Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 - Page 41

Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe
Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.
•Compatibilitynotes
Thismenuprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingsystemsandserverconfigurationssupportedbythe
versionoftheprogramyouareusing.
•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed
them.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
®
6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
doesnotstartautomatically,openthelaunch.exefilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecificserverconfiguration
information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyoufinishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstoconfigure
yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.
•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
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