Using The Embedded Hypervisor - Lenovo x3300 M4 7382 Installation And Service Manual

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• Invalid system configuration (CNFG) LED support.
• Light path diagnostics LEDs indicators to report errors that occur with fans, power supplies,
microprocessor, hard disk drives, and system errors.
• Local firmware code flash update
• Nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) detection and reporting.
• Operating-system failure blue screen capture.
• PCI configuration data.
• PECI 3 support.
• Power/reset control (power-on, hard and soft shutdown, hard and soft reset, schedule power control).
• Query power-supply input power.
• ROM-based IMM firmware flash updates.
• Serial over LAN (SOL).
• Serial port redirection over telnet or ssh.
• SMI handling
• System event log (SEL) - user readable event log.
The IMM also provides the following remote server management capabilities through the ipmitool
management utility program:
• Command-line interface (IPMI Shell)
The command-line interface provides direct access to server management functions through the IPMI 2.0
protocol. Use the command-line interface to issue commands to control the server power, view system
information, and identify the server. You can also save one or more commands as a text file and run the
file as a script.
• Serial over LAN
Establish a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection to manage servers from a remote location. You can remotely
view and change the UEFI settings, restart the server, identify the server, and perform other management
functions. Any standard Telnet client application can access the SOL connection.
For more information about IMM, see the Integrated Management Module User's Guide at
947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5086346

Using the embedded hypervisor

The VMware ESXi embedded hypervisor software is available on the optional Lenovo USB flash device with
embedded hypervisor.
The USB flash device can be installed in the USB connector near PCI-e slot 1 on the system board.
Hypervisor is virtualization software that enables multiple operating systems to run on a host system at the
same time. The USB flash device is required to activate the hypervisor functions.
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Chapter 3
Configuration information and instructions
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