Lenovo ThinkServer RD450 - Updating the Firmware

YoucanusethefollowingprogramsortoolstoconfiguretheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID.
•MegaRAIDHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)configurationutility
ThisutilityenablesyoutoconfigureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TodisplaytheHII
configurationutilityinterface,starttheserverandpresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreento
entertheSetupUtilityprogram.Then,selectBootManager➙AdaptersandUEFIDrivers.
•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
Thisprogramprovidesgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)foryoutocreateandmanagestorageconfigurations
inanoperatingsystemenvironment.
•StorageCommandLineTool(StorCLI)
Thisisacommand-linemanagementtoolthatisusedtoconfigureRAIDinanoperatingsystem
environment.
TodownloadtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandStorCLI,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
FormoreinformationabouthowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,refer
totheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
Updatingthefirmware
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOS,theTSMfirmware,andtheFRU/SDR.
Toupdatethefirmware,dooneofthefollowing:
•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
•UsetheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram.See“LenovoThinkServerDeployment
Manager”onpage13
.
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