctionscontrolledbythejumper.Clipthejumpercarefullywithpliersorother
toolsanddonotsqueezewhenremovingit.Otherwise,pinsonthesystemboardmaybebentorbroken.

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Chapter2.OverviewoftheLenovoThinkServerManagement Module

ThistopicdescribesthefeaturesoftheRemoteManagementModule.

TheRemoteManagementModulerunsontheserversystemasanintegratedsolutionandintegrates
theembeddedoperatingsystem.Independentoftheserveroperatingsystem,theembeddedoperating
systemcanprovideawholesetofcomplete,stableandeffectivesolutionfortheserver.Asasystem
administrator,youcanrespondanytimeandanywheretoemergencyfailureandtakeremotecontrolon
theserverthroughthenetwork.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModule

TheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollableviaLAN
orInternet.Itwilldigitizeandcompressthecollectedvideosignal,keyboard,mousesignalsandthen
sendtotheremoteconsole.Embeddedwithremoteaccessandrelatedcontrolsoftware,themodule
alsoallowsintegratedremotepowermanagementviaIPMI.KeyfeaturesoftheRemoteManagement
Moduleareasfollows:

•EmbeddedWebUI-Remotepoweron/off,systemhealth,systeminformation,alertnotificationand
eventlog.

•USB2.0mediaredirection-bootfromremotemedia

•Security-opensourceSSL

•CompatiblewithIPMIV2.0

•KVM-allowremoteviewingandconfiguringinthePOSTandBIOSsetuputility

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Chapter3.ConfigurationoftheThinkServerRemote
ManagementModule

ThistopicdescribeshowtousetheserverconfigurationutilitytochangetheRemoteManagementModule
fromtheun-configuredstatustotherunningstatus.Whenfirstinstalled,theRemoteManagementModule
bydefaultwillsearchDHCPserveronthenetworktoautomaticallyassignIPaddress,subnetmaskand
gateway.ItisrecommendedthatusersmanuallysetafixedIPaddressintheBIOS.

TosetanIPaddress,dothefollowing:

1.PressF1assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.

2.FromtheBIOSsetupmenu,selectServerManagement➙BMCNetworkConfiguration➙

ConfigurationAddressSource.

3.FromtheConfigurationoption,youcanchooseSTATICorDHCPtosetIPaddress.

4.Whenyoufinishtheconfiguration,savethesettings.

Table1.IPMI2.0Configurationsubmenu

STA TICStaticIPconfiguration.IPandthesubnetmaskcanbesetmanually. Configuration

Address

Source

DHCP

DynamicIPconfiguration.ThesystemcanobtainIPautomatically.

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Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuick Start

ThistopicdescribeshowtoquicklyacquaintwithrelatedoperationsoftheRemoteManagementModule.In
addition,italsodescribestheadvancedfeaturesofhowtologonthemoduleandoptionsavailablewhile
browsing,andhowtologout.

Prestart

TheRemoteManagementModulehasanembeddedWebserverandanapplicationwithmultiplestandard
interfaces.Thistopicdescribestheseinterfacesandtheirusages.Y oucanusetheTCP/IPprotocolto
accesstheseinterfaces.

Note:Asthesupportedfunctionsoftheproductvarywithconfigurations,refertotheactualproduct
description.

Formoreinformationabouttheinitialsettings,seeChapter3“ConfigurationoftheThinkServerRemote
ManagementModule”onpage5
namesandpasswordsarealsoaccepted.Thedefaultusernameandpasswordareasfollows:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=len0vO

TheRemoteManagementModuleisaccessiblethroughthestandardJava-enabledWebbrowserwith
HTTPandHTTPS.

.Theusernameinthistopicis“lenovo”.Besides“lenovo”,otheruser

HTTP/HTTPS:TheembeddedWebserverprovidesfullaccesspermission.Y oucanaccesstheRemote
ManagementModuleviaencryptedHTTPSprotocolorHTTPprotocol.WhenaccessingthroughtheHTTP
protocol,notethefollowing:

1.WithaccesstoThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleviatheHTTPSprotocol,thebrowsermay
promptyoutotrustandinstallthesecuritydigitalcertification,andyoujustfollowthepromptsto
importandconfirmthecertification.

2.IntheInternetExplorer

®

6WebbrowserontheMicrosoft

®

WindowsServer

®

2003operatingsystem,

ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccesstheRemoteManagementModule,youneedtocheckInternet

ExplorerEnhancedSecurityConfigurationitemintheControlPanel➙Add/RemoveWindows
Components.

3.InIE7ontheMicrosoft

®

WindowsServer

®

2008operatingsystem,ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccess
theRemoteManagementModule,youneedtodothefollowingamendmentstotheConfigureIEESC
itemofthesecurityinformationoftheservermanager,asshowninthefollowingfigures:

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Figure1.ConfiguringIEESC-setp1

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Figure2.ConfiguringIEESC-setp2

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Figure3.ConfiguringIEESC-setp3

Formakingtheremoteconsole(KVM)windowofthemanagedserverworks,youmustinstallJavaruntime
environment(JRE)V6.0Update24orlater.

Log-on

TologontotheThinkServerRemoteManagementModule,dothefollowing:

1.EntertheIPaddressassignedbytheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleintotheWebbrowser.
Forexample:
http://10.223.131.36/

Forsecureconnection,refertothefollowingexample:
https://10.223.131.36/

TheWebbrowserwillthenbedirectedtothelogonpageoftheRemoteManagementModule.

2.OnthelogonpageoftheRemoteManagementModule,entertheusernameandpassword.For
example:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=len0vO

3.ClickOKtoviewthehomepageoftheRemoteManagementModule.

Afterasuccessfulinitiallogon,thesystemadministratorcancreatenewusersandhasfullpermissionof
RemoteManagementModule.

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Navigation

WhentheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleissuccessfullyloggedon,theThinkServerRemote
ManagementModulehomepageisdisplayed.

ThereareseveraltabsontheverticaltoolbarwhichisontheleftpaneoftheThinkServerRemote
ManagementModulehomepage.Byclickingthesetabs,youcangetthespecificsysteminformationand
taketherelevanttaskslistedinthefollowingtable:

Table2.TabsontheThinkServerRemoteManagementModulehomepage

Properties

Configuration

Server
Information

SystemEvent
Log

Event
Management

Tab

SysteminformationisshownonthePropertiespage.

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•Network

•NetworkSecurity

•Security

•Users

•Services

•IPMI

•Sessions

•LDAP

•Update

•Utilities

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•Power

•Thermal

Clickthistabtoviewthesystemeventlog(SEL).

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•PlatformEvents

•TrapSettings

•EmailSettings

•SerialOverLAN

Comments

Therealsoaretabsonthetopofthehomepage:

Table3.T absonthetopoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModulehomepage

Support

Help

About

Logout

Tab

Viewthecontactinformationaboutthecompanyofthisproduct.

Viewthebriefdescriptionaboutthecurrentpageontherightpaneofthebrowser.Byclicking
the“X”onthetoprightofthepane,youcanclosetheHelpwindow.

Viewtheversionofthesoftware.

TerminatethecurrentWebConsolesession.
Note:Iftheremoteconsole(KVM)windowisactive,itwillcloseautomaticallywhenyouare
loggingout.Afterlogout,theWebconsolewillbacktologonscreen.

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Comments

ThereisaRefreshbuttonontherightpane.Clickthisbuttontorefreshthecurrentpage.

Log-out

TologouttheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleandturnbacktothelogonpage,clickLogouton
therighttopoftheprogramhomepage.

Note:AutomaticTimeout:IftheWebconsoledetectsnouseractivitywithinfifteenminutes,thecurrent
sessionwillbeautomaticallyterminated.IftheuserhasopenedtheKVMremoteconsolewindow,thenthe
Websessionwillnotautomaticallytimeout.Whentheautomatictimeouthappens,thesystemwillinformthe
usertologonagainiftheuserwantstoaccesstheWebconsoletotakeoperations.

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Chapter5.Remoteconsole(KVM)operation

Theremoteconsoleistheredirectionscreen,keyboard,andmouseoftheremotehostsystemwitha
ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleinstalled.Ifthereisaneedtousetheremoteconsoleofthe
managedhostsystem,ensurethattheserverhasJava*runtimeenvironmentplug-in.

Whentheremoteconsoleisstartup,anewwindowwillbeopened,showingthescreenofthehostsystem.
Operatingtheremoteconsoleisjustlikeanadministratorissittinginfrontofthescreenoftheremote
system.Thismeansthattheusercanusethekeyboardandmouseasheorsheusuallydoes.

Starttheredirectionconsole

Theremoteconsoleistheredirectionkeyboard,video,andmouseoftheremotehostsystemwitha
ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleinstalled.

TostarttheredirectionwindowforremoteconsoleKVM,logontothehomepageoftheThinkServerRemote
ManagementModule.Ontheleftpaneofthehomepage,underSerialOverLAN➙vKVM&vMedia,click
Launch,theVirtualKVMandMediaLaunchwindowisdisplayedontherightpaneofthehomepage.
Then,clickLaunchJavaKVMClientintheVirtualKVMandMediaLaunchwindowtostarttheredirection
consoleandcarryoutremotemanagementforserver.

AfterclickingLaunchJavaKVMClient,youwillbepromptedtorunanddownloadJavanetworkboot
protocolJviewer.jnlpdocument.

Notes:

•BeforetheJNLPdocumentisbooted,JavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE)V6.0Update24oralaterversion
mustbesetupontheclient.

•Theclientbrowsermustallowthepop-upwindowsfromtheIPaddressoftheThinkServerRemote
ManagementModule.

Mainwindowoftheremoteconsole

Whenyoustarttheremoteconsole,themainwindowoftheremoteconsoleisdisplayed.

Theremoteconsolemainwindowshowsthescreenoftheremoteserver.Operatingtheremoteconsoleis
justlikeyouareinfrontoftheremoteserver.Theresponsespeedmaybealittledelay,dependingonthe
bandwidthandthedelaybetweentheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleandtheremoteconsole.

Menubaroftheremoteconsole

Thereisamenubaronthetopoftheremoteconsolemainwindow.Y oucanviewthestatusoftheremote
consoleandconfigurethesetupforlocalremoteconsolethroughtheitemsonthemenubar.

Viewmenuoftheremoteconsole

ByclickingtheViewoptiononthemenubaroftheremoteconsole,youcantakethefollowingoperations:

•HideStatusBar:HidetheKVMstatusatthebottomofthescreen.

•Refresh:Refreshthescreen.

•FullScreen:Switchbetweenthewindowmodeandfullscreenoftheremoteconsole.

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•Fit:Fitthewindowmode.

Macrosmenuoftheremoteconsole

ByclickingtheMacrosoptiononthemenubaroftheremoteconsole,youcantakethefollowingoperations:

•HoldCtrl/Alt/Windowskeys:Allowsimulatingtopressthesespecialkeysontheremotekeyboard.On
thelocalkeyboard,thesespecialkeyswillbecarriedoutthroughlocaloperatingsystem,ratherthan
transfertotheremoteoperationsystem.

•Alt+Ctrl+Del:IssueAlt+Ctrl+Delcommandtotheremoteoperationsystem.

Toolsmenuoftheremoteconsole

ByclickingtheToolsoptiononthemenubaroftheremoteconsole,youcantakethefollowingoperations:

•Sessionoptions:Setthemousemodeandthevideoquality.

•Sessionuserlist:Viewthecurrentusers.

•SingleCursor:Setcursorindifferentstates.

•States:Viewthecurrentstateoftheremoteredirection.

Powermenuoftheremoteconsole

ByclickingthePoweroptiononthemenubaroftheremoteconsole,youcancontrolthepoweraction.

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Chapter6.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleWeb consoleoptions

ThistopicdescribeseverypageoftheWebconsoleandeachpageisdividedintoseveralparts
correspondingseparatelytotheseveraltabsattheleftsideofthepane.Ineachpart,therearedetailed
illustrationsandintroductionsforeachmenuoptionintheleftofthepane.

Notes:

•Thefirstmenuitemofeachtabisthedefaultpagewhichwillautomaticallyappearwhenselecting
thecorrespondingtab.

•ClicktheHelpbuttonontherighthorizontaltoolbar,andtheWebconsolewillshowtherelevant
informationabouteachpage.

Properties

Bydefault,thehomepageoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleshowsthePropertiespage,
includinggeneralinformationabouttheserver.Formoredetails,readtheinformationinthistopic.

Viewingproperties

ThePlatformInformationpageshowsthesummaryofthegeneralinformation.

Figure4.Firmwareinformation

Theabovepageprovidesthefollowingserverinformation:

Table4.Platforminformationpage

ProductName

ProductInformation

FirmwareVersion

BuildingTime

ASICT ype

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Customizableproductname.

Customizableproductdescription.

Firmwareversioninformation.

DateandtimeofbuildingtheBMCfirmware

Theplatformoftheserver.

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Serverinformation

TheServerInformationpageshowsthedatarelatedtotheserverhealth,suchassensorreadingsandevent
logs.ClicktheServerInformationtabontheleftpanetoshowthispage.

Viewingsensorreadings

TheT emperaturesandVoltagespagesshowthesystemsensorinformation,includingreadingsandstatus.

Figure5.SensorreadingsontheT emperaturespage

Figure6.SensorreadingsontheVoltagespage

ViewingtheSystemEventLog

TheSystemEventLogpageshowstheeventlogs.

•T oclearthelogbuffer,clickClearLog.

•T oupdatetheloglist,clickRefresh.

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Figure7.SystemEventLog

Eventmanagement

TheEventManagementtabisusedtoconfigurealerts.Thefollowingservermanagementoptionsare
included:

•PlatformEvents

•T rapSettings

•EmailSettings

•SerialOverLAN

PlatformEvents

Youcanusethisfunctiontomodifyordeletethealertsettings,orsendatestalerttothedestination.

Thealertspagelistsallthealertsaction,includingreboot,powercycle,poweroff,andgeneratePEF .
Ifyouneedtomodifythealertsettings,youcanselectanalertactionandclicktheApplyChanges
buttontoconfigureit.

Figure8.Alertlist

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TrapSettings(SNMP)

ClickT rapSettingsontheleftpaneofthehomepagetosetthedestinationIPaddress.

Figure9.T rapSettings

EmailSettings(SMTP)

TheEmailSettingspageisusedtoconfigurethealert.UserscanreceiveanalertbyE-mailwhenevents
occur.

Figure10.EmailSettings

SerialOverLAN

TheSerialOverLANpageprovidesthefollowingsettings:

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Figure11.SerialOverLAN

Table5.SerialOverLANsettings

OptionComments

EnableSerial
OverLAN

BaudRate

ChannelPrivilege
LevelLimit

EnablestheSerialOverLANfunctionwhenthecheckboxischecked.

SetstheSerialOverLANbaudratefromadrop-downlist(19.2kbps,38.4kbps,57.6kbps,
or115.2kbps).

Setsthechannelprivilegelevelfromadrop-downlist(Administrator,Operator,orUser).

Remotecontrol

TheRemoteConsolepageenablesyoutoexecutethefollowingremoteoperationsontheserver:

•Remotemanagement

•Serverpowercontrol

Remotemanagement

TheRemoteManagementModulepagewillautomaticallyselecttheRemoteConsoleoptionbydefault.
YoucanopentheremoteconsoleKVMredirectionwindowfromthispage.

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Figure12.Remotemanagementconfiguration

Figure13.Remotemanagementlaunch

ClicktheLaunchJavaKVMClientbuttontostarttheredirectionconsoleandremotelymanagetheserver.

Note:BeforeyoustarttheJNLPfile,theclientmustbeinstalledwithJavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE)

V6.0Update24orlater.

Virtualmedia

ClicktheLaunchJavaVMClientbuttontoallowthelocaldeviceredirection.Thisfeatureallowsstartingor
stoppingtheremotemediaredirection.

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Figure14.Redirectingvirtualdevice

•RedirectCDROM/RedirectISO:EnablesyoutoredirectthelocalCD-ROM/DVDdriversorISOimages
inthefilesystemoflocalclienttovirtualCD-ROMdevicesintheremotesystems.

•RedirectFloppy/USBKey/RedirectFloppy/USBKeyImage:Enablesyoutoredirectthelocalfloppy
device,localUSBkeydevice,ortheIMGfilesforfloppydisktothevirtualfloppydevicesintheremote
system.

Thesevirtualdevicescanread,write(providingthepropertyisnotreadonly),andboot,whicharesimilar
withanyotherCD-ROMsorfloppiesintheremotesystem.Butonlywhencertainmediaredirectionsare
active,thesevirtualdevicesareavailableintheremoteoperatingsystemorBIOSsettingmenu.Thesetting
isvalidafterremotesystemresetoritispower-onorpower-off.Thesedeviceswillnotdisappearfromthe
remotesystemuntiltherelevantcheckboxesintheremoteconsolewindowarecleared.

Powercontrol

ThePowerControlpageshowstheserverpowerstatus.

Figure15.Powercontrol

Youcanperformthefollowingpowercontroloperations:

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Table6.Powercontrol

OptionComments

PowerStatusShowsthecurrentstatusofthepowercontrol(OFForON).

PowerOnSystem

PowerOff
System

PowerCycle
System

HardReset
(Restart)

Turnsonthesystemwhenitisintheoffstate.

Turnsoffthesystemwhenitisintheonstate.

Turnsoff,thenrebootsthesystem(coldboot).

Restartsthesystemwithoutturningitoff(warmboot).

Configuration

TheConfigurationpageisusedtoconfigureNetworksettings,usersettings,updates,andsoon.

Network

TheNetworkpageisusedtoconfiguretheNetworksettings.Itincludesthefollowingoptions:

•Automatic(ObtainanIPaddressautomatically):AutomaticallyobtainanIPaddress(useDHCP).

•Manual(UsethefollowingIPaddresses):ManuallyconfigureIPaddresses.

Figure16.Networksettings

YoucanconfiguretheNetworksettingsbyclickncsi0item.

Table7.Networksettings

OptionComments

MACAddressTheMACaddressofthedevice(ReadOnly).

IPv4Settings

IPv6Settings

VLANSettings

IfyouwanttoconfiguretheIPbyIPv4protocol,enabletheIPv4andthensettheIPaddress.

IfyouwanttoconfiguretheIPbyIPv6protocol,enabletheIPv6andthensettheIPaddress.

WhenyouenablevirtualLAN,youhavetosettheVLANIDandPriority .

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Networksecurity

Thenewvaluesareavailabletothefirewallimmediately,butmaynotbeutilizeduntilthenextsecurity
eventoccurs.

Figure17.Networksecuritysettings

Security

ThispagecanbeusedtouploadSSLcertificateandprivatekeyinordertogetaccesstothedevicein
safemode.

•T ogenerateanSSLCertificate,clickGenerateCertificate.

•T ouploadanSSLCertificate,clickUploadCertificate.

Figure18.Securitysettings

Users

TheUserspagelistsallusersincludingconfiguredusers,withnetworkpermission.

TheoptionsincludedinthispageareusedtoconfiguretheIPMIusersforserversandtheirpermissions.T o
addanewuser,youcanselectablankrowandclicktheUserID.Ifyouwouldliketomodifyordeletea
user,selecttheUserIDinthelistandclickApplyChangesorDelete.

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Figure19.Userssetting

Notes:

•T oaddanewuser,selectablankrowfromthelistandclickUserID.

•T omodifyauser,selectthisuserIDfromthelistandmodifyusertotherelevantsettings,thenclick
ApplyChanges.

•T odeleteauser,selectthisuserIDfromthelistandclickDeleteUser.

Service

Youcanconfigurethewebserverparameters(suchasHTTPPortNumber,HTTPSPortNumber,and
Timeout)onaremotecomputer.Bydefault,thetimeoutis1800seconds;5fortheMaxSessions.

Whenyoufinishtheconfiguration,clickApplyChanges.

Figure20.Servicesetting

IPMI

ThisscreencontainsIPMISerialandIPMISettings.

TheIPMISerialcontainsthefollowingoptions:

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Table8.IPMISerial

OptionComments

Connection
ModeSettings

BaudRate

FlowControlSetstheFlowcontrolvaluefromadrop-downlist.AvailablevaluesareNoneandRTS/CTS

ChannelPrivilege
LevelLimit

SetstheIPMIserialconnectionmodefromadrop-downlist.AvailablevaluesareDirectConnect
BasicModeandDirectConnectT erminalMode.

SetstheIPMIserialbaudrate(dataspeed)fromadrop-downlist.Availablevaluesare9600bps,

19.2kbps,38.4kbps,57.6kbps,and115.2kbps.

FlowControl.

Setsthechannelprivilegelevelfromadrop-downlist.AvailablelevelsareAdministrator,
Operator,andUser.

TheIPMISettingsprovidesremoteconfigurationoverLAN.T oactivateIPMIremoteconfigurationby
LAN,checktheEnableIPMIOverLANoption,definetheChannelPrivilegeLevelLimit,andenterthe
EncryptionKey.Whenyoufinishtheconfiguration,clickApplyChanges.

Table9.IPMISettings

OptionComments

EnableIPMIOver
LAN

ChannelPrivilege
LevelLimit

EncryptionKey

EnablestheIPMIOverLANwhenthecheckboxischecked.

SetsthemaximumprivilegelevelthatcanbeacceptedontheLANchannel.Availablelevelsare
Administrator,Operator,andUser.

Setstheencryptionkey.Thisfieldallowsfrom0to20two-digitHexcharactersandnospaces.

Figure21.IPMISerialandIPMISettings

Session

ThispagedisplaystheinformationaboutActiveSessions.Additionally,thetrashiconprovidesthedelete
functionforprivilegedusers.ClickRefreshtorefreshthesessionsstatus.

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Figure22.Sessionsettings

LDAP

TheLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol(LDAP)isanapplicationprotocolforreadingandediting
directoriesoveranIPnetwork.Adirectoryisanorganizedsetofrecords.LDAPdirectoriesoftenuseDomain
NameSystem(DNS)namesforthehighestlevels.

Figure23.LDAPsettings

Update

Selectanimageandclickupload.TheuploadprocesswillterminateallothersessionsincludingvKVM.

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Figure24.Firmwareupdate

Firmwareupdatesteps:

1.Browsetoorenterthepathwherethefirmwareimagefileresides.

2.Selectupdatetype.

3.ClicktheUploadbutton.Ifthefileisavalidfile,allothersessionswillbeterminatedandtheimage
uploadwillbegin.

4.Forasuccessfulupload,thecurrentfirmwareversionandtheversionofthenewfilewillbedisplayed,as
wellasthePreserveConfigurationcheckbox,Updatebutton,andCancelbutton.

5.ClicktheUpdatebuttontobeginthefirmwareupdateprocessandviewtheupdatestatus.Whenthe
updateiscompleted,theembeddedsoftwarewillrebootautomatically.IfyouclicktheCancelbutton,
theprocesswillbeterminatedandtheembeddedsoftwarewillreboot.

6.Waitforaminuteafterthefirmwareisupdated,reopenthebrowserlogonpage,entertheusername
andpasswordtologonagain.

Utilities

UtilitiesprovideBMCrebootandfactorydefaultrestorefunctions.

•T oreboottheremotemanagementserver,clickReboot.

•T oresetthesettingvaluestothefactorydefaultvalues,clickFactoryDefault.

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Figure25.Utilities

Languages

TheWebUI’sdisplaywillaccordingtothebrowser’slanguagetodecidewhichlanguagetouseinWebUI.
ThelanguagescurrentlyofferedareChineseandEnglish.

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AppendixA.Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thistopicliststhefrequentlyaskedquestions.

•Question:LogonRemoteManagementModulefailed.

Answer:Checkyourusernameandpassword.

•Question:RemoteManagementModulecannotbeconnected.

Answer:Checkthehardware

–WhetherthehostonwhichtheRemoteManagementModuleresidentsiscorrectlyconnectedtoa

powersupplyornot.

–Checkyournetworkconfiguration(IPaddress,router,andsoon).

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AppendixB.Notices

Lenovomaynotoffertheproducts,services,orfeaturesdiscussedinthisdocumentinallcountries.Consult
yourlocalLenovorepresentativeforinformationontheproductsandservicescurrentlyavailableinyour
area.AnyreferencetoaLenovoproduct,program,orserviceisnotintendedtostateorimplythatonlythat
Lenovoproduct,program,orservicemaybeused.Anyfunctionallyequivalentproduct,program,orservice
thatdoesnotinfringeanyLenovointellectualpropertyrightmaybeusedinstead.However,itistheuser's
responsibilitytoevaluateandverifytheoperationofanyotherproduct,program,orservice.

Lenovomayhavepatentsorpendingpatentapplicationscoveringsubjectmatterdescribedinthis
document.Thefurnishingofthisdocumentdoesnotgiveyouanylicensetothesepatents.Youcansend
licenseinquiries,inwriting,to:

Lenovo(UnitedStates),Inc.
1009ThinkPlace-BuildingOne
Morrisville,NC27560
U.S.A.
Attention:LenovoDirectorofLicensing

LENOVOPROVIDESTHISPUBLICA TION“ASIS”WITHOUTWARRANTYOFANYKIND,EITHEREXPRESS
ORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFNON-INFRINGEMENT ,
MERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.Somejurisdictionsdonotallow
disclaimerofexpressorimpliedwarrantiesincertaintransactions,therefore,thisstatementmaynotapply
toyou.

Thisinformationcouldincludetechnicalinaccuraciesortypographicalerrors.Changesareperiodically
madetotheinformationherein;thesechangeswillbeincorporatedinneweditionsofthepublication.
Lenovomaymakeimprovementsand/orchangesintheproduct(s)and/ortheprogram(s)describedinthis
publicationatanytimewithoutnotice.

Theproductsdescribedinthisdocumentarenotintendedforuseinimplantationorotherlifesupport
applicationswheremalfunctionmayresultininjuryordeathtopersons.Theinformationcontainedinthis
documentdoesnotaffectorchangeLenovoproductspecificationsorwarranties.Nothinginthisdocument
shalloperateasanexpressorimpliedlicenseorindemnityundertheintellectualpropertyrightsofLenovo
orthirdparties.Allinformationcontainedinthisdocumentwasobtainedinspecificenvironmentsandis
presentedasanillustration.Theresultobtainedinotheroperatingenvironmentsmayvary.

Lenovomayuseordistributeanyoftheinformationyousupplyinanywayitbelievesappropriatewithout
incurringanyobligationtoyou.

Anyreferencesinthispublicationtonon-LenovoWebsitesareprovidedforconvenienceonlyanddonotin
anymannerserveasanendorsementofthoseWebsites.ThematerialsatthoseWebsitesarenotpartof
thematerialsforthisLenovoproduct,anduseofthoseWebsitesisatyourownrisk.

Anyperformancedatacontainedhereinwasdeterminedinacontrolledenvironment.Therefore,theresult
obtainedinotheroperatingenvironmentsmayvarysignificantly.Somemeasurementsmayhavebeen
madeondevelopment-levelsystemsandthereisnoguaranteethatthesemeasurementswillbethesame
ongenerallyavailablesystems.Furthermore,somemeasurementsmayhavebeenestimatedthrough
extrapolation.Actualresultsmayvary.Usersofthisdocumentshouldverifytheapplicabledatafortheir
specificenvironment.

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Lenovo,theLenovologo,andThinkServeraretrademarksofLenovointheUnitedStates,othercountries,or
both.

InternetExplorer,Microsoft,Windows,andWindowsServeraretrademarksoftheMicrosoftgroupof
companies.

Othercompany,product,orservicenamesmaybetrademarksorservicemarksofothers.

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