Lenovo x3250 m6 - Using the Serverguide Setup and Installation CD

•ToolsCenterSuitCLIprogram
TheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogramisacollectionofservermanagementtoolsthatutilizea
command-lineinterfaceprogramtomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystems.Itcoversthe
configurationfunction,whichisanalternativetoSetupUtilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.Formore
informationaboutusingthisprogram,see“LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogram”onpage39
.
•RAIDconfiguration
ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAID,see“AccessingRAIDconfigurationutility”onpage39.
ThefollowingtableliststheapplicationsthatareavailableforconfiguringandmanagingRAID.
Table4.ServerconfigurationandapplicationsforconfiguringandmanagingRAID
Serverconfiguration
RAIDconfiguration(before
operatingsystemisinstalled)
RAIDmanagement(afterinstalling
theoperatingsystem)
ServeRAIDM1210SAS/SATA
Controller
ServeRAIDM1215SAS/SATA
Controller
ServeRAIDM5210SAS/SATA
Controller
ServeRAIDM5225-2GBSAS/SATA
Controller
–LSIUtility:(PressCtrl+CinSetup
Utilitywhenunderthelegacy
BIOSboot.)
–ServerGuide
–HumanInterfaceInfrastructure
(HII)
–MegaRAIDStorageManager
(MSM),
–StorCLI(CommandLine)Utility
forStorageManagement
SoftwareRAID–IntelUtility:(PressCtrl+IinSetup
Utilitywhenunderthelegacy
BIOSboot)
–ServerGuide
–HumanInterfaceInfrastructure
(HII)
–Graphicalutility(Windowsonly)
–CommandLine:rstcli(Windows)
andmdadm(Linux)Utilityfor
StorageManagement
FormoreinformationaboutHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)andStorCLI,goto:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_x_pdf/ibm_doc_mpt2sas_hiic-2011-09_
user-guide.pdf
FormoreinformationaboutMegaRAID,goto:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073015
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD
UsethisinformationasanoverviewforusingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD.
TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDprovidessoftwaresetuptoolsandinstallationtoolsthatare
designedforyourserver.TheServerGuideprogramdetectstheservermodelandoptionalhardware
devicesthatareinstalledandusesthatinformationduringsetuptoconfigurethehardware.ServerGuide
simplifiestheoperating-systeminstallationsbyprovidingupdateddevicedriversand,insomecases,
installingthemautomatically.
WhenusingServerGuidetodeployWindows2008series,ServerGuidemightrunintoabluescreenonyour
systemwithorwithoutServeRAIDC110enabled.Toavoidthisproblem,dothefollowing:
1.SetUEFIsettings.
2.ViewtheDeviceandI/OPortssetting.
3.Dooneofthefollowingandsavethechanges:
•IftheServeRAIDC110isenabled,changetheonboardSATAportsasintoRAIDorIDE.
•IftheServeRAIDC110isnotenabled,changetheonboardSATAportsasintoIDE.
Aftersavingthesettings,thesystemwillreturntonormalwhenrebootingfromServerGuide.
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