YoucandownloadtheLenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDtohelpyouconfigurethehardware,
installdevicedrivers,andinstalltheoperatingsystem.
Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsdocumentontheLenovoSystemxDocumentationCDforcomplete
rackinstallationandremovalinstructions.
TheLenovoDocumentationCD
TheLenovoDocumentationCDcontainsdocumentationfortheserverinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)
andincludestheLenovoDocumentationBrowsertohelpyoufindinformationquickly.
Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements
ThehardwareandsoftwarerequirementsoftheLenovoDocumentationCD.
TheLenovoDocumentationCDrequiresthefollowingminimumhardwareandsoftware:
•MicrosoftWindowsorRedHatLinux
•100MHzmicroprocessor
•32MBofRAM
•AdobeAcrobatReader3.0(orlater)orxpdf,whichcomeswithLinuxoperatingsystems
TheDocumentationBrowser
UsetheDocumentationBrowsertobrowsethecontentsoftheCD,readbriefdescriptionsofthedocuments,
andviewdocuments,usingAdobeAcrobatReaderorxpdf.
TheDocumentationBrowserautomaticallydetectstheregionalsettingsinuseinyourserveranddisplays
thedocumentsinthelanguageforthatregion(ifavailable).Ifadocumentisnotavailableinthelanguage
forthatregion,theEnglish-languageversionisdisplayed.Useoneofthefollowingprocedurestostart
theDocumentationBrowser:
•IfAutostartisenabled,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive.TheDocumentationBrowserstarts
automatically.
•IfAutostartisdisabledorisnotenabledforallusers,useoneofthefollowingprocedures:
–IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdriveandclickStart➙
Run.IntheOpenfield,type:
e:\win32.bat
whereeisthedriveletteroftheCDorDVDdrive,andclickOK.
–IfyouareusingRedHatLinux,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive;then,runthefollowing
commandfromthe/mnt/cdromdirectory:
shrunlinux.sh
SelecttheserverfromtheProductmenu.TheAvailableTopicslistdisplaysallthedocumentsforthe
server.Somedocumentsmightbeinfolders.Aplussign(+)indicateseachfolderordocumentthathas
additionaldocumentsunderit.Clicktheplussigntodisplaytheadditionaldocuments.
Whenyouselectadocument,adescriptionofthedocumentisdisplayedunderTopicDescription.Toselect
morethanonedocument,pressandholdtheCtrlkeywhileyouselectthedocuments.ClickViewBook
toviewtheselecteddocumentordocumentsinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.Ifyouselectedmorethanone
document,alltheselecteddocumentsareopenedinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.
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