Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 - ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater; BIOS Update Utilities; RAID Configuration Utilities; Diagnostic Programs

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisavailablefordownloadingfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.
FormoreinformationaboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthe
firmware”onpage36
.
BIOSupdateutilities
TheBIOSfirmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport
WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitieswithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatethe
BIOSfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage36
and“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage29.
RAIDconfigurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID).Fordetailed
information,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage34.
Diagnosticprograms
Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:
•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool
•ThinkServerSystemProfileCollectionTool
Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage93.
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel
Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.
WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
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