Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

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
simplifiestheoperating-systeminstallationsbyprovidingupdateddevicedriversand,insomecases,
installingthemautomatically.
YoucandownloadafreeimageoftheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDfrom
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE.
InadditiontotheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youmusthaveyouroperating-systemCDto
installtheoperatingsystem.
ServerGuidefeatures
ThisinformationprovidesanoverviewoftheServerGuidefeatures.
FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.Tolearnmore
abouttheversionthatyouhave,starttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDandviewtheonline
overview.Notallfeaturesaresupportedonallservermodels.
TheServerGuideprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Aneasy-to-useinterface
•Diskette-freesetup,andconfigurationprogramsthatarebasedondetectedhardware
•Devicedriversthatareprovidedfortheservermodelanddetectedhardware
•Operating-systempartitionsizeandfile-systemtypethatareselectableduringsetup
TheServerGuideprogramperformsthefollowingtasks:
•Setssystemdateandtime
•DetectstheRAIDadapterorcontrollerandrunstheSAS/SATARAIDconfigurationprogram
•Checksthemicrocode(firmware)levelsofaServeRAIDadapteranddetermineswhetheralaterlevelis
availablefromtheCD
•Detectsinstalledhardwareoptionsandprovidesupdateddevicedriversformostadaptersanddevices
•Providesdiskette-freeinstallationforsupportedWindowsoperatingsystems
•Includesanonlinereadmefilewithlinkstotipsforyourhardwareandoperating-systeminstallation
Setupandconfigurationoverview
ServerGuidesetupandconfigurationoverview
WhenyouusetheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youdonotneedsetupdiskettes.Youcanusethe
CDtoconfigureanysupportedLenovoservermodel.Thesetupprogramprovidesalistoftasksthatare
requiredtosetupyourservermodel.OnaserverwithaServeRAIDadapterorSAS/SATAcontrollerwith
RAIDcapabilities,youcanruntheSAS/SATARAIDconfigurationprogramtocreatelogicaldrives.
Note:FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.
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