Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 User Manual

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:
•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage23
•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage31
•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage34
•“UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram”onpage37
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage21
.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage27.
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecificservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationaboutsystemsummary,theBIOSversion,machinetypeandmodel,and
systemdateandtime.
OntheSystemSummarymenu,selectInstalledMemoryandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreento
viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodules.
•OntheAdvancedmenu,selectCPUSetupandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformation
abouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.
•OntheDevicesmenu,selectATADriveSetupandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoview
informationabouttheinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 Specifications

General

Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C226
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR3
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5" or 2.5" HDD/SSD
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10, 5
Network	Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller	Intel I217LM
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 x PCI
Power Supply	280W or 450W
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat, SUSE, VMware