Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Using the Firmware Updater Program; Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program; Features of the Thinkserver Easystartup Program

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheTXTlethatcontainsinstallation
instructions.
3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
4.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtoupdateyour
systemrmware.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongure
yourserver.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofinstallingsupportedoperatingsystemsand
devicedriversonyourserver.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating
systeminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevice
drivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youcandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.
TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.
4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide
•Automatichardwaredetection
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
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