Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 User Manual

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.ToexittheSetup
Utilityprogram,youalsocandothefollowing:
•PressF10tosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•PressF9toreturntothedefaultsettings.
FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage31.
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed
eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom
otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage29
.
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTMMfirmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Youcanupdate
theserverfirmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
Updating(flashing)theBIOS
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.
Notes:
•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.
•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemconfigurations.
•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartproperly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.
•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSfirmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.
Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.
2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTfilethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.
3.PrinttheTXTfileandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(flash)theBIOS.
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Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer RS160
Category	Server
Language	English