Lenovo x3250 m6 - Ethernet Controller Information; Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet and Demand RAID Software

Tostartusingtheembeddedhypervisor,youmustaddtheUSBflashdevicetothestartupsequencein
theSetupUtility.
ToaddtheUSBflashdevicetothestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately20secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.
Step3.FromtheSetupUtilitymainmenu,selectBootManager.
Step4.SelectAddBootOption;then,selectGenericBootOption➙EmbeddedHypervisor.Press
Enter,andthenpressEsc.
Step5.SelectChangeBootOrder➙Changetheorder.Usetheupanddownarrowkeystoselect
EmbeddedHypervisorandusetheplus(+)andminus(-)keystomoveEmbeddedHypervisorin
thebootorder.WhenEmbeddedHypervisorisinthecorrectlocationinthebootorder,press
Enter.SelectCommitChangesandpressEnter.
Step6.SelectSaveSettingsandthenselectExitSetup.
Iftheembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceimagebecomescorrupt,youcandownloadtheimagefrom
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Formoreinformation,seetheVMwarevSphereDocumentationat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esxi41_e_vc41.htmlortheVMwarevSphere
InstallationandSetupGuideathttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF
/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-installation-setup-guide.pdf.
Ethernetcontrollerinformation
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingtoa10
Mbps,100Mbps,or1Gbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenablessimultaneous
transmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.IftheEthernetconnectorsintheserversupport
auto-negotiation,thecontrollersdetectthedata-transferrate(10BASE-T,100BASE-TX,or1000BASE-T)and
duplexmode(full-duplexorhalf-duplex)ofthenetworkandautomaticallyoperateatthatrateandmode.
Youdonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfigurethecontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevicedriverto
enabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.
Tofinddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernetandDemandRAIDsoftware
YoucanactivatetheFeaturesonDemand(FoD)softwareupgradekeyforthefollowing:
•FibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)
•iSCSIstorageprotocol
•RAID
TheFCoEandiSCSIstorageprotocolsandRAIDareintegratedintheIMM2.
Formoreinformation,seetheLenovoFeaturesonDemandUser’sGuide.Todownloadthedocument,goto
http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/fod/,login,andclickHelp.
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