Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

•Ethernetcontrollerconfiguration
ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontroller,see“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller”on
page45.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andiSCSIstorageprotocols.For
moreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftware”onpage45
.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforRAID.Formoreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemand
RAIDsoftware”onpage46.
•LenovoT oolsCenterSuiteCLI
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIisacollectionofservermanagementtoolsthatutilizeacommandline
interfaceprogramtomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystems.Anditcoverstheconfiguration
function,whichisanalternativetotheSetupUtilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.Formoreinformation
aboutusingthisprogram,see“LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogram”onpage46.
•ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDarrays,see“ConfiguringRAIDarrays”onpage46.
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
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