Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Setup Utility Program Interface; Main Menu; Advanced Menu

•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.
SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage56
.
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS,theTMMfirmware,
andtheFRU/SensorDataRecords(SDR).
TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:
•“Mainmenu”onpage66
•“Advancedmenu”onpage66
•“Securitymenu”onpage67
•“ServerManagementmenu”onpage67
•“BootOptionsmenu”onpage68
•“BootManagermenu”onpage68
•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage68
LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage72
.
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andswitches”onpage56.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOS,microprocessortype,microprocessorspeedandcorenumbers,totalmemorysize,andsystem
dateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage68.
Advancedmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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