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ThinkSer ver Management Module
User Guide
ThinkSer ver RD330, RD430, RD530, and RD630
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Not e: Befor e using the information and the pr oduct it suppor ts, ensur e that you r ead and understand the following: • “Safety information” on page 1 • Appendix B “Notices” on page 31 First Edition (August 2012) © Copyright L enovo 2012. LIMITED AND RES TRIC TED RIGHT S NO TICE: If data or softwar e is deliver ed pursuant a Gener al Ser vices Administr ation “GSA ” contr act, use, r epr oduction, or disclosur e is subject t o r estrictions set for th in Contr act No. GS-35F-05925.
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Contents Chapt er 1. Intr oduction . . . . . . . . 1 P r oper ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 T erminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 V iewing pr oper ties . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ser ver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 V iewing sensor r eadings . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapt er 2. Over view of the L enovo V iewing the S yst em E vent L og . . . . . . . . 16 ThinkSer ver Management Module . . 3 E vent management . . . . . . . .
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Chapt er 1. Intr oduction ® ® Thank you for or dering and using the L enovo ThinkSer ver Management Module (TMM), her einaft er r eferr ed t o as Remot e Management Module. The User Guide describes how t o use the Remot e Management Module, the over view of the module featur es, and how t o set up and oper at e the module. The User Guide is for syst em administr at ors r esponsible for installation, tr oubleshooting, upgr ade and maint enance of the Remot e Management Module. As a syst em admini
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Danger ous situations, equipment and cables: power , t elephones, and signal cables may have the danger of electric shock. Befor e opening the device, shut down the ser ver , disconnect ed the power cor d, the communication syst em, network and modem connect ed t o the ser ver . Other wise, it may r esult in personal injur y or equipment damage. Electr ostatic Dischar ge (ESD) and ESD pr ot ection: Electr ostatic Dischar ge (ESD) can damage disk drivers, syst em boar d and other components. W e
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Chapt er 2. Over view of the L enovo ThinkSer ver Management Module This t opic describes the featur es of the Remot e Management Module. The Remot e Management Module runs on the ser ver syst em as an int egr at ed solution and int egr at es the embedded oper ating syst em. Independent of the ser ver oper ating syst em, the embedded oper ating syst em can pr ovide a whole set of complet e, stable and effective solution for the ser ver . As a syst em administr at or , you can r espond anytime an
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Chapt er 3. Configur ation of the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module This t opic describes how t o use the ser ver configur ation utility t o change the Remot e Management Module fr om the un-configur ed status t o the running status. When first installed, the Remot e Management Module by default will sear ch DHCP ser ver on the network t o aut omatically assign IP addr ess, subnet mask and gat eway . It is r ecommended that users manually set a fix ed IP addr ess in the BIOS. T o set an IP
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Chapt er 4. ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module Quick S tar t This t opic describes how t o quickly acquaint with r elat ed oper ations of the Remot e Management Module. In addition, it also describes the advanced featur es of how t o log on the module and options available while br owsing, and how t o log out. P r estar t The Remot e Management Module has an embedded W eb ser ver and an application with multiple standar d int er faces. This t opic describes these int er faces and their usage
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Figur e 1. Configuring IE ESC - setp 1 8 ThinkSer ver Management Module User Guide
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Figur e 2. Configuring IE ESC - setp 2 Chapt er 4 . ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module Quick S tar t 9
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Figur e 3. Configuring IE ESC - setp 3 F or making the r emot e console (KVM) window of the managed ser ver works, you must install Java runtime envir onment (JRE) V6.0 Updat e 24 or lat er . L og-on T o log on t o the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module, do the following: 1. Ent er the IP addr ess assigned by the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module int o the W eb br owser . F or e xample: http://10.223.131.36/ F or secur e connection, r efer t o the following e xample: https://10.223.131.
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Navigation When the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module is successfully logged on, the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module home page is displayed. Ther e ar e sever al tabs on the ver tical t oolbar which is on the left pane of the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module home page. By clicking these tabs, you can get the specific syst em information and tak e the r elevant tasks list ed in the following table: T able 2. T abs on the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module home page T ab Comm
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Ther e is a Refr esh butt on on the right pane. Click this butt on t o r efr esh the curr ent page. L og-out T o log out the ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module and turn back t o the log on page, click L ogout on the right t op of the pr ogr am home page. Not e: Aut omatic T imeout: If the W eb console det ects no user activity within fift een minut es, the curr ent session will be aut omatically t erminat ed. If the user has opened the KVM r emot e console window , then the W eb session will
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Chapt er 5. Remot e console (KVM) oper ation The r emot e console is the r edir ection scr een, k eyboar d, and mouse of the r emot e host syst em with a ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module installed. If ther e is a need t o use the r emot e console of the managed host syst em, ensur e that the ser ver has Java* runtime envir onment plug-in. When the r emot e console is star tup, a new window will be opened, showing the scr een of the host syst em. Oper ating the r emot e console is just lik
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• Fit : Fit the window mode. Macr os menu of the r emot e console By clicking the Macr os option on the menu bar of the r emot e console, you can tak e the following oper ations: • Hold Ctrl/Alt/W indows k eys : Allow simulating t o pr ess these special k eys on the r emot e k eyboar d. On the local k eyboar d, these special k eys will be carried out thr ough local oper ating syst em, r ather than tr ansfer t o the r emot e oper ation syst em. • Alt+Ctrl+Del : Issue Alt+Ctrl+Del command t o the
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Chapt er 6. ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module W eb console options This t opic describes ever y page of the W eb console and each page is divided int o sever al par ts corr esponding separ at ely t o the sever al tabs at the left side of the pane. In each par t, ther e ar e detailed illustr ations and intr oductions for each menu option in the left of the pane. Not es: • The first menu it em of each tab is the default page which will aut omatically appear when selecting the corr esponding t
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Ser ver information The Ser ver Information page shows the data r elat ed t o the ser ver health, such as sensor r eadings and event logs. Click the Ser ver Information tab on the left pane t o show this page. V iewing sensor r eadings The T emper atur es and V oltages pages show the syst em sensor information, including r eadings and status. Figur e 5. Sensor r eadings on the T emper atur es page Figur e 6. Sensor r eadings on the V oltages page V iewing the Syst em E vent L og The Syst em E ve
