Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 - Server Setup Roadmap; General procedure for setting up your server

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap
Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfigured.Connecttheservertothenetworkandanacpowersource,and
thenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwaredevicesinstalled,requires
hardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.
Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Replacinghardware”
onpage69.
3.Dependingonthemodel,installtheserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshipped
withtheserver.SeeRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.TherailkitandRack
InstallationInstructionsareavailableonsomemodels.
4.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
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tolocatetheconnectors.
5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage55.
6.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57
.
7.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“LenovoThinkServer
DeploymentManager”onpage14
and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage65.
8.Installanyadditionaldriversrequiredforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewith
thehardwareoption.
9.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.This
stepisnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeployment
Managerprogram.
10.Checkforfirmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage68.
11.Installmanagementapplicationsandanyotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withtheapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.
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