Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability - Lenovo ThinkServer TS200 Installation And User Manual

Reliability, availability, and serviceability

Three important server design features are reliability, availability, and serviceability
(RAS). The RAS features help to ensure the integrity of the data that is stored on
the server, the availability of the server when you need it, and the ease with which
you can diagnose and correct problems.
The server has the following RAS features:
v Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
v Advanced Desktop Management Interface (DMI) features
v Automatic error retry or recovery
v Automatic memory downsizing on error detection
v Automatic restart on nonmaskable interrupt (NMI)
v Automatic Server Restart (ASR) logic supporting a system restart when the
v Automatic server restart after a power failure, based on the UEFI setting
v Availability of microcode level
v Automatic BIOS Recovery (ABR)
v Built-in, menu-driven setup, system configuration, and redundant array of
v Built-in monitoring for fan, power, temperature, and voltage
v Cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
v Customer support center that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
v Diagnostic support of ServeRAID adapters
v Error codes and messages
v Error correcting code (ECC) double-data-rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic
v Error logging of POST failures
v Hot-swap SAS hard disk drives
v Integrated Ethernet controllers
v Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0
v Key-lock support for physical security
v Memory change messages posted to the error log
v Power-on self-test (POST)
v Hardware Failure Prediction alerts
v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums
v Redundant Ethernet capabilities (requires an optional Ethernet adapter) with
v Standby voltage for systems-management features and monitoring
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
v System-error LED on the front bezel and diagnostics LEDs on the system board
v Upgradeable microcode for POST, UEFI, and read-only memory (ROM) resident
v VPD: includes serial-number information and replacement part numbers, stored
1. Service availability will vary by country. Response time varies; may exclude holidays.
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operating system becomes unresponsive
independent disks (RAID) configuration
random access memory (SDRAM) with serial presence detect (SPD)
failover support
code, locally or over a LAN
in nonvolatile memory, for easier remote maintenance
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