Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 User manual

Brand: Lenovo

Model: ThinkServer RD430

Category: Networking

Type: User manual

ThinkServerManagementModule

UserGuide

ThinkServerRD330,RD430,RD530,andRD630

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowing:

•“Safetyinformation”onpage1

•AppendixB“Notices”onpage31

FirstEdition(August2012)

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Contents

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

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

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

Chapter2.OverviewoftheLenovo

ThinkServerManagementModule..3

FeaturesoftheThinkServerRemoteManagement

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

Chapter3.Congurationofthe

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

Conguration...............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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iiThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide

Chapter1.Introduction

ThankyoufororderingandusingtheLenovo

ThinkServer

ManagementModule(TMM),hereinafter

referredtoasRemoteManagementModule.

TheUserGuidedescribeshowtousetheRemoteManagementModule,theoverviewofthemodule

features,andhowtosetupandoperatethemodule.

TheUserGuideisforsystemadministratorsresponsibleforinstallation,troubleshooting,upgradeand

maintenanceoftheRemoteManagementModule.Asasystemadministrator,onceyouarefamiliarwiththe

UserGuide,youcanuseRemoteManagementModuletoaccessremotelyfromanylocationtorespondfor

emergency.

Terminology

Thefollowingtableliststhetermsusedinthisdocumentanditscorrespondingdescriptions.

AbbreviationDenition

BMCSystemboardManagementController

DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol

IPMI

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

KVMKeyboard,Video,andMouse

MACMediaAccessController

TCP/IPTransferControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

Safetyinformation

WARNING

WithreferencetoeithertheGuideorotherdocuments,youshouldalwayspayparticularattention

tosafetyinformationbeforeoperatingtheThinkServer.Toensurefullcompliancewiththeexisting

certicationandlicensing,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

haveasmallwingonthetopforyoutousengertipsorneneedleforcepstoclipit.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,alertnoticationand

eventlog.

•USB2.0mediaredirection-bootfromremotemedia

•Security-opensourceSSL

•CompatiblewithIPMIV2.0

•KVM-allowremoteviewingandconguringinthePOSTandBIOSsetuputility

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Chapter3.CongurationoftheThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule

ThistopicdescribeshowtousetheservercongurationutilitytochangetheRemoteManagementModule

fromtheun-conguredstatustotherunningstatus.Whenrstinstalled,theRemoteManagementModule

bydefaultwillsearchDHCPserveronthenetworktoautomaticallyassignIPaddress,subnetmaskand

gateway.ItisrecommendedthatusersmanuallysetaxedIPaddressintheBIOS.

TosetanIPaddress,dothefollowing:

1.PressF1assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.

2.FromtheBIOSsetupmenu,selectServerManagement➙BMCNetworkConguration➙

CongurationAddressSource.

3.FromtheCongurationoption,youcanchooseSTATICorDHCPtosetIPaddress.

4.Whenyounishtheconguration,savethesettings.

Table1.IPMI2.0Congurationsubmenu

STATICStaticIPconguration.IPandthesubnetmaskcanbesetmanually. Conguration

Address

Source

DHCP

DynamicIPconguration.ThesystemcanobtainIPautomatically.

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Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuick

Start

ThistopicdescribeshowtoquicklyacquaintwithrelatedoperationsoftheRemoteManagementModule.In

addition,italsodescribestheadvancedfeaturesofhowtologonthemoduleandoptionsavailablewhile

browsing,andhowtologout.

Prestart

TheRemoteManagementModulehasanembeddedWebserverandanapplicationwithmultiplestandard

interfaces.Thistopicdescribestheseinterfacesandtheirusages.YoucanusetheTCP/IPprotocolto

accesstheseinterfaces.

Note:Asthesupportedfunctionsoftheproductvarywithcongurations,refertotheactualproduct

description.

Formoreinformationabouttheinitialsettings,seeChapter3“CongurationoftheThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule”onpage5

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

namesandpasswordsarealsoaccepted.Thedefaultusernameandpasswordareasfollows:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=lenovo

TheRemoteManagementModuleisaccessiblethroughthestandardJava-enabledWebbrowserwith

HTTPandHTTPS.

HTTP/HTTPS:TheembeddedWebserverprovidesfullaccesspermission.YoucanaccesstheRemote

ManagementModuleviaencryptedHTTPSprotocolorHTTPprotocol.WhenaccessingthroughtheHTTP

protocol,notethefollowing:

1.WithaccesstoThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleviatheHTTPSprotocol,thebrowsermay

promptyoutotrustandinstallthesecuritydigitalcertication,andyoujustfollowthepromptsto

importandconrmthecertication.

2.IntheInternetExplorer

6WebbrowserontheMicrosoft

WindowsServer

2003operatingsystem,

ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccesstheRemoteManagementModule,youneedtocheckInternet

ExplorerEnhancedSecurityCongurationitemintheControlPanel➙Add/RemoveWindows

Components.

3.InIE7ontheMicrosoft

WindowsServer

2008operatingsystem,ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccess

theRemoteManagementModule,youneedtodothefollowingamendmentstotheCongureIEESC

itemofthesecurityinformationoftheservermanager,asshowninthefollowinggures:

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Figure1.ConguringIEESC-setp1

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Figure2.ConguringIEESC-setp2

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuickStart9

Figure3.ConguringIEESC-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=lenovo

3.ClickOKtoviewthehomepageoftheRemoteManagementModule.

Afterasuccessfulinitiallogon,thesystemadministratorcancreatenewusersandhasfullpermissionof

RemoteManagementModule.

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Navigation

WhentheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleissuccessfullyloggedon,theThinkServerRemote

ManagementModulehomepageisdisplayed.

ThereareseveraltabsontheverticaltoolbarwhichisontheleftpaneoftheThinkServerRemote

ManagementModulehomepage.Byclickingthesetabs,youcangetthespecicsysteminformationand

taketherelevanttaskslistedinthefollowingtable:

Table2.TabsontheThinkServerRemoteManagementModulehomepage

Tab

Comments

Properties

SysteminformationisshownonthePropertiespage.

Conguration

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•Network

•NetworkSecurity

•Security

•Users

•Services

•IPMI

•Sessions

•LDAP

•Update

•Utilities

Server

Information

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•Power

•Thermal

SystemEvent

Log

Clickthistabtoviewthesystemeventlog(SEL).

Event

Management

Thistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•PlatformEvents

•TrapSettings

•EmailSettings

•SerialOverLAN

Therealsoaretabsonthetopofthehomepage:

Table3.TabsonthetopoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModulehomepage

Tab

Comments

Support

Viewthecontactinformationaboutthecompanyofthisproduct.

Help

Viewthebriefdescriptionaboutthecurrentpageontherightpaneofthebrowser.Byclicking

the“X”onthetoprightofthepane,youcanclosetheHelpwindow.

About

Viewtheversionofthesoftware.

Logout

TerminatethecurrentWebConsolesession.

Note:Iftheremoteconsole(KVM)windowisactive,itwillcloseautomaticallywhenyouare

loggingout.Afterlogout,theWebconsolewillbacktologonscreen.

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuickStart11

ThereisaRefreshbuttonontherightpane.Clickthisbuttontorefreshthecurrentpage.

Log-out

TologouttheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleandturnbacktothelogonpage,clickLogouton

therighttopoftheprogramhomepage.

Note:AutomaticTimeout:IftheWebconsoledetectsnouseractivitywithinfteenminutes,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.Youcanviewthestatusoftheremote

consoleandcongurethesetupforlocalremoteconsolethroughtheitemsonthemenubar.

Viewmenuoftheremoteconsole

ByclickingtheViewoptiononthemenubaroftheremoteconsole,youcantakethefollowingoperations:

•HideStatusBar:HidetheKVMstatusatthebottomofthescreen.

•Refresh:Refreshthescreen.

•FullScreen:Switchbetweenthewindowmodeandfullscreenoftheremoteconsole.

•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:

•Therstmenuitemofeachtabisthedefaultpagewhichwillautomaticallyappearwhenselecting

thecorrespondingtab.

•ClicktheHelpbuttonontherighthorizontaltoolbar,andtheWebconsolewillshowtherelevant

informationabouteachpage.

Properties

Bydefault,thehomepageoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleshowsthePropertiespage,

includinggeneralinformationabouttheserver.Formoredetails,readtheinformationinthistopic.

Viewingproperties

ThePlatformInformationpageshowsthesummaryofthegeneralinformation.

Figure4.Firmwareinformation

Theabovepageprovidesthefollowingserverinformation:

Table4.Platforminformationpage

ProductName

Customizableproductname.

ProductInformation

Customizableproductdescription.

FirmwareVersion

Firmwareversioninformation.

BuildingTime

DateandtimeofbuildingtheBMCrmware

ASICType

Theplatformoftheserver.

Serverinformation

TheServerInformationpageshowsthedatarelatedtotheserverhealth,suchassensorreadingsandevent

logs.ClicktheServerInformationtabontheleftpanetoshowthispage.

Viewingsensorreadings

TheT emperaturesandVoltagespagesshowthesystemsensorinformation,includingreadingsandstatus.

Figure5.SensorreadingsontheT emperaturespage

Figure6.SensorreadingsontheVoltagespage

ViewingtheSystemEventLog

TheSystemEventLogpageshowstheeventlogs.

•Toclearthelogbuffer,clickClearLog.

•Toupdatetheloglist,clickRefresh.

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