Lenovo ThinkServer - Locations

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformationabout
downloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage81
.
BIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutility
TheBIOSandBMCrmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovomaintainspages
ontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutilitywithinstructionsfor
downloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandBMCrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage67
andor“Updatingthermware”onpage81.
RAIDcongurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations
ifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage71.
PC-DoctorforDOS
ThePC-DoctorforDOSisadiagnostictoolthatyoucanusetotestandgatherinformationaboutyoursystem
inordertoensureyoursystemisworkingcorrectlyandresolveanyhardwareissues.Youcandownloadthe
latestversionofthisdiagnosticprogramfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandcreateaself-starting
DOS-baseddiagnosticutilitythatyoucanusetodetectfailinghardwarecomponentsindependentlyofthe
operatingsystem.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthediagnosticprogram”onpage168
.
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel
Thistopichelpsyoulocatethetwolabelsthatcontainthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber
informationforyourserver.Thetwolabelsarethesame.Oneisonthefrontbezelandtheotherison
thechassis.
Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberidentifyyourserver.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,the
informationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
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