Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Configuring RAID Arrays; IBM Advanced Settings Utility Program; Using Lenovo Xclarity Administrator

ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ThroughtheSetuputility,youcanaccessutilitiestoconfigureRAIDarrays.
ThespecificprocedureforconfiguringarraysdependsontheRAIDcontrollerthatyouareusing.Fordetails,
seethedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.ToaccesstheutilityforyourRAIDcontroller,completethe
followingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately10secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
Step2.Whenprompted,<F1Setup>isdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
musttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetuputilitymenu.Ifyoudonottypethe
administratorpassword,alimitedSetuputilitymenuisavailable.
Step3.SelectSystemSettings➙Storage.
Step4.PressEntertorefreshthelistofdevicedrivers.
Step5.SelectthedevicedriverforyourRAIDcontrollerandpressEnter.
Step6.FollowtheinstructionsinthedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.
IBMAdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram
TheIBMAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)programisanalternativetotheSetuputilityformodifyingUEFI
settings.
UsetheASUprogramonlineoroutofbandtomodifyUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithouttheneed
torestartthesystemtoaccesstheSetuputility.
YoucanalsousetheASUprogramtoconfiguretheoptionalremotepresencefeaturesorotherIMM2
settings.Theremotepresencefeaturesprovideenhancedsystems-managementcapabilities.
Inaddition,theASUprogramprovidesIMM2LANoverUSBinterfaceconfigurationthroughthe
command-lineinterface.
Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuesetupcommands.Youcansaveanyofthesettingsasafileandrun
thefileasascript.TheASUprogramsupportsscriptingenvironmentsthroughabatch-processingmode.
FormoreinformationandtodownloadtheASUprogram,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/
documents/LNVO-ASU.
UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorincludesthefollowing:
•Preparingthenetwork
•InstallingandconfiguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance
•Managingsystems
•Settingupautomaticproblemnotificationoptionally
Tomanagesystemsbasedonthenetworktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment,therearea
numberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetworkandtosetuptheLenovoXClarity
Administrator.IfyouplantouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthe
latestapplicableLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates.ForinstallingtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorin
VMwareESXi-basedandHyper-VenvironmentsanddownloadingLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates,go
76LenovoSystemx3250M4InstallationandServiceGuide