Lenovo x3250 m6 - Using the Setup Utility Program

YoucandownloadafreeimageoftheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDfrom:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE
InadditiontotheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youmusthaveyouroperating-systemdiscto
installtheoperatingsystem.
ServerGuidefeatures
AvailablefeaturesmightvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsoftheServerGuideprogram.Tolearnmoreabout
theversionthatyouhave,starttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDandreadtheonlineoverview.
Notallfeaturesaresupportedonallservermodels.
TheServerGuideprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Aneasy-to-useinterface
•Diskette-freesetup,andconfigurationprogramsthatarebasedonthedetectedhardware
•Devicedriversthatareprovidedfortheservermodelanddetectedhardware
•Selectableoperating-systempartitionsizeandfile-systemtypeduringsetup
•Onlinereadmefilewithlinkstotipsforyourhardwareandoperating-systeminstallation
•Settingystemdateandtime
Setupandconfigurationoverview
YoucanusetheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDtoconfigureanysupportedLenovoservermodel.
Thesetupprogramprovidesalistoftasksthatarerequiredtosetupyourservermodel.Onaserverwith
aServeRAIDadapterorSAS/SATAcontrollerwithRAIDcapabilities,youcanruntheSAS/SATARAID
configurationprogramtocreatelogicaldrives.
Typicaloperating-systeminstallationbyusingServerGuide
ThissectiondetailstheServerGuidetypicaloperating-systeminstallation.
TheServerGuideprogramcanreducethetimeforinstallinganoperatingsystem.Itprovidesthedevice
driversthatarerequiredforyourhardwareandfortheoperatingsystemthatyouareinstalling.Refertothe
followinglistforatypicaloperating-systeminstallationbyusingServerGuide:
1.Afteryouhavecompletedthesetupprocess,theoperating-systeminstallationprogramstarts.(You
needyouroperating-systemdisctocompletetheinstallation.)
2.TheServerGuideprogramstoresinformationabouttheservermodel,serviceprocessor,harddiskdrive
controllers,andEthernetcontrollers.Then,theprogramcheckstheCDforanyupdateddevicedrivers.
Thisinformationisstoredandthenpassedtotheoperating-systeminstallationprogram.
3.TheServerGuideprogrampresentsoperating-systempartitionoptionsthatarebasedonyour
operating-systemselectionandtheinstalledharddiskdrives.
4.TheServerGuideprogrampromptsyoutoinsertyouroperating-systemCDandrestarttheserver.At
thispoint,theinstallationprogramfortheoperatingsystemtakescontroltocompletetheinstallation.
Operating-systeminstallationwithoutusingServerGuide
IfyouhavealreadyconfiguredtheserverhardwareandyouarenotusingtheServerGuideprogramto
installyouroperatingsystem,youcandownloadoperating-systeminstallationinstructionsfortheserver
fromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
UsetheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)SetupUtilityprogramtoperformthefollowingtasks:
•Viewconfigurationinformation.
•ViewandchangeassignmentsfordevicesandI/Oports.
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