Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Configuring the Ethernet Controller; Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet Software

torunonahostsystematthesametime.TheUSBflashdeviceorSDcardisrequiredtoactivatethe
hypervisorfunctions.
Tostartusingtheembeddedhypervisorfunctions,youmustaddtheUSBflashdeviceorSDcardtothe
startupsequenceintheSetupUtility.
ToaddtheUSBflashdeviceorSDcardtothestartupsequence,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately5to10secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-control
buttonbecomesactive.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.
Step3.FromtheSetupUtilitymainmenu,selectBootManager.
Step4.SelectAddBootOption;then,selectGenericBootOption➙EmbeddedHypervisor.Press
Enter,andthenselectEsc.
Step5.SelectChangeBootOrder➙Changetheorder.UsetheUparrowandDownArrowkeys
toselectEmbeddedHypervisorandusetheplus(+)andminus(-)keystomoveEmbedded
Hypervisorinthebootorder.WhenEmbeddedHypervisorisinthecorrectlocationintheboot
order,pressEnter.SelectCommitChangesandpressEnter.
Step6.SelectSaveSettingsandthenselectExitSetup.
Iftheembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceimagebecomescorrupt,goto
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloadsandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Foradditionalinformationandinstructions,seeVMwarevSphere4.1Documentationat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esxi41_e_vc41.htmlortheVMwarevSphere
InstallationandSetupGuideathttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/
vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf.
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller
UsethisinformationtoconfiguretheEthernetcontroller.
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnecting
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1Gbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.IftheEthernetportsintheserversupport
auto-negotiation,thecontrollersdetectthedata-transferrate(10BASE-T,100BASE-TX,or1000BASE-T)and
duplexmode(full-duplexorhalf-duplex)ofthenetworkandautomaticallyoperateatthatrateandmode.
Youdonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfigurethecontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevicedriverto
enabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.
TofinddevicedriversandinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftware
YoucanactivatetheFeaturesonDemand(FoD)softwareupgradekeyforFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)
andiSCSIstorageprotocolsthatisintegratedintheintegratedmanagementmodule.
FormoreinformationandinstructionsforactivatingtheFeaturesonDemandEthernetsoftwarekey,see
theFeaturesonDemandUser’sGuide.Todownloadthedocument,gotohttps://fod.lenovo.com/lkms,
login,andclickHelp.
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