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Upgrading from IMM Standard to IMM Premium - thinkservers

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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. Chapter 1. Introduction 3

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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.
Chapter 1. Introduction
3