thespecificversionoftheprogram.ClickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.
•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredcorrectly.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen.
MenuitemDescription
Home
Providegeneralinformationabouttheprogram.
Compatibilitynotes
Provideinformationabouttheoperatingsystemsandserver
configurationssupportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.
UserGuide
Provideinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructions
onhowtousetheprogram.
Hardwarelist
Displayalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
ConfigureRAID
InstructyoutoconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfiguration
andmakechangesifneeded.
Installoperatingsystem
Displayaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformation
requiredforoperatingsysteminstallation,preparetheharddiskdrive
forinstallation,andtheninitiatetheinstallationprocessusingyour
operatingsysteminstallationdisc.
About
Providetheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
®
6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exefilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Formoreinformation,refertothehelpsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecificserverconfiguration
information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyoufinishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstoconfigure
yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.
•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
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