Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

•Ethernetcontrollerconfiguration
ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontroller,see“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller”on
page118.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andiSCSIstorageprotocols.For
moreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftware”onpage118
.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforRAID.Formoreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemand
RAIDsoftware”onpage118.
•IBMAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)program
UsethisprogramasanalternativetotheSetuputilityformodifyingUEFIsettingsandIMM2settings.
UsetheASUprogramonlineoroutofbandtomodifyUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithoutthe
needtorestarttheservertoruntheSetuputility.Formoreinformationaboutusingthisprogram,see
“AdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram”onpage119.
•ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDarrays,see“ConfiguringRAIDarrays”onpage118.
Thefollowingtableliststhedifferentserverconfigurationsandtheapplicationsthatareavailablefor
configuringandmanagingtheRAIDarrays.
Table9.ServerconfigurationandapplicationsforconfiguringandmanagingtheRAIDarrays
Serverconfiguration
RAIDarrayconfiguration(before
operatingsystemisinstalled)
RAIDarraymanagement(after
operatingsystemisinstalled)
ServeRAID-M1115adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI(CommandLineInterface),
andIBMDirector
ServeRAID-M5110adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI,andIBMDirector
ServeRAID-M5120adapterMegaRAIDBIOSConfigurationUtility
(pressCtrl+Htostart),pre-bootCLI
(pressCtrl+Ptostart),ServerGuide,
HII
MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM),
MegaCLI,andIBMDirector
Notes:
1.FormoreinformationabouttheHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)andSAS2IRCU,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5088601.
2.FormoreinformationabouttheMegaRAID,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073015.
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
UsethisinformationasanoverviewforusingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD.
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDprovidessoftwaresetuptoolsandinstallationtoolsthatare
designedforyourserver.TheServerGuideprogramdetectstheservermodelandoptionalhardwaredevices
thatareinstalledandusesthatinformationduringsetuptoconfigurethehardware.TheServerGuide
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