Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Chapter 2. Server Setup Road Map

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap
Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyouneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanacpower
source,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwarefeatures
installed,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.
Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage63.
3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
16
tolocatetheconnectors.
4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage43.
5.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
6.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage52
and“ConguringRAID”onpage55.
7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.
8.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
9.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage60.
10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.
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