Starting The Backup Server Firmware; Using The Integrated Management Module - Lenovo ThinkServer TD200x Hardware Maintenance Manual

6. Burn the ISO image to CD or DVD.
7. Insert the media in the server CD/DVD drive, and boot the server to that drive.
8. After DOS starts, the master application starts automatically. Hardware detection runs, and a list of
applicable firmware updates is displayed.
9. Select the firmware updates that you want to install.
Before distributing the firmware update to other servers, ensure that your server can restart successfully
without encountering hardware problems.

Starting the backup server firmware

The system board contains a backup copy area for the server firmware. This is a secondary copy of server
firmware that you update only during the process of updating server firmware. If the primary copy of the
server firmware becomes damaged, use this backup copy.
To force the server to start from the backup copy, turn off the server; then, place the UEFI boot recovery
J29 jumper in the backup position (pins 2 and 3).
Use the backup copy of the server firmware until the primary copy is restored. After the primary copy is
restored, turn off the server; then, move the UEFI boot recovery J29 jumper back to the primary position
(pins 1 and 2).

Using the Integrated Management Module

The Integrated Management Module (IMM) is a second generation of the functions that were formerly
provided by the baseboard management controller hardware. It combines service processor functions, video
controller, and (when IMM Premium is installed) remote presence function in a single chip.
The IMM supports the following basic system management features:
• Environmental monitor with fan speed control for temperature, voltages, fan failure, power supply failure,
and power backplane failure.
• LED indicators to report errors that occur with fans, power supplies, microprocessor, hard disk drives,
and system errors (EasyLED Diagnostics LEDs)
• DIMM error assistance. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) will disable a failing DIMM that is
detected during POST IMM will light the associated system-error LED and the failing DIMM error LED.
• System-event log (SEL)
• ROM-based IMM firmware flash (IMM firmware updates)
• Auto Boot Failure Recovery (ABR)
• A virtual media key which enables full system management support (remote video, remote
keyboard/mouse, and remote storage)
• Automatic microprocessor disable on failure restart in a two-microprocessor configuration when one
microprocessor signals an internal error
• NMI detection and reporting
• SMI handling
• Automatic Server Restart (ASR) when (1) POST is not complete or (2) the OS hangs and the OS Watchdog
Timer times-out. The IMM might be configured to watch for OS Watchdog Timer and reboot the system
after timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, IMM allows the administrator to generate an NMI
by pressing an NMI button on the system board for OS memory dump. ASR is supported by IPMI.
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification V 2.0 and Intelligent Platform Management
Bus (IPMB) support
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