consumption and electric current calculations, and reports to help equipment managers significantly increase efficiency in deploying the equipment and conveniently manage the equipment.

To download the Lenovo Rack Planner program, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers and follow the instructions on the Web page.

For detailed information about using the Lenovo Rack Planner program, refer to the help system for the program.

ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology

The ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology program helps administrators to monitor and manage server performance, especially the power consumption for groups of servers equipped with the Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager technology.

Lenovo provides a trial version of the ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology program with a free 90-day subscription. After 90 days, you must renew the license to continue using the program. You can purchase the license from Lenovo to activate the ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology program and expand the management capability of the program when the free trial ends.

To download the ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology program, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers and follow the instructions on the Web page.

For detailed information about using the ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology program, refer to the help system for the program.

Locations

This topic provides information to help you locate your server components.

Machine type, model, and serial number label

This topic helps you to locate the label that contains the machine type, model, and serial number information for your server.

When you contact Lenovo for help, the machine type, model, and serial number information helps support technicians to identify your server and provide faster service.

The illustrations in this topic show the machine type, model, and serial number labels on server models with different hard disk drive configurations. Depending on the model, your server might look slightly different from the illustrations in this topic.

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