Lenovo ThinkServer RD630 - Setup Utility Program Interface

•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.
SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage45
.
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,
andtheFRU/SensorDataRecords(SDR).
TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:
•“Mainmenu”onpage56
•“Advancedmenu”onpage56
•“Securitymenu”onpage57
•“ServerManagementmenu”onpage57
•“BootOptionsmenu”onpage58
•“BootManagermenu”onpage58
•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage58
LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage61.
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andswitches”onpage45.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage58
.
Advancedmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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