Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 User manual

ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide

ThinkServerRD340,RD440,RD540,andRD640

Note:

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•“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

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

KVMKeyboard,Video,andMouse

MACMediaAccessController

TCP/IPTransferControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

Safetyinformation

WARNING

WithreferencetoeithertheGuideorotherdocuments,youshouldalwayspayparticularattention

tosafetyinformationbeforeoperatingtheThinkServer.Toensurefullcompliancewiththeexisting

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

STATICStaticIPconﬁguration.IPandthesubnetmaskcanbesetmanually. Conﬁguration

Address

Source

DHCP

DynamicIPconﬁguration.ThesystemcanobtainIPautomatically.

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Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuick

Start

ThistopicdescribeshowtoquicklyacquaintwithrelatedoperationsoftheRemoteManagementModule.In

addition,italsodescribestheadvancedfeaturesofhowtologonthemoduleandoptionsavailablewhile

browsing,andhowtologout.

Prestart

TheRemoteManagementModulehasanembeddedWebserverandanapplicationwithmultiplestandard

interfaces.Thistopicdescribestheseinterfacesandtheirusages.YoucanusetheTCP/IPprotocolto

accesstheseinterfaces.

Note:Asthesupportedfunctionsoftheproductvarywithconﬁgurations,refertotheactualproduct

description.

Formoreinformationabouttheinitialsettings,seeChapter3“ConﬁgurationoftheThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule”onpage5

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

namesandpasswordsarealsoaccepted.Thedefaultusernameandpasswordareasfollows:

•Username=lenovo

•Password=len0vO

TheRemoteManagementModuleisaccessiblethroughthestandardJava-enabledWebbrowserwith

HTTPandHTTPS.

HTTP/HTTPS:TheembeddedWebserverprovidesfullaccesspermission.YoucanaccesstheRemote

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

Chapter4.ThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleQuickStart9

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

Tab

Comments

Properties

SysteminformationisshownonthePropertiespage.

Conﬁguration

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.

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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

Customizableproductname.

ProductInformation

Customizableproductdescription.

FirmwareVersion

Firmwareversioninformation.

BuildingTime

DateandtimeofbuildingtheBMCﬁrmware

ASICType

Theplatformoftheserver.

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Serverinformation

TheServerInformationpageshowsthedatarelatedtotheserverhealth,suchassensorreadingsandevent

logs.ClicktheServerInformationtabontheleftpanetoshowthispage.

Viewingsensorreadings

TheTemperaturesandVoltagespagesshowthesystemsensorinformation,includingreadingsandstatus.

Figure5.SensorreadingsontheTemperaturespage

Figure6.SensorreadingsontheVoltagespage

ViewingtheSystemEventLog

TheSystemEventLogpageshowstheeventlogs.

•Toclearthelogbuffer,clickClearLog.

•Toupdatetheloglist,clickRefresh.

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