Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap
Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustconnecttheservertothenetworkandanacpower
source,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwarefeatures
installed,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.
Serversetupprocedure
Thefollowinglistisageneralprocedureforsettingupyourserver:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Inthebox”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter5“Replacinghardware”
onpage55
.
3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
16
tolocatetheconnectors.
4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage5.
5.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage39.
6.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage45and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47.
7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.
8.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Youcan
skipthisstepiftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
9.Checkforfirmwareupdates.Toupdatethefirmware,dooneofthefollowing:
•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthe
latestleveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
•UsetheFirmwareUpdaterprogram.
10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.
Turningontheserver
Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:
•Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage15.Theserverneedsabout90
secondsfortheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryou
connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerbuttononthefrontpanelduringthis
period,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTMMinitializationfinishes.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoturnontheserverremotelythroughthemanagementLAN.
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