Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

–MappingtheCDorDVDdrive,diskettedrive,SDcard,andUSBflashdriveonaremoteclient,and
mappingISOanddisketteimagefilesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver
–UploadingadisketteimagetotheIMMmemoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive
Theblue-screencapturefeaturecapturesthevideodisplaycontentsbeforetheIMMrestartsthe
serverwhentheIMMdetectsanoperating-systemhangcondition.Asystemadministratorcanuse
theblue-screencapturefeaturetoassistindeterminingthecauseofthehangcondition.Formore
information,see“Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures”onpage59
.
•Ethernetcontrollerconfiguration
ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontroller,see“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller”on
page61.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareEthernetsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andiSCSIstorageprotocols.For
moreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftware”onpage61.
•FeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsoftware
TheserverprovidesFeaturesonDemandsoftwareRAIDsupport.YoucanpurchaseaFeatureson
DemandsoftwareupgradekeyforRAID.Formoreinformation,see“EnablingFeaturesonDemand
RAIDsoftware”onpage62.
•ToolsCenterSuitCLI(OneCLI)program
TheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI(OneCLI)programisacollectionofservermanagementtoolsthatutilize
acommandlineinterfaceprogramtomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystems.Anditcovers
theconfigurationfunction,whichisanalternativetotheSetupUtilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.For
moreinformationaboutusingthisprogram,see“LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogram”onpage62
.
•ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDarrays,see“ConfiguringRAIDarrays”onpage62
.
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.
TheServerGuideprogramperformsthefollowingfeatures:
•Aneasy-to-useinterface
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