Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 User manual

ThinkServerManagementModule
UserGuide
ThinkServerRD330,RD430,RD530,andRD630

Note:
Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowing:
•“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.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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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
IPMIIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface
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
SourceDHCPDynamicIPcon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
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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
TabComments
PropertiesSysteminformationisshownonthePropertiespage.
CongurationThistabcontainsthefollowingsubmenus:
•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
TabComments
SupportViewthecontactinformationaboutthecompanyofthisproduct.
HelpViewthebriefdescriptionaboutthecurrentpageontherightpaneofthebrowser.Byclicking
the“X”onthetoprightofthepane,youcanclosetheHelpwindow.
AboutViewtheversionofthesoftware.
LogoutTerminatethecurrentWebConsolesession.
Note:Iftheremoteconsole(KVM)windowisactive,itwillcloseautomaticallywhenyouare
loggingout.Afterlogout,theWebconsolewillbacktologonscreen.
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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.
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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:
•Therstmenuitemofeachtabisthedefaultpagewhichwillautomaticallyappearwhenselecting
thecorrespondingtab.
•ClicktheHelpbuttonontherighthorizontaltoolbar,andtheWebconsolewillshowtherelevant
informationabouteachpage.
Properties
Bydefault,thehomepageoftheThinkServerRemoteManagementModuleshowsthePropertiespage,
includinggeneralinformationabouttheserver.Formoredetails,readtheinformationinthistopic.
Viewingproperties
ThePlatformInformationpageshowsthesummaryofthegeneralinformation.
Figure4.Firmwareinformation
Theabovepageprovidesthefollowingserverinformation:
Table4.Platforminformationpage
ProductNameCustomizableproductname.
ProductInformationCustomizableproductdescription.
FirmwareVersionFirmwareversioninformation.
BuildingTimeDateandtimeofbuildingtheBMCrmware
ASICTypeTheplatformoftheserver.
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Serverinformation
TheServerInformationpageshowsthedatarelatedtotheserverhealth,suchassensorreadingsandevent
logs.ClicktheServerInformationtabontheleftpanetoshowthispage.
Viewingsensorreadings
TheT emperaturesandVoltagespagesshowthesystemsensorinformation,includingreadingsandstatus.
Figure5.SensorreadingsontheT emperaturespage
Figure6.SensorreadingsontheVoltagespage
ViewingtheSystemEventLog
TheSystemEventLogpageshowstheeventlogs.
•Toclearthelogbuffer,clickClearLog.
•Toupdatetheloglist,clickRefresh.
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