Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 User Manual

SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage17
.
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS.
TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:
•“Mainmenu”onpage24
•“Devicesmenu”onpage24
•“Advancedmenu”onpage25
•“Powermenu”onpage26
•“Securitymenu”onpage25
•“Startupmenu”onpage26
•“Exitmenu”onpage27
LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage29
.
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Recoveringfroma
BIOSupdatefailure”onpage30.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe
BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage27.
Devicesmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicesettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach
submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.
TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
•SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialportconfigurationparameters.
•USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters.
•ATADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAharddiskdriveconfigurationparameters.
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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