Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 - Configuring the Server; Setup Utility Program Guide

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:
•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage19
•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage27
•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage30
•“UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram”onpage33
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage17
.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage23.
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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