Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Using the Setup Utility

TheServerGuideprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Aneasy-to-useinterface
•Diskette-freesetup,andconfigurationprogramsthatarebasedondetectedhardware
•Devicedriversthatareprovidedfortheservermodelanddetectedhardware
•Operating-systempartitionsizeandfile-systemtypethatareselectableduringsetup
TheServerGuideprogramperformsthefollowingtasks:
•Setssystemdateandtime
•Detectsinstalledhardwareoptionsandprovidesupdateddevicedriversformostadaptersanddevices
•Providesdiskette-freeinstallationforsupportedWindowsoperatingsystems
•Includesanonlinereadmefilewithlinkstotipsforyourhardwareandoperating-systeminstallation
Setupandconfigurationoverview
UsethisinformationfortheServerGuidesetupandconfiguration.
WhenyouusetheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youdonotneedsetupdiskettes.Youcanuse
theCDtoconfigureanysupportedIBMservermodel.Thesetupprogramprovidesalistoftasksthatare
requiredtosetupyourservermodel.OnaserverwithaServeRAIDadapterorSAS/SATAcontrollerwith
RAIDcapabilities,youcanruntheSAS/SATARAIDconfigurationprogramtocreatelogicaldrives.
Note:FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.
Typicaloperating-systeminstallation
ThissectiondetailstheServerGuidetypicaloperating-systeminstallation.
TheServerGuideprogramcanreducethetimeittakestoinstallanoperatingsystem.Itprovidesthedevice
driversthatarerequiredforyourhardwareandfortheoperatingsystemthatyouareinstalling.Thissection
describesatypicalServerGuideoperating-systeminstallation.
Note:FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.
1.Afteryouhavecompletedthesetupprocess,theoperating-systeminstallationprogramstarts.(You
willneedyouroperating-systemCDtocompletetheinstallation.)
2.TheServerGuideprogramstoresinformationabouttheservermodel,serviceprocessor,harddiskdrive
controllers,andnetworkadapters.Then,theprogramcheckstheCDfornewerdevicedrivers.This
informationisstoredandthenpassedtotheoperating-systeminstallationprogram.
3.TheServerGuideprogrampresentsoperating-systempartitionoptionsthatarebasedonyour
operating-systemselectionandtheinstalledharddiskdrives.
4.TheServerGuideprogrampromptsyoutoinsertyouroperating-systemCDandrestarttheserver.At
thispoint,theinstallationprogramfortheoperatingsystemtakescontroltocompletetheinstallation.
InstallingyouroperatingsystemwithoutusingServerGuide
UsethisinformationtoinstalltheoperatingsystemontheserverwithoutusingServerGuide.
IfyouhavealreadyconfiguredtheserverhardwareandyouarenotusingtheServerGuideprogramto
installyouroperatingsystem,youcandownloadoperating-systeminstallationinstructionsfortheserver
fromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
UsingtheSetuputility
UsetheseinstructionstostarttheSetuputility.
UsetheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)SetupUtilityprogramtoperformthefollowingtasks:
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