Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 - Using the EasyStartup Setup

6.Waitfortheupdateprocesstocomplete,whichwilltakeupto30minutes.ThenclickNextandthe
resultswindowopens.
7.Afterreviewingtheupdateresults,restarttheservertomakethefirmwareupdatestakeeffectand
removetheCD/DVDorUSBdisk.
Configuringtheserver
Thefollowingconfigurationprogramscomewiththeserver:
•LenovoEasyStartupSetupandInstallationCD
TheEasyStartupprogramprovidessoftware-setuptoolsandinstallationtoolsthataredesignedforthe
server.UsethisCDduringtheinstallationoftheservertoconfigurebasichardwarefeatures,suchasan
integratedSAS/SATAcontrollerwithRAIDcapabilities,andtosimplifytheinstallationofyouroperating
system.ForinformationaboutusingthisCD,see“UsingtheEasyStartupSetup”onpage32
.
•BIOSsetuputility
TheSetuputilityispartoftheUEFIfirmware.Useittoperformconfigurationtasks,changingthe
startup-devicesequence,settingthedateandtime,andsettingpasswords.
•BootManagerprogram
TheBootManagerispartoftheUEFIfirmware.Useittooverridethestartupsequencethatissetinthe
Setuputilityandtemporarilyassignadevicetobefirstinthestartupsequence.Formoreinformation
aboutusingthisprogram,see“UsingtheBootManager”onpage38.
•TMM
UsetheTMMforconfiguration,toupdatethefirmwareandsensordatarecord/fieldreplaceableunit
(SDR/FRU)data,andtoremotelymanageanetwork.
•Remotepresencecapabilityandblue-screencapture
Theremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeaturesareintegratedfunctionsoftheTMM.Theremote
presencefeatureprovidesthefollowingfunctions:
–Remotelyviewingvideowithgraphicsresolutionsupto1024x768,regardlessofthesystemstate
–Remotelyaccessingtheserver,usingthekeyboardandmousefromaremoteclient
–MappingtheCDorDVDdrive,diskettedrive,andUSBflashdriveonaremoteclient,andmappingISO
anddisketteimagefilesasvirtualdrivesthatareavailableforusebytheserver
–UploadingadisketteimagetotheTMMmemoryandmappingittotheserverasavirtualdrive
Theblue-screencapturefeaturecapturesthevideodisplaycontentsbeforetheTMMrestartsthe
serverwhentheTMMdetectsanoperating-systemhangcondition.Asystemadministratorcanuse
theblue-screencapturefeaturetoassistindeterminingthecauseofthehangcondition.Formore
information,see“Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screencapturefeatures”onpage39
.
•Ethernetcontrollerconfiguration
ForinformationaboutconfiguringtheEthernetcontroller,seeEthernetcontrollerconfigurationsection.
•ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDarrays,see“ConfiguringRAIDarrays”onpage40
and
http://docs.avagotech.com/docs/12353379.
Important:ItishighlyrecommendedtoapplyacleanharddiskdriveforRAIDfunctiontoprevent
unexpectedsystembehavior.
UsingtheEasyStartupSetup
UsethisinformationasanoverviewforusingtheEasyStartupSetup.
32LenovoThinkServersd350ServerType5493,LenovoThinkServern400EnclosureType5495InstallationandServiceGuide