Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program; Updating System Programs; Using System Programs

6.ClickApplytobegintheupdates(clickCancelifyouwanttoaborttheupdatesandexit).Allupdates
willruntocompletion,witheachupdater’snativeuserinterfacekeptvisibletotheuser.WhentheUser
InterfaceApplicationregainscontrol,youwillseetheresultsscreen.
Beforedistributingthermwareupdatetootherservers,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
Notes:
1.Ifyouhavechangedanyhardware(excepttheharddiskdrives)intheserver,youmustreashthe
BIOSandtheRDX.
2.AfterupdatingtheBIOS,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdatedBIOSversion.
YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsoperating-systeminstallation
disctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefromthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Self-bootingDVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystem
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDcongurationutility
•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystem
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Installingtheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•CreatingareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserverstomake
futureinstallationsevenfaster
Updatingsystemprograms
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutupdatingthePOSTandBIOS,andhowtorecoverfromaPOST
andBIOSupdatefailure.
Usingsystemprograms
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.Systemprogramsincludethe
POST,theBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatare
performedeachtimeyouturnonyourcomputer.TheBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructions
fromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthatthecomputerhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage83
fordetailedinformation.
Yourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).YoucaneasilyupdatethePOST,theBIOS,andtheSetup
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