Lenovo ThinkServer RD340 - Hardware Installation and Replacement; General Guidelines and Precautions

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormorereminders
ormessagesaboutconfiguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovo
LicenseAgreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmust
acceptthetermsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.
4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.
5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:
•Continuetothemaininterface.
•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsefile.
•ConfigureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsefile.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screen.IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.
Notes:
•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurationssupportedbythe
specificversionoftheprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.
•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredcorrectly.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:
•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe
Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.
•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurations
supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.
•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
•ConfigureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutoconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfigurationandmakechanges
ifneeded.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed
them.
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