Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Using the Easyupdate Firmware Updater Program; Installing the Thinkserver Easymanage Program

UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterisasoftwareapplicationthatenablesyoutomaintainyour
systemrmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryoutages.FirmwareUpdaterupdatestheserver
systemandadapterrmware.
Toupdateyoursystem,dothefollowing:
1.Goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadtheISOimagefortheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram.
3.BurntheISOimagetoadisc.
4.Settheopticaldriveastherstbootdeviceandinsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Theserverwill
proceeddirectlytotheUserInterfaceApplication’sintroductoryscreen.
5.Readthemessagesandinstructionsdisplayedontheintroductoryscreen.Then,clickNexttoproceed
tothelistofrmwareupdatesavailableontheopticalmedia.
6.ClickApplytobegintheupdates(clickCancelifyouwanttoaborttheupdatesandexit).Allupdates
willruntocompletion,witheachupdater’snativeuserinterfacekeptvisibletotheuser.WhentheUser
InterfaceApplicationregainscontrol,youwillseetheresultsscreen.
Beforedistributingthermwareupdatetootherservers,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram
ToinstalltheThinkServerEasyManageAgent,youmustalreadyhaveacoreserverrunningtheThinkServer
EasyManageCoreServerprogram.TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentmustbeinstalledfromthatcore
server.RefertotheThinkServerEasyManageCoreServerdocumentationaboutAgentdeploymentfor
instructionsonthevariouswaystodeploytheThinkServerEasyManageAgenttoyournewserver.
Also,theThinkServerEasyStartupprogramprovidesanoptiontoinstalltheThinkServerEasyManageAgent
aspartoftheoperatingsysteminstallationprocess.
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