Lenovo ThinkServer TD200 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
IMM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Upgrading from IMM Standard to IMM Premium 3
Comparing the IMM to other systems-
management hardware in ThinkServer servers .
. 3
Web browser and operating-system requirements . . 7
Notices used in this book . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Opening and using the IMM
Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing the IMM Web interface . . . . . . . 9
Setting up the IMM network connection through
the Server Firmware Setup Utility .
. . . . . 9
Logging in to the IMM . . . . . . . . . 10
IMM action descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3. Configuring the IMM . . . . 15
Setting system information . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting server timeouts . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting the IMM date and time . . . . . . . 17
Synchronizing clocks in a network. . . . . . 18
Disabling the USB in-band interface . . . . . 19
Creating a login profile . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deleting a login profile . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the global login settings . . . . . . 23
Configuring remote alert settings . . . . . . . 24
Configuring remote alert recipients . . . . . 24
Configuring global remote alert settings . . . . 25
Configuring SNMP alert settings . . . . . . 26
Configuring serial port settings . . . . . . . . 26
Serial-to-Telnet or SSH redirection . . . . . . . 27
Configuring port assignments . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring network interfaces . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring network protocols . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring DNS . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring SMTP . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting up a client to use the LDAP server . . . 33
Configuring LDAP client authentication . . . . 36
Configuring LDAP search attributes . . . . . 36
Service Location Protocol (SLP) . . . . . . . 38
Configuring security . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Secure Web server and secure LDAP . . . . . 39
SSL certificate overview . . . . . . . . . 39
SSL server certificate management . . . . . . 40
Enabling SSL for the secure Web server . . . . 43
SSL client certificate management . . . . . . 43
SSL client trusted certificate management . . . 43
Enabling SSL for the LDAP client . . . . . . 44
Configuring the Secure Shell server . . . . . . 44
Generating a Secure Shell server key . . . . . 45
Enabling the Secure Shell server . . . . . . 45
Using the Secure Shell server . . . . . . . 45
Using the configuration file . . . . . . . . . 45
Backing up your current configuration . . . . 46
Restoring and modifying your IMM
configuration .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Restoring defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Restarting IMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Logging off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4. Monitoring server status . . 49
Viewing system status . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing the Easy LED Diagnostics . . . . . . 52
Viewing the event logs . . . . . . . . . . 52
Viewing the system-event log from the Web
interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Viewing event logs from the Setup Utility . . . 54
Viewing event logs without restarting the server 54
Viewing vital product data . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 5. Performing IMM tasks . . . 57
Viewing server power and restart activity . . . . 57
Controlling the power status of a server . . . . . 57
Remote presence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Updating your IMM firmware and Java applet 59
Enabling the remote presence function . . . . 59
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remote control screen capture . . . . . . . 60
Remote control Video Viewer view modes . . . 60
Remote control video color mode . . . . . . 61
Remote control keyboard support . . . . . . 61
Remote control mouse support . . . . . . . 62
Remote power control . . . . . . . . . . 64
Viewing performance statistics . . . . . . . 64
Starting Remote Desktop Protocol . . . . . . 64
Remote disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Setting up PXE network boot . . . . . . . . 66
Updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Resetting the IMM with the Setup Utility . . . . 67
Managing tools and utilities with IMM and the
server firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using IPMItool . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) . . . . 68
Other methods for managing the IMM . . . . 68
Chapter 6. LAN over USB. . . . . . . 71
Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface 71
Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually
71
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing the Windows IPMI device driver . . . 71
Installing the LAN over USB Windows device
driver .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing the LAN over USB Linux device driver 73
Chapter 7. Command-line interface . . 75
Managing the IMM using IPMI . . . . . . . . 75
Accessing the command line. . . . . . . . . 75
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