Lenovo ThinkServer - Updating or recovering the BIOS

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcan
dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10.Otherwise,your
changeswillnotbesaved.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadDefaultValues.
FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage64.
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheBMCrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.You
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55
.TheBMCrmwareworkstogetherwithaniKVMkeytoprovide
advancedservermanagementfeatures.
Yourserversystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).YoucaneasilyupdatethePOST,theBIOSandBMC
rmware,andtheSetupUtilityprogrambystartingyourserverwithasystem-program-updatediscora
bootableUSBkey.
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandBMCrmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
InstructionsforusingtheupdatesareavailableinaTXTlethatisincludedwiththeupdateles.You
candownloadaself-startingdiscimage(knownasanISOimage)fortheupdateprogramandcreatea
system-program-updatediscorcopyalllesintheBIOSupdatepackagetoabootableUSBkeyandstart
theserverfromtheUSBkey.
YoucanalsousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage81
.
DownloadingtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram
BeforeupdatingorrecoveringyourBIOS,youneedtodownloadaBIOSupdateutilityprogramfromthe
LenovoSupportWebsite.
TodownloadtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.
1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
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