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ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisavailablefordownloadingfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.
FormoreinformationaboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthe
firmware”onpage32
.
BIOSupdateutilities
TheBIOSfirmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport
WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitieswithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatethe
BIOSfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage32
and“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage25.
RAIDconfigurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID).Fordetailed
information,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage30.
LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics
TheLenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsprogramenablesyoutodiagnoseserverproblemsoffline,perform
somediagnostictests,andcollectsysteminformation.Examplesofthesysteminformationincludebasic
operating-systeminformation,hardwareinformation,SEL,RAIDlog,andsoon.Dependingonthemodel,
yourservermightcomewithoneofthefollowingdiagnosticprogrameditions:
•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsEmbeddedEdition
•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsStandaloneEdition
FormoreinformationaboutLenovoThinkServerDiagnostics,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovodiagnosticsolutions/downloads.LocatetheLenovoThinkServer
DiagnosticssectionatthebottomoftheWebpage.Then,clickthedesiredlinkformoreinformation.
LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner
TheLenovoThinkserverPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIconsistsofindividualapplicationmodulesthatutilizeacommand-lineinterface
(CLI)tohelpyoumanageservers.Withtheinventoryapplicationmodule,LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI
enablesyoutogetinventoryandsysteminformationforThinkServerservers.
FormoreinformationaboutLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/solutions/HT116433?LinkTrack=Solr
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
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