Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Using the Setup Utility

Typicaloperating-systeminstallation
ServerGuidetypicaloperating-systeminstallation
TheServerGuideprogramcanreducethetimeittakestoinstallanoperatingsystem.Itprovidesthedevice
driversthatarerequiredforyourhardwareandfortheoperatingsystemthatyouareinstalling.Thissection
describesatypicalServerGuideoperating-systeminstallation.
Note:FeaturesandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.
1.Afteryouhavecompletedthesetupprocess,theoperating-systeminstallationprogramstarts.(You
willneedyouroperating-systemCDtocompletetheinstallation.)
2.TheServerGuideprogramstoresinformationabouttheservermodel,serviceprocessor,harddiskdrive
controllers,andnetworkadapters.Then,theprogramcheckstheCDfornewerdevicedrivers.This
informationisstoredandthenpassedtotheoperating-systeminstallationprogram.
3.TheServerGuideprogrampresentsoperating-systempartitionoptionsthatarebasedonyour
operating-systemselectionandtheinstalledharddiskdrives.
4.TheServerGuideprogrampromptsyoutoinsertyouroperating-systemCDandrestarttheserver.At
thispoint,theinstallationprogramfortheoperatingsystemtakescontroltocompletetheinstallation.
InstallingyouroperatingsystemwithoutusingServerGuide
UsethisinformationtoinstalltheoperatingsystemontheserverwithoutusingServerGuide.
IfyouhavealreadyconfiguredtheserverhardwareandyouarenotusingtheServerGuideprogramto
installyouroperatingsystem,youcandownloadoperating-systeminstallationinstructionsfortheserver
fromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
UsingtheSetuputility
UsetheseinstructionstostarttheSetuputility.
UsetheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)SetupUtilityprogramtoperformthefollowingtasks:
•Viewconfigurationinformation
•ViewandchangeassignmentsfordevicesandI/Oports
•Setthedateandtime
•Setandchangepasswords
•Setthestartupcharacteristicsoftheserverandtheorderofstartupdevices
•Setandchangesettingsforadvancedhardwarefeatures
•View,set,andchangesettingsforpower-managementfeatures
•Viewandclearerrorlogs
•Changeinterruptrequest(IRQ)settings
•Resolveconfigurationconflicts
StartingtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtostarttheSetuputility.
TostarttheSetuputility,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately5to10secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-control
buttonbecomesactive.
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