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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage70

•“ConguringRAID”onpage73

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage82

•“Updatingthermware”onpage82

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand

changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.

However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe

server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage55

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup

Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe

SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage67.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem

toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp

aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe

screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,

memorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:

–SelectProcessorCongurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorand

itssupportedtechnologies.

–SelectMemoryCongurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodules.

–SelectSATAConguration.Then,selectthedesiredSATAportfromSATAPort0toSATAPort5toview

theinformationabouttheinstalledSATAdevices,suchasaSATAharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

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