Upgrading from imm standard to imm premium – Lenovo ThinkServer TD200 User Manual
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LAN over USB for in-band communications to the IMM
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Event logs that are time stamped, saved on the IMM, and can be attached to
e-mail alerts
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Industry-standard interfaces and protocols
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OS watchdogs
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Remote configuration through Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)
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Remote firmware updating
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Remote power control
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Seamless remote accelerated graphics
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Secure Web server user interface
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Serial over LAN
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Server console redirection
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support
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User authentication using a secure connection to a Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) server
IMM Premium has the following features:
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Remote presence, including the remote control of a server
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Operating-system failure screen capture and display through the Web interface
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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:
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Display of server MAC addresses
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Multiple NTP server entries
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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
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