Lenovo RD220 User Guide - Page 5

Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1 IMM features 2 Upgrading from IMM Standard to IMM Premium 3 Comparing the IMM to other systemsmanagement hardware in ThinkServer servers . . 3 Web browser and operating-system requirements . . 7 Notices used in this book 7 Chapter 2. Opening and using the IMM Web interface 9 Accessing the IMM Web interface 9 Setting up the IMM network connection through the Server Firmware Setup Utility 9 Logging in to the IMM 10 IMM action descriptions 11 Chapter 3. Configuring the IMM . . . . 15 Setting system information 15 Setting server timeouts 16 Setting the IMM date and time 17 Synchronizing clocks in a network. . . . . . 18 Disabling the USB in-band interface . . . . . 19 Creating a login profile 20 Deleting a login profile 23 Configuring the global login settings 23 Configuring remote alert settings 24 Configuring remote alert recipients . . . . . 24 Configuring global remote alert settings . . . . 25 Configuring SNMP alert settings 26 Configuring serial port settings 26 Serial-to-Telnet or SSH redirection 27 Configuring port assignments 28 Configuring network interfaces 28 Configuring network protocols 31 Configuring SNMP 31 Configuring DNS 32 Configuring Telnet 33 Configuring SMTP 33 Configuring LDAP 33 Setting up a client to use the LDAP server . . . 33 Configuring LDAP client authentication . . . . 36 Configuring LDAP search attributes . . . . . 36 Service Location Protocol (SLP 38 Configuring security 38 Secure Web server and secure LDAP . . . . . 39 SSL certificate overview 39 SSL server certificate management 40 Enabling SSL for the secure Web server . . . . 43 SSL client certificate management 43 SSL client trusted certificate management . . . 43 Enabling SSL for the LDAP client 44 Configuring the Secure Shell server 44 Generating a Secure Shell server key . . . . . 45 Enabling the Secure Shell server 45 Using the Secure Shell server 45 © Lenovo 2009. Portions © IBM Corp. 2009. Using the configuration file 45 Backing up your current configuration . . . . 46 Restoring and modifying your IMM configuration 46 Restoring defaults 47 Restarting IMM 47 Logging off 48 Chapter 4. Monitoring server status . . 49 Viewing system status 49 Viewing the Easy LED Diagnostics 52 Viewing the event logs 52 Viewing the system-event log from the Web interface 53 Viewing event logs from the Setup Utility . . . 54 Viewing event logs without restarting the server 54 Viewing vital product data 55 Chapter 5. Performing IMM tasks . . . 57 Viewing server power and restart activity . . . . 57 Controlling the power status of a server . . . . . 57 Remote presence 58 Updating your IMM firmware and Java applet 59 Enabling the remote presence function . . . . 59 Remote control 59 Remote control screen capture 60 Remote control Video Viewer view modes . . . 60 Remote control video color mode 61 Remote control keyboard support 61 Remote control mouse support 62 Remote power control 64 Viewing performance statistics 64 Starting Remote Desktop Protocol 64 Remote disk 64 Setting up PXE network boot 66 Updating firmware 67 Resetting the IMM with the Setup Utility . . . . 67 Managing tools and utilities with IMM and the server firmware 68 Using IPMItool 68 Using Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) . . . . 68 Other methods for managing the IMM . . . . 68 Chapter 6. LAN over USB 71 Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface 71 Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually 71 Installing device drivers 71 Installing the Windows IPMI device driver . . . 71 Installing the LAN over USB Windows device driver 72 Installing the LAN over USB Linux device driver 73 Chapter 7. Command-line interface . . 75 Managing the IMM using IPMI 75 Accessing the command line 75 iii