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Software
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use,
andmaintaintheserver.
ThinkServerEasyStartup
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystems,VMwarehypervisors,anddevicedriversonyourserver.
Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.The
userguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.For
detailedinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage44
.
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation
aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage52
.
BIOSupdateutility
TheBIOSfirmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport
WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitywithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatethe
BIOSfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage43and
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage52
.
RAIDconfigurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled,yourserveralso
supportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurations.Fordetailedinformation,see“Configuring
RAID”onpage47
.
Diagnosticprograms
Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:
•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool
•ThinkServerSystemProfileCollectionTool
Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage111.
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel
Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.
WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
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