Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Monitor Issues

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-system
installationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefrom
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Self-bootingDVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystem
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDcongurationutility
•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystem
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Installstheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•CreatesareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserverstomake
futureinstallationsevenfaster.
BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD
FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemscanvarywithdifferentversionsoftheEasyStartupprogram.
Tolearnmoreabouttheversionyouhave,dothefollowing:
1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandrestarttheserver.
2.AdvancetotheHomescreen.
3.ClickCompatabilitynotes.Thecompatabilitynotesfeatureprovidesdetailedinformationaboutthe
RAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythatversionofthe
EasyStartupprogram.
4.ClickUserGuide.TheUserGuideprovidesanoverviewofthevariousfunctionsprovidedbythat
versionoftheEasyStartupprogram.
BeforeusingtheEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,makesureanyexternalstorage
devicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.
Setupandconguration
WhenyoustarttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing:
•Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram.
•Selectthelanguageofthekeyboardyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram.
Note:Thefollowinglanguagekeyboardsaresupported:English,French,German,Spanish,Japanese,
Turkish,Italian,andDutch.YourThinkServerEasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,the
keyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.
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