Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 - Chapter 2. Server Setup Road Map; Server Setup Road Map

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap
Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
acpowersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.
Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage39.
3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
14tolocatetheconnectors.
4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage21.
5.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See
“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage23.
6.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“ThinkServerEasyStartup”
onpage11
and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage34.
7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.
8.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
9.Checkforfirmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage36.
10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.
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