Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 - Setup Utility Program Interface

SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage13
.
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS.
TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:
•“Mainmenu”onpage20
•“Devicesmenu”onpage20
•“Advancedmenu”onpage21
•“Powermenu”onpage22
•“Securitymenu”onpage21
•“Startupmenu”onpage22
•“Exitmenu”onpage23
LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage25
.
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Recoveringfroma
BIOSupdatefailure”onpage26.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage23.
Devicesmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicesettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach
submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.
TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
•SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialportconfigurationparameters.
•USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters.
•ATADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAharddiskdriveconfigurationparameters.
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