Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 User manual

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Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 is an ideal data center solution for small and medium businesses, offering a balance of price, performance, and energy efficiency. With support for up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors and up to 512GB of memory, the TS430 can handle a variety of workloads, from basic file and print services to virtualized applications. It also features a flexible storage configuration with support for up to eight 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch drives, allowing you to customize the server to meet your specific needs.

ThinkServer

RemoteManagementModuleUserGuide

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB

“Notices”onpage25.

FirstEdition(June2011)

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Contents

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

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

SafetyInformation.............1

Chapter2.OverviewofLenovo

ThinkServerRemoteManagement

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

FeaturesofThinkServerRemoteManagement

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

Chapter3.Congurationof

ThinkServerRemoteManagement

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

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemote

ManagementModuleQuickStart..7

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

Navigation................8

LogoutThinkServerRemoteManagement

Module.................9

Chapter5.RemoteConsole(KVM)

Operation...............11

StartRedirectionConsole..........11

MainWindow...............11

MenuBaroftheRemoteConsole.......11

ViewMenuofRemoteConsole......11

MacrosMenuoftheRemoteConsole....12

ToolsMenuoftheRemoteConsole.....12

PowerMenuoftheRemoteConsole....12

Chapter6.ThinkServerRemote

ManagementModuleWebConsole

Options................13

Properties................13

Conguration...............13

Network...............13

NetworkSecurity............14

Security...............14

Users................14

Services...............15

IPMI.................15

Sessions.................16

LDAP..................16

Update..................16

Utilities..................16

ServerInformation.............16

Power................16

Thermal...............17

SystemEventLog.............17

EventManagement.............17

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

TrapSetting(SNMP)...........17

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

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

RemoteControl..............18

RemoteConsole............18

Conguration.............19

Chapter7.Languages........21

AppendixA.FAQ...........23

AppendixB.Notices.........25

Trademarks................26

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iiThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide

Chapter1.Introduction

ThankyoufororderingandusingThinkServerRemoteManagementModule,hereinafterreferredtoas

RemoteManagementModule.

TheUserGuidedescribeshowtousetheRemoteManagementModule,theoverviewofthemodulefeatures

andhowtosetupandoperatethemodule.

TheUserGuideisforsystemadministratorsresponsibleforinstallation,troubleshooting,upgradeand

maintenanceoftheRemoteManagementModule.Asasystemadministrator,onceyouarefamiliarwith

theGuideyoucanuseRemoteManagementModuletoaccessremotelyfromanylocationtorespondfor

emergency.

Terminology

Thefollowingtableliststhetermsusedinthisdocumentanditscorrespondingdescriptions.

AbbreviationDenition

BMCSystemboardManagementController

DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol

IPMI

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

KVMKeyboard,videoandmouse

MACMediaAccessController

TCP/IPTransferControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

SafetyInformation

Warning

WithreferencetoeithertheGuideorotherdocuments,youshouldalwayspayparticularattentiontosafety

informationbeforeoperatingtheThinkServer.Toensurefullcompliancewiththeexistingcerticationand

licensing,youmustfollowtheinstallationinstructionsintheGuide.

Poweron/off:ThepowerbuttoncannotcutoffsystempowerorRemoteManagementModule

power.TocutoffthepowerofRemoteManagementModule,youmustdisconnecttheACpowercordfrom

thepoweroutlet.Whenopeningthechassistoinstallorremovetheparts,youshouldmakesurethe

ACpowercordhasbeendisconnected.

Dangeroussituations,equipmentandcables:Power,telephonesandsignalcablesmayhavethe

dangerofelectricshock.Beforeopeningthedevice,shutdowntheserver,disconnectedthepowercord,

thecommunicationsystem,networkandmodemconnectedtotheserver.Otherwise,itmayresultin

personalinjuryorequipmentdamage.

ElectrostaticDischarge(ESD)andESDprotection:ElectrostaticDischarge(ESD)candamagedisk

drivers,systemboardandothercomponents.WerecommendthatyoucompleteallthestepsinthisSection

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onlyintheESDprotectiveworkstations.IfESDworkstationisunavailable,pleasewearanti-staticwriststrap

whileholdingpartsandconnectthewriststraptothegroundwire(thatis,anyunpaintedmetalsurface)

oftheserverchassistoprovideESDprotection.

ESDandholdingsystemboards:Becarefulwhenholdingthesystemboard.Theyareextremely

sensitivetoESD.Onlytouchtheedgewhenholdingthesystemboard.Laythesystemboardwith

componentssidefacingupwardsaftertakingthesystemboardoutoftheprotectionbagorthesever.

Usetheconductivefoampad(ifany)ratherthanthesystemboardpackage.Donotslidethesystem

boardonanysurface.

Installingorremovingjumper:Jumperisasmallplasticconductorbetweentwojumperpins.

Somejumpershaveasmallwingonthetopforyoutousengertipsorneneedleforcepstoclipit.If

thejumperhasnosuchwing,becarefulwheninstallingorremovingitwithneedleforceps,andclipthe

jumper'snarrowfaceinsteadofthewideone.Clippingthewidefacewilldamagethecontactsinsidethe

jumper,whichwillleadtointermittentfaultstosomefunctionscontrolledbythejumper.Clipthejumper

carefullywithpliersorothertoolsanddonotsqueezewhenremovingit.Otherwise,pinsonthesystem

boardmaybebentorbroken.

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Chapter2.OverviewofLenovoThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule

ThissectionbrieydescribesthefeaturesoftheRemoteManagementModule.

TheRemoteManagementModulerunsontheserversystemasanintegratedsolutionandintegrates

theembeddedoperatingsystem.Independentoftheserveroperatingsystem,theembeddedoperating

systemcanprovideawholesetofcomplete,stableandeffectivesolutionfortheserver.Asasystem

administrator,youcanrespondanytimeandanywheretoemergencyfailureandtakeremotecontrolon

theserverthroughthenetwork.

FeaturesofThinkServerRemoteManagementModule

ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollableviaLAN

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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4ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide

Chapter3.CongurationofThinkServerRemoteManagement

Module

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheservercongurationutilitytochangetheRemoteManagementModule

fromtheun-conguredstatustotherunningstatus.Whenrstinstalled,theRemoteManagementModule

bydefaultwillsearchDHCPserveronthenetworktoautomaticallyassignIPaddress,subnetmaskand

gateway.ItisrecommendedthatusersmanuallysetaxedIPaddressintheBIOS.

TosetIPaddress,dothefollowing:

1.PressF1assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.

2.FromtheBIOSsetupmenu,selectServerManagement➙BMCLANConguration➙Conguration

Source.

3.FromtheCongurationoption,youcanchooseSTATICorDHCPtosetIPaddress.

4.Whenyounishtheconguration,pleasesavethesettings.

Table1.IPMI2.0CongurationSub-menu

STATICStatic:staticIPconguration.IPand

thesubnetmaskcanbesetmanually.

CongurationSource

DHCPDHCP:dynamicIPconguration.The

systemcanobtainIPautomatically.

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6ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuick

Start

ThissectiondescribeshowtoquicklyacquaintwithrelatedoperationsoftheRemoteManagementModule.

Inaddition,italsodescribestheadvancedfeaturesofhowtologonthemoduleandoptionsavailablewhile

browsing,andhowtologout.

Prestart

TheRemoteManagementModulehasanembeddedWebserverandanapplicationwithmultiplestandard

interfaces.Thissectiondescribestheseinterfacesandtheirusages.YoucanusetheTCP/IPprotocolto

accesstheseinterfaces.

Note:Asthesupportedfunctionsoftheproductvarywithcongurations,pleaserefertotheactualproduct

description.

Formoreinformationabouttheinitialsettings,seeSection3.TheusernameinthisSectionis“lenovo” .

Besides“lenovo” ,otherusernamesandpasswordsarealsoaccepted.Thedefaultusernameandpassword

areasfollows:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=lenovo

TheRemoteManagementModuleisaccessiblethroughthestandardJava-enabledWebbrowserwith

HTTPandHTTPS.

HTTP/HTTPS:TheembeddedWebserverprovidesfullaccesspermission.YoucanaccesstheRemote

ManagementModuleviaencryptedHTTPSprotocolorHTTPprotocol.WhenaccessingthroughtheHTTP

protocol,pleasenotethat:

1.WithaccesstoThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleviatheHTTPSprotocol,thebrowsermay

promptyoutotrustandinstallthesecuritydigitalcertication,andyoujustfollowthepromptsto

importandconrmthecertication.

2.InIE6onWindows2003operatingsystem,ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccesstheRemoteManagement

Module,youneedtocheckInternetExplorerEnhancedSecurityCongurationitemintheControl

Panel➙Add/RemoveWindowsComponents.

3.InIE7ontheWindows2008operatingsystem,ifusingHTTPSprotocoltoaccessthe

RemoteManagementModule,youneedtoclickStart➙AdministrativeT ools➙ServerManager➙

SecurityInformation➙IEEnhancedSecurityConguration,andthenselectOffandclickOK.

Formakingtheremoteconsole(KVM)windowofthemanagedserverworks,youmustinstallJavaruntime

environment(JRE)V6.0Update24orhigher.

ForloggingonThinkServerRemoteManagementModule,adheretothefollowingsteps:

1.InputtheIPaddressassignedbytheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleintothewebbrowser.

Forexample:

http://10.223.131.36/

Forsecureconnection,refertothefollowingexample:

https://10.223.131.36/

BrowserwillthenbedirectedtotheloginpageofRemoteManagementModule.

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2.Entertheusernameandpassword.

Forexample:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=lenovo

3.ClicktheOKbuttontoviewthehomepageoftheRemoteManagementModule.

Afterasuccessfulinitiallogin,thesystemadministratorcancreatenewusersandhasfullpermissionof

RemoteManagementModule.

Navigation

WhentheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleissuccessfullyloggedon,theThinkServerRemote

ManagementModulehomepagewillappear.

ThereareseveraltabsontheverticaltoolbarwhichisattheleftoftheThinkServerRemoteManagement

ModuleHomepage.Byclickingthesetabs,youcangetthespecicsysteminformationandtakethe

relevanttaskslistedinthefollowingtable:

TabFeatures

Properties

SystemInformationwillshowinPropertiespage

Conguration

Byclickingthistab,youcancongurevarioussettingsof

theserver.thistaballowsaccessingthefollowingitems:

•Network

•NetworkSecurity

•Security

•Users

•Services

•IPMI

Sessions

Thispageallowsyoutoviewinformationabouttheactive

sessions.

LDAP

ThispageprovidesthemechanismtocongureLDAP .

Update

Inthispage,youcanupdatermwareimagesviaaseries

ofsteps.

UtilitiesThispageallowsyoutoreboottheserviceprocessoror

resetittodefault.

ServerInformation

Byclickingthistab,youcanaccessthesensorandevent

log.SensorReadingspagewillautomaticallyshow.In

general,thistaballowsaccessingthefollowingitems:

•Power

•Thermal

SystemEventLog

Thispagelistssystem-criticalevents,withthedateand

timetheeventoccurred.

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TabFeatures

EventManagement

Byclickingthistab,youcancongurevarioussettingsof

theserver.NetworkCongurationpagewillautomatically

showingeneral,thistaballowsaccessingthefollowing

items:

•PlatformEvents

•TrapSettings

•EmailSettings

SerialOverLAN

ThispageprovidestheserialoverLANsettings.

RemoteControl

Byclickingthistab,youcanaccesstheremoteconsole.

Ingeneral,thistaballowsaccessingthefollowingitems:

•RemoteConsole

•Conguration

Onthetopofthehomepagehavethefollowingbuttons:Support,Help,AboutandLogout.Besides,atleft

sideofthepanehaveaRefreshbuttons.Byclickingthesebuttons,youcantaketherelevanttaskslisted

inthefollowingtable.

ButtonFeatures

Support

Byclickingthisbutton,youcangetthecontact

informationaboutthecompanyofthisproduct.

Help

Byclickingthisbutton,youcanviewthebriefdescription

aboutcurrentpageontherightpaneofthebrowser.By

clickingthe“X”onthetoprightofthepane,youcan

closethehelppane.

About

Byclickingthisbutton,youcanseesoftwareversionon

thepage.

LogoutByclickingthisbutton,youcanterminatethecurrentWeb

Consolesession.

Note:Iftheremoteconsole(KVM)windowisactive,it

willcloseautomaticallywhenlogout.Afterlogout,Web

consolewillbacktologinscreen.

LogoutThinkServerRemoteManagementModule

ByclickingLogout,youcanlogoutthecurrentuser,andbacktotheloginpage.

Note:AutomaticTimeout:IftheWebConsoledetectsnouseractivitywithin15minutes,thecurrent

sessionwillbeautomaticallyterminated.IftheuserhasopenedtheKVMremoteconsolewindow,then

theWebsessionwillnotautomaticallytimeout.Aftertheautomatictimeouthappens,iftheusertriesto

takethenextoperation,thesystemwillinformtheuserthatlogonagainisneededifhewantstocontinue

toaccesstheWebconsole.

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuickStart9

10ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide

Chapter5.RemoteConsole(KVM)Operation

Theremoteconsoleistheredirectionscreen,keyboardandmouseoftheremotehostsystem(the

ThinkServerRemoteManagementModulehasbeeninstalledonit)Ifthereisaneedtousetheremote

consoleofthemanagedhostsystem,pleasemakesurethattheserverhasJava*runtimeenvironment

plug-in.

Whentheremoteconsoleisstartup,anewwindowwillbeopened,showingthescreenofthehostsystem.

Operatingtheremoteconsoleisjustlikeanadministratorissittinginfrontofthescreenoftheremote

system.Thismeansthattheusercanusethekeyboardandmouseasheusuallydoes.

StartRedirectionConsole

Theremoteconsoleistheredirectionkeyboard,videoandmouseoftheremotehostsystem(theThinkServer

RemoteManagementModulehasbeeninstalledonit).YoucanclickRemoteConsoleinthispagetostart

theredirectionwindowforremoteconsoleKVM.

ByclickingLaunchJavaKVMClient,youcanstarttheredirectionconsoleandcarryoutremote

managementforserver.

AfterclickingLaunchJavaKVMClient,apop-upwindowwillbeshownandbegintodownloadJava

networkbootprotocolJviewer.jnlpdocument.

Andthen,theJavaapplicationsfortheimplementofremoteconsolewillbedownloaded.

Notes:

•BeforetheJNLPdocumentisbooted,JavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE)V6.0Update24orhigherversion

mustbesetupontheclient.

•Theclientbrowsermustallowshowingthepop-upwindowsfromtheIPaddressofThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule.

MainWindow

Whentheremoteconsoleisstarted,themainwindowofremoteconsolewillappear.

Theremoteconsoleshowsthescreenoftheremoteserver.Operatingtheremoteconsoleisjustlikeyouare

infrontoftheremoteserver.Theresponsespeedmaybealittledelay,dependingonthebandwidthand

delaybetweentheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleandtheremoteconsole.

MenuBaroftheRemoteConsole

Thereisamenubaronthetopoftheremoteconsolewindow.Youcanviewthestatusoftheremoteconsole

andcongurethesetupforlocalremoteconsolethroughtheitemsonthemenubar.

Thefollowingsectiondescribesthefeaturesofeachcontrol.

ViewMenuofRemoteConsole

ByclickingtheViewoptiononthecontrolbaroftheremoteconsole,youcanselecttheviewoptioninthe

menu.Withthismenu,youcantakethefollowingoperations:

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•HideStatusBar:HidetheKVMstatusatthebottomofthescreen.

•Refresh:Refreshthescreen.

•FullScreen:Switchbetweenthewindowmodeandfullscreenoftheremoteconsole.

•Fit:Fitthewindowmode.

MacrosMenuoftheRemoteConsole

ByclickingMacros,youcanopentheMacrosmenucontainingrelevanttaskoptions.Withthismenu,

youcantakethefollowingoperations:

•HoldCtrl/Alt/Windowskeys:Allowsimulatingtopressthesespecialkeysontheremotekeyboard.On

thelocalkeyboard,thesespecialkeyswillbecarriedoutthroughlocaloperatingsystem,ratherthan

transfertoremoteoperationsystem.

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

ToolsMenuoftheRemoteConsole

ByclickingT ools,youcanopenthetoolsmenucontainingrelevanttaskoptions.Withthismenu,youcan

takethefollowingoperations:

•Sessionoptions:Inthisoption,youcansetthemousemodeandthevideoquality.

•Sessionuserlist:Inthisoption,youcanknowthecurrentusers.

•Singlecursormode:Someoperatingsystemsdonotalignthelocalandremotecursors,whichresultsin

offsetsbetweenthelocalandremotemousecursors.Singlecursormodehidesthelocalclientcursor

whilethemouseiswithintheVideoViewerwindow.Whensinglecursormodeisactivated,theuser

seesonlytheremotecursor.

•States:Inthisoption,youcanseethecurrentstateoftheremoteredirection.

PowerMenuoftheRemoteConsole

ByclickingPower,youcanopenthemenucontainingrelevanttaskoptions.Youcancontrolthepower

action.

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Chapter6.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleWeb

ConsoleOptions

ThissectiondescribeseverypageofWebconsoleandeachpageisdividedintoseveralpartscorresponding

separatelytotheseveraltabsattheleftsideofthepane.Ineachpart,therearedetailillustrationsand

introductionsofeachmenuoptionintheleftofthepane.

Notes:

•Therstmenuitemofeachtabisdefaultpagewhichwillautomaticallyappearwhenselectingthe

correspondingtab.

•ClicktheHELPbuttonontherighthorizontaltoolbar,andtheWebconsolewillshowtherelevant

informationofeachpage.

Properties

Bydefault,thehomepageofThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleshowsthePropertiespage

includinggeneralinformationoftheserver.

Thispageprovidesthefollowingserverinformation:

InformationDescription

ProductName

Customizableproductname.

ProductInformation

Customizableproductdescription.

FirmwareVersion

Firmwareversioninformation.

BuildingTime

DateandTimeofbuildingBMCFirmware.

ASICType

Theserver’splatform.

Conguration

TheCongurationpageisusedtocongureNetworkSetting,UsersSetting,Update,etc.

Network

TheNetworkSettingspageisusedtoconguretheNetworkSettings.Itincludesthefollowingoptions:

•Automatic(ObtainanIPaddressautomatically):AutomaticallyobtaintheIPaddress(useDHCP).

•Manual(UsethefollowingIPaddresses):ManuallycongureIPaddress.

YoucanconguretheNetworksettingsbyclickncsi0item.

Option

TaskDescription

MACAddressTheMACaddressofthedevices(ReadOnly)

IPv4Settings

IfyouwanttoconguretheIPbyIPv4protocol,enable

theIPv4,andsettheIPaddress.

IPv6Settings

IfyouwanttoconguretheIPbyIPv6protocol,enable

theIPv6,andsettheIPaddress.

VLANSettings

WhenyouenablevirtualLAN,youhavetosettheVLAN

ID,Priorityalso.

NetworkSecurity

Thenewvaluesareavailabletotherewallimmediately,butmaynotbeutilizeduntilthenextsecurity

eventoccurs.

Security

ThispagecanbeusedtouploadSSLcerticateandprivatekeyinordertogetaccesstothedevicein

safemode.

ClicktheGenerateCerticatebuttontogenerateaSSLCerticate,anduploadtheSSLCerticate.

Users

ThepageofUserslistsallusersincludingconguredusers,withnetworkpermission.Theoptionsincluded

inthispageareusedtoconguretheIPMIusersforserversandtheirpermissions.Toaddanewuser,you

canselectablankrowandclicktheUserID.Ifyouwouldliketomodifyordeleteauser,selecttheUser

IDinthelistandclickApplychangeorDelete.

Besides,ifyouenablethepasswordpolicycheck,youhavetofollowthebellowingsettingrule.

•Mustnotcontaintheuser’sentireAccountNameorFullName.

•Mustcontaincharactersfromthreeofthefollowingvecategories:

–Englishuppercasecharacters(AthroughZ)

–Englishlowercasecharacters(athroughz)

–Base10digits(0through9)

–Non-alphabeticcharacters(forexample,!,$,#,%)

–Acatch-allcategoryofanyUnicodecharacterthatdoesnotfallunderthepreviousfourcategories.

Thisfthcategorycanberegionallyspecic.

•Musthaveaminimumofeightandamaximumof14characters.

•Mustnotbethesameastheprevious5passwords.

Notes:

•Theuserlenovoandthreecannotbemodiedordeleted.

•Toaddanewuser,selectablankrowfromlistandclickUserID.

•Tomodifyauser,selectthisuserIDfromlistandmodifyUsertotherelevantsettings,thenclickApply

change.

•Todeleteauser,selectthisuserIDfromlistandclickDeleteUser.

Herearetheprivilegedescriptions:

UserRoleDescription

Callback

Thismaybeconsideredthelowestprivilegelevel.

UserTheseareprimarilycommandsthatreaddatastructures

andretrievestatus.Commandsthatcanbeusedto

alterBMCconguration,writedatatotheBMCorother

managementcontrollers,orperformsystemactionssuch

asresets,poweron/off,andwatchdogactivationare

disallowed.

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UserRoleDescription

OperatorAllBMCcommandsareallowed,exceptforconguration

commandsthatcanchangethebehavioroftheout-of

bandinterfaces.Forexample,Operatorprivilegedoes

notallowthecapabilitytodisableindividualchannels,or

changeuseraccessprivileges.

Administrator

AllBMCcommandsareallowed,includingconguration

commands.AnAdministratorcanevenexecute

congurationcommandsthatwoulddisablethechannel

thattheAdministratoriscommunicatingover.

Services

Youcancongurethewebserverparameters(suchas,HTTPPortNumber,HTTPSPortNumber,and

Timeout)onaremotecomputer.Bydefault,thetimeoutis1800seconds;32fortheMaxSessions.

Whenyounishtheconguration,clickApplyChanges.

IPMI

Thisscreencontainstwosections:IPMISerialandIPMISettings.

IPMISerial

TherearethreeserialcongurationinIPMISerial:ConnectionModeSettings,BaudRate,FlowControland

ChannelPrivilegeLevelLimit.

Option

Description

ConnectionModeSettingsSetstheIPMIserialconnectionmodefromadrop-down

list.OptionsareDirectConnectionBasicModeandDirect

ConnectionTerminalMode.

BaudRate

SetstheIPMIserialbaudrate(dataspeed)froma

drop-downlist.Optionsare9600bps,19.2kbps,38.4

kbps,57.6kbpsand115.2kbps.

FlowControlSetstheFlowcontrolvaluefromadrop-downlist.

AvailablevaluesareNoneandRTS/CTSFlowcontrol.

ChannelPrivilegeLevelLimitSetstheChannelprivilegelevelfromadrop-downlist.

AvailablelevelsareAdministrator,OperatorandUser.

IPMISettings

IPMISettingsprovidesremotecongurationoverLAN.ToactivateIPMIremotecongurationbyLAN,check

EnableIPMIOverLANoption,denetheChannelPrivilegeLevelLimit,andentertheEncryptionKey.

Whenyounishtheconguration,clickApplyChanges.

Option

Description

EnableIPMIOverLANEnablesIPMIOverLANwhenthecheckboxischecked.

ChannelPrivilegeLevelLimitSetsthemaximumprivilegelevelthatcanbeacceptedon

theLANchannel(Administrator,OperatororUser).

EncryptionKey

SetstheEncryptionKey.Thiseldallowsfrom0to20

two-digitHexcharactersandnospaces.

Chapter6.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleWebConsoleOptions15

Sessions

ThispagedisplaystheinformationaboutActiveSessions.Additionally,thetrashiconprovidesthedelete

functionforprivilegedusers.ClickRefreshtorefreshtheSessionsstatus.

LDAP

TheLightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol(LDAP)isanapplicationprotocolforreadingandediting

directoriesoveranIPnetwork.Adirectoryisanorganizedsetofrecords.LDAPdirectoriesoftenuseDomain

NameSystem(DNS)namesforthehighestlevels.

Update

Selectanimageandclickupload.TheuploadprocesswillterminateallothersessionsincludingvKVM.

FirmwareUpdateSteps:

1.Browsetoorenterthepathwherethermwareimageleresides.

2.SelectUpdateType

3.ClicktheUploadbutton.Iftheleisavalidle,allothersessionswillbeterminatedandtheimage

uploadwillbegin.

4.Forasuccessfulupload,thecurrentrmwareversionandtheversionofthenewlewillbedisplayed,as

wellasthePreserveCongurationcheckbox,UpdatebuttonandCancelbutton.

5.ClicktheUpdatebuttontobeginthermwareupdateprocessandviewtheupdatestatus.Whenthe

updateiscompleted,theembeddedsoftwarewillrebootautomatically.IfyouclicktheCancelbutton,

theprocesswillbeterminatedandtheembeddedsoftwarewillreboot.

Waitforaminuteafterrmwareisupdatedre-openthebrowserloginpage,entertheusernameand

passwordtologonagain.

Utilities

UtilitiesprovideBMCrebootandFactorydefaultrestorefunctions.

Toreboottheremotemanagementserver,clicktheRebootbutton.

Toresetthesettingvaluetodefault,clicktheFactoryDefaultbutton.

ServerInformation

TheServerInformationpageshowsthedatarelatedtotheserver’shealth,suchasthermalandpowerstatus.

ClicktheServerInformationtabtoshowthispage.

Power

Control

TheControlpageshowstheserverpoweroperations.

Youcanperformthefollowingpowercontroloperations:

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