Lenovo ThinkServer RQ750 18
Lenovo Software Tools
Lenovo offers the following software tools that can help customers set up, use, and maintain the server at
no additional cost:
• ThinkServer Deployment Manager
The ThinkServer Deployment Manager tool, a part of the server firmware, simplifies the process of
updating firmware, configuring UEFI system settings, configuring RAID, and installing supported
Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems or VMware hypervisors and associated device drivers
on a ThinkServer system.
• ThinkServer Operating System-based Platform Update Tool
The ThinkServer Operating System-based Platform Update Tool firmware update tool runs in the
server operating system and enables customers to maintain server firmware up-to-date to help avoid
unnecessary server outages.
• ThinkServer Diagnostics
The ThinkServer Diagnostics software speeds up troubleshooting tasks to reduce service time by
diagnosing server problems, performing diagnostic tests, and collecting system information and logs.
The diagnostics software resides in the server firmware (Embedded edition), on a bootable USB drive
(Standalone edition), or in the operating system (Windows or Linux editions).
• ThinkServer Partner Pack for vSphere vCenter Server
The ThinkServer Partner Pack for vSphere vCenter Server provides detailed system information
about the ThinkServer systems in the VMware virtualized environment and enables users to receive
and view alerts, deploy server firmware updates, and perform tasks such as launching a remote
console and accessing the web-based ThinkServer System Manager.
• ThinkServer Partner Packs for Microsoft System Center
The ThinkServer Partner Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) discovers
ThinkServer systems and provides detailed system information about the managed servers. The
software also enables users to perform management tasks, such as restarting the server or turning
the server on or off, accessing the Remote Desktop Console through Remote Desktop Protocol
(RDP), accessing web-based ThinkServer System Manager, and capturing the latest crash screen if
the remote presence feature is enabled. The ThinkServer Partner Pack for Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager (SCCM) provides centralized firmware management of ThinkServer systems.
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager (formerly ThinkServer Energy Manager) provides a stand-alone, web-
based agentless power management console that provides real time data and enables you to observe,
plan and manage power and cooling for Lenovo System x and ThinkServer x86 servers. Using built-in
intelligence, it identifies server power consumption trends and ideal power settings and performs cooling
analysis so that you can define and optimize power-saving policies.
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager offers the following capabilities:
• Reports vital server information, such as power, temperature and resource utilization
• Monitors inlet temperature to locate hot spots, reducing the risk of data or device damage
• Provides finely-grained controls to limit platform power in compliance with IT policy
• Generates alerts when a user-defined threshold is reached