Lenovo x3550 M5 - Configuring RAID Arrays; Lenovo Toolscenter Suite CLI Program; Updating Systems Director

FormoreinformationandinstructionsforactivatingtheFeaturesonDemandRAIDsoftwarekey,seethe
FeaturesonDemandUser’sGuide.Todownloadthedocument,gotohttps://fod.lenovo.com/lkms,log
in,andclickHelp.
ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ThroughtheSetuputility,youcanaccessutilitiestoconfigureRAID.
ThespecificprocedureforconfiguringarraysdependsontheRAIDcontrollerthatyouareusing.Fordetails,
seethedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.ToaccesstheutilityforyourRAIDcontroller,completethe
followingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Note:Approximately10secondsaftertheserverisconnectedtopower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
Step2.Whenprompted,<F1Setup>isdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
musttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetuputilitymenu.Ifyoudonottypethe
administratorpassword,alimitedSetuputilitymenuisavailable.
Step3.SelectSystemSettings➙Storage.
Step4.PressEntertorefreshthelistofdevicedrivers.
Step5.SelectthedevicedriverforyourRAIDcontrollerandpressEnter.
Step6.FollowtheinstructionsinthedocumentationforyourRAIDcontroller.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogram
TheLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIprogramisacollectionofservermanagementtools.LenovoToolsCenter
SuiteCLIalsocoverstheconfigurationfunction,whichisanalternativetotheSetupUtilityformodifying
UEFIsettings.
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Utilizingacommandlineinterfacetomanagefirmware,hardware,andoperatingsystems
•ModifyingUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithoutrestartingthesystemtoaccesstheSetupUtility
•ConfiguringtheoptionalremotepresencefeaturesorotherIMM2settings
•ProvidingIMM2LANoverUSBinterfaceconfigurationandissuingsetupcommandsthroughthe
command-lineinterface
•Scriptingenvironmentsthroughabatch-processingmode
•Savinganyofthesettingsasafileandrunningthefileasascript
Formoreinformationandtodownloadtheprogram,goto
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER.
UpdatingSystemsDirector
UsethisinformationtoupdatetheSystemsDirector.
IfyouplantouseSystemsDirectortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthelatestapplicableSystems
Directorupdatesandinterimfixes.
Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheWebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatis
describedinthisdocument.
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