Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 Hardware Maintenance Manual

•View,set,andchangesettingsforpower-managementfeatures
•Viewandclearerrorlogs
•Resolvecongurationconicts
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Approximatelythreeminutesaftertheserverisconnectedtoaworkingelectricaloutlet,thepower
buttonbecomesactive.TurnontheserverandthePOSTrunsautomatically.Youwillthenseethelogo
screen.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.
2.PressF2assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetan
administratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetupUtility
programmenu.Ifyoudonottypethecorrectadministratorpassword,alimitedSetupUtilityprogram
menuisavailable.
Note:YoucanalsopressEscassoonasyouseethelogoscreentoreviewthePOSTprocessand
information.
3.TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Selectthe
settingstovieworchange.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.
Notes:
1.Usethedefaultsettingforanyitemyouarenotfamiliarwith.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritems
oritemsthatarenotmentionedinthismanualtoavoidanyunexpectedproblems.Ifyoucannotturnon
theserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,referto“Jumperblocksettings”onpage35
andusethe
jumperstoclearCMOSandrecovertothefactorydefaultsettings.
2.Ifyouhavechangedanyhardware(excepttheharddiskdrives)intheserver,youmustreashtheBIOS,
theBMCrmware,andtheFRU/SDR.
IntroductionoftheBIOSitems
ThefollowingtableslistallthemainmenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.Someitemsmightvary
becauseoftheBIOSupdates.
Notes:
1.Usethedefaultsettingforanyitemyouarenotfamiliarwith.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritems
oritemsthatarenotmentionedinthismanualtoavoidanyunexpectedproblems.Ifyoucannotturnon
theserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,referto“Jumperblocksettings”onpage35andusethe
jumperstoclearCMOSandrecovertothefactorydefaultsettings.
2.AfterupdatingtheBIOS,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdatedBIOSversion.
YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.
Table16.TheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu
ItemDescription
Main
SetthebasicBIOSparameters.SeeTable17“Items
undertheMainmenu”onpage145.
Advanced
SettheadvancedBIOSparameters.SeeTable18“Items
undertheAdvancedmenu”onpage145.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TD230
Category	Server
Language	English