Using The Remote Presence Capability And Blue-Screen Capture; Obtaining The Ip Address For The Web Interface Access - Lenovo ThinkServer TD200x Hardware Maintenance Manual

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v Power/Reset control (power-on, hard and soft shut down, hard and soft reset,
v Alerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail)
v Operating system failure blue screen capture
v Command line interface
v Configuration save and restore
v PCI configuration data
v Boot sequence manipulation
The IMM also provides the following remote server management capabilities:
v Command-line interface (IPMI Shell)
v Serial over LAN

Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture

The remote presence and blue-screen capture features are integrated functions of
the integrated management module (IMM). These integrated functions allow you to
remotely mount or unmount drives or images on the client system as well as
accessing the Web interface.
The remote presence feature provides the following functions:
v Remotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 at 85 Hz,
v Remotely accessing the server, using the keyboard and mouse from a remote
v Mapping the CD or DVD drive, diskette drive, and USB flash drive on a remote
v Uploading a diskette image to the IMM memory and mapping it to the server as a
The blue-screen capture feature captures the video display contents before the IMM
restarts the server when the IMM detects an operating-system hang condition. A
system administrator can use the blue-screen capture to assist in determining the
cause of the hang condition.

Obtaining the IP address for the Web interface access

To access the Web interface and use the remote presence feature, you need the IP
address for the IMM. You can obtain the IMM IP address through the Setup Utility.
To locate the IP address, do the following:
1. Turn on the server.
schedule power control)
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.
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.
regardless of the system state
client
client, and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are
available for use by the server
virtual drive
Chapter 9. Configuring the server
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