Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Using the Thinkserver Easystartup Program on a Windows Operating System

•Compatibilitynotes
Thismenuprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingsystemsandservercongurationssupportedbythe
versionoftheprogramyouareusing.
•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
®
6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
doesnotstartautomatically,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Notes:
•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.
YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.
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