Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Chapter 5. Configuring the Server

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:
•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59
•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage67
•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage70
•“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage78
•“Updatingthefirmware”onpage78
•“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage79
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage57.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage63
.
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecificservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC),totalmemorysize,and
systemdateandtime.
•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorConfigurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout
theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.
–SelectMemoryConfigurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe
installedmemorymodules.
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