The server was developed under agreement with IBM, by which Lenovo would produce single-socket and dual-socket servers based on IBM’s xSeries technology. The tools developed for this support package included: EasyStartup – meant to simplify the initial server configuration EasyUpdate – for download and installation of hardware and firmware updates EasyManage – to monitor the performance of multiple servers from a single console Lenovo’s ThinkServer naming conventions reflect whether the server is a tower server or a rack server. ‘T’ is used to indicate tower servers, while ‘R’ is used for rack servers.