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ThinkSer ver TD230
Remot e Management User Guide
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ThinkSer ver TD230 Remot e Management User Guide
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Not e: Befor e using this information and the pr oduct it suppor ts, be sur e t o r ead and understand the following: • The Impor tant Notices that came with your pr oduct • The Safety Information and the W arr anty and Suppor t Information on the ThinkSer ver Documentation DVD that came with your pr oduct Second Edition (Sept ember 2010) © Copyright L enovo 2010. LENO V O pr oducts, data, comput er softwar e, and ser vices have been developed e x clusively at privat e e xpense and ar e sold t o
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Contents Chapt er 1. Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . 1 Remot e Console device menu . . . . . . . 13 T ar get audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Remot e Console status line . . . . . . . . . 14 T erminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapt er 6. Remot e Management Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Module W eb Console options . . . . 15 S yst em Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapt er 2. Remot e Management Module over view . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 V iewing
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Chapt er 1. Intr oduction The L enovo® ThinkSer ver® Remot e Management Module works as an int egr at ed solution on your ser ver syst em. Based on an embedded oper ating syst em, the L enovo ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module add-on car d pr ovides both e x ceptional stability and permanent availability independent of the pr esent stat e of the ser ver ’ s oper ating syst em. As a syst em administr at or , you can use the L enovo ThinkSer ver Remot e Management Module t o gain location-inde
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the ser ver A C power cor d fr om the wall outlet. Mak e sur e the A C power cor d is unplugged befor e you open the chassis t o add or r emove the Remot e Management Module. • Hazar dous conditions, devices and cables: Hazar dous electrical conditions may be pr esent on power , t elephone, and communication cables. T urn off the ser ver and disconnect the power cor d, t elecommunications syst ems, networks, and modems attached t o the ser ver befor e opening it. Other wise, personal injur y or
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Chapt er 2. Remot e Management Module over view This section gives you an over view of the Remot e Management Module and highlights significant benefits of its featur es. The Remot e Management Module is a 1.23-inch x 2.30-inch print ed cir cuit boar d. When installed ont o the Remot e Management Module connect or on L enovo ser ver boar ds, it pr ovides an incr eased level of manageability over the basic ser ver management available t o the ser ver boar d. It works as an int egr at ed solution
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Chapt er 3. Configuring the r emot e management module This chapt er describes how t o use the Setup Utility pr ogr am t o configur e the r emot e management module fr om the un-configur ed status t o the running status. It is r ecommended that you manually set a static IP addr ess in the Setup Utility pr ogr am. T o set an IP addr ess, do the following: 1. Connect the ser ver t o a working electrical outlet and turn on the ser ver by pr essing the power butt on. 2. P r ess F2 as soon as you see
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Chapt er 4. Getting star t ed with Remot e Management Module The Remot e Management Module featur es an embedded web ser ver and applications offering a variety of standar diz ed int er faces. This section describes both the int er faces and how t o use them. The int er faces ar e accessed using T CP/IP pr ot ocol. Befor e you begin F or initial setup information, r efer Chapt er 4 “Getting star t ed with Remot e Management Module” on page 7. Befor e you log in, you must enable the int ended use
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Aft er the initial log in, S yst em Administr at ors may change passwor ds, cr eat e new users, and have full contr ol over access t o the Remot e Management Module. Navigation Aft er successful login t o the Remot e Management Module module, the Remot e Management Module home page is displayed. The t op horizontal t oolbar within the Remot e Management Module home page has four tabs. Click these tabs t o get specific syst em information and per form tasks as shown in the following table: T ab F
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Butt on F eatur es L OGOUT Click this butt on t o end the curr ent W eb Console session. Not e that a r emot e console (KVM) window , if active, will be closed when you log out. Aft er logging out, the W eb Console will r eturn t o the L ogin scr een. REFRESH Click this butt on t o r efr esh the curr ent web page, including any data shown on the page. HELP Click this butt on t o view a brief description of the curr ent page in a fr ame at the right-hand side of the br owser window . Close the He
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Chapt er 5. Remot e Console (KVM) oper ation The Remot e Console is the r edir ect ed scr een, k eyboar d and mouse of the r emot e host syst em wher e the Remot e Management Module is installed. T o use the Remot e Console window of your managed host syst em, the br owser must include a Java* Runtime Envir onment plug-in. If the br owser has no Java suppor t, such as with a small handheld device, the user can maintain the r emot e host syst em using the administr ation forms displayed by the br
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Remot e Console contr ol bar The upper par t of the Remot e Console window contains a contr ol bar . Using its elements you can see the status of the Remot e Console and influence the local Remot e Console settings. The following sub sections describe the tasks you can per form within each contr ol. Remot e Console video menu Click V ideo in the Remot e Console contr ol bar t o open the Remot e Console V ideo Menu. Using this menu, you can do the following: • P ause Redir ection: T empor arily p
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2. Once star t ed, you will see two mouse cursors moving diagonally acr oss the scr een (star ting at 0, 0 location). The local mouse cursor is displayed in RED color t o differ entiat e between the two mouse cursors. 3. Depending upon the differ ence in acceler ation settings on both ends, mouse cursors may eventually go out of sync. 4. P r ess the + or - k ey t o change the acceler ation settings. 5. If the local mouse cursor is lagging behind the host cursor , pr ess the + k ey t o tr y t o b
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The vir tual devices act just lik e any other CDROM or floppy on the r emot e syst em. They can be r ead, writt en (assuming they ar e not r ead-only), and boot ed. The pair of vir tual devices only appear on the r emot e oper ating syst em or BIOS setup menus when some media r edir ection is active. The vir tual devices persist acr oss r emot e syst em r esets and power up/downs. They do not disappear fr om the r emot e syst em until the checkbo x es ar e uncheck ed in the Remot e Console windo
