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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
ThismenuhelpsyouconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfigurationandmakechangesifneeded.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed
them.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
®
6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
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