Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup Program

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.
2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTlethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.
3.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)theBIOS.
4.CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworkswithyour
WindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperating
systemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbeaccessed
directlyfromtheprograminterface.
IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.
TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.
4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDcongurationutility
•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•AbilitytodownloaddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperating
systemoradd-ondevice
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•AbilitytocreateareusableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster
52ThinkServerTS440UserGuide