Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 70AL - Chapter 5. Configuring the Server

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:
•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47
•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage54
•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage57
•“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage62
•“Updatingthefirmware”onpage62
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage45
.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage51
.
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecificservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,
memorysize,installedSATAdevices,andsystemdateandtime.
•TheAdvancedmenulistsinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.
SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
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