Lenovo ThinkServer - Installing or removing a PCI card

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage69
.
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersarealsoavailablefordownloadat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Todownloadthedrivers,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer
andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
Updatingthermware
ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupport
Website.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatestlevelofrmware,suchastheBIOSandBMCupdates
anddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversion
ofthermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,andthe
FRU/SDRfromadiscimage.
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.
1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer.
3.Findtheproductnameandclickthemachinetypeofyourserver.Tondthemachinetypeinformation
onthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13
.
4.ClickEasySuitetoquicklylocatetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramontheWebpage.
5.ClicktheversionnumberoftheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthe
WebpagetodownloadtheISOimageandinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.TheWebpagefor
downloadingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogramalsocontainsinformationabouttheprogramlimitations.
6.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
7.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.
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