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Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet Software; Enabling Features on Demand RAID Software; Configuring RAID Arrays; Advanced Settings Utility Program

Lenovo System x3550 M4
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TofinddevicedriversandinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftware
YoucanactivatetheFeaturesonDemand(FoD)softwareupgradekeyforFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)
andiSCSIstorageprotocolsthatisintegratedintheintegratedmanagementmodule.
FormoreinformationandinstructionsforactivatingtheFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftwarekey,seethe
FeaturesonDemandUsersGuide.Todownloadthedocument,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/,
login,andclickHelp.
EnablingFeaturesonDemandRAIDsoftware
YoucanactivatetheFeaturesonDemand(FoD)softwareupgradekeyforRAIDthatisintegratedinthe
integratedmanagementmodule.
FormoreinformationandinstructionsforactivatingtheFeaturesonDemandRAIDsoftwarekey,seethe
FeaturesonDemandUsersGuide.Todownloadthedocument,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/,
login,andclickHelp.
ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ThroughtheSetuputility,youcanaccessutilitiestoconfigureRAID.
ThespecificprocedureforconfiguringarraysdependsontheRAIDcontrollerthatyouareusing.Fordetails,
seethedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.ToaccesstheutilityforyourRAIDcontroller,completethe
followingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately10secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
Step2.Whenprompted,<F1Setup>isdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
musttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetuputilitymenu.Ifyoudonottypethe
administratorpassword,alimitedSetuputilitymenuisavailable.
Step3.SelectSystemSettingsStorage.
Step4.PressEntertorefreshthelistofdevicedrivers.
Step5.SelectthedevicedriverforyourRAIDcontrollerandpressEnter.
Step6.FollowtheinstructionsinthedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.
AdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram
TheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)programisanalternativetotheSetuputilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.
UsetheASUprogramonlineoroutofbandtomodifyUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithouttheneed
torestartthesystemtoaccesstheSetuputility.
YoucanalsousetheASUprogramtoconfiguretheoptionalremotepresencefeaturesorotherIMM2
settings.Theremotepresencefeaturesprovideenhancedsystems-managementcapabilities.
Inaddition,theASUprogramprovidesIMMLANoverUSBinterfaceconfigurationthroughthecommand-line
interface.
108Systemx3550M4InstallationandServiceGuide

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