Upgrading From Imm Standard To Imm Premium; Comparing The Imm To Other Systems-Management Hardware In Thinkserver Servers - Lenovo RD220 - ThinkServer - 3798 User Manual

v LAN over USB for in-band communications to the IMM
v Event logs that are time stamped, saved on the IMM, and can be attached to
e-mail alerts
v Industry-standard interfaces and protocols
v OS watchdogs
v Remote configuration through Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)
v Remote firmware updating
v Remote power control
v Seamless remote accelerated graphics
v Secure Web server user interface
v Serial over LAN
v Server console redirection
v Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support
v User authentication using a secure connection to a Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) server
IMM Premium has the following features:
v Remote presence, including the remote control of a server
v Operating-system failure screen capture and display through the Web interface
v Remote disk, which enables the attachment of a diskette drive, CD/DVD drive,
USB flash drive, or disk image to a server
Note: The following features of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II are not in the
IMM:
v Display of server MAC addresses
v Multiple NTP server entries
v Dynamic DNS support

Upgrading from IMM Standard to IMM Premium

If your server has IMM Standard functionality, you can upgrade to IMM Premium
by purchasing and installing a virtual media key on your server system board. No
new firmware is required.
Comparing the IMM to other systems-management hardware
in ThinkServer servers
The following table compares IMM features with baseboard management controller
(BMC) and Remote Supervisor Adapter II features in ThinkServer servers.
Note: Like the BMC, the IMM uses the standard Intelligent Platform Management
Interface (IPMI) specification.
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Chapter 1. Introduction