Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Advanced Settings Utility Program; Using Lenovo Xclarity Administrator; Updating Systems Director

Step3.SelectSystemSettings➙Storage.
Step4.PressEntertorefreshthelistofdevicedrivers.
Step5.SelectthedevicedriverforyourRAIDcontrollerandpressEnter.
Step6.FollowtheinstructionsinthedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.
AdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram
TheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)programisanalternativetotheSetuputilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.
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
to:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-XCLARIT
LenovoXClarityAdministratoroffersafree,90-daytriallicensethatenablesyoutouseallavailablefeatures
foralimitedtime.TocontinueusingLenovoXClarityAdministratorafterthe90-daytrialperiod,youare
requiredtopurchaseafull-function-enablementlicenseforeachLenovoXClarityAdministratorinstance.You
canpurchaseanddownloadthelicensefrom:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/lnvo-lxcaupd
UpdatingSystemsDirector
UsethisinformationtoupdatetheSystemsDirector.
IfyouplantouseSystemsDirectortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthelatestapplicableSystems
Directorupdatesandinterimfixes.
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