Lenovo x3250 m6 - Accessing RAID Configuration Utility; Lenovo Toolscenter Suite CLI Program; Using Lenovo Xclarity Administrator

AccessingRAIDconfigurationutility
ThroughtheSetupUtility,youcanaccessutilitiestoconfigureRAIDarrays.
ThespecificprocedureforconfiguringarraysdependsontheRAIDcardthatyouareusing.Fordetails,see
thedocumentationforyourRAIDcard.ToaccesstheutilityforyourRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately20secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
Step2.Whenprompted,<F1Setup>isdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
musttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetupUtilitymenu.Ifyoudonottypethe
administratorpassword,alimitedSetupUtilitymenuisavailable.
Step3.SelectSystemSettings➙Storage.
Step4.SelectthedevicedriverforyourRAIDcardandpressEnter.Then,followtheinstructionsinthe
documentationforyourRAIDcard.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogram
TheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogramisacollectionofservermanagementtoolsandtheprogramalso
coverstheconfigurationfunction,whichisanalternativetotheSetupUtilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Utilizingacommand-lineinterfacetomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystems
•ModifyingUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithoutrestartingthesystemtoaccesstheSetupUtility
•ConfiguringtheoptionalremotepresencefeaturesorotherIMM2settings
•ProvidingIMM2LANoverUSBinterfaceconfigurationandissuingsetupcommandsthroughthe
command-lineinterface
•Scriptingenvironmentsthroughabatch-processingmode
•Savinganyofthesettingsasafileandrunningthefileasascript
FormoreinformationandtodownloadLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,goto
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER.
UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator
TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorincludesthefollowing:
•Preparingthenetwork
•InstallingandconfiguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance
•Managingsystems
•Settingupautomaticproblemnotificationoptionally
Tomanagesystemsbasedonthenetworktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment,therearea
numberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetworkandtosetuptheLenovoXClarity
Administrator.IfyouplantouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthe
latestapplicableLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates.ForinstallingtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorin
VMwareESXi-basedandHyper-VenvironmentsanddownloadingLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdates,go
to:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-XCLARIT
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