Lenovo x3650 M5 - Configuring RAID Arrays; Advanced Settings Utility Program; Updating Systems Director

ConfiguringRAIDarrays
ThroughtheSetuputility,youcanaccessutilitiestoconfigureRAIDarrays.
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.
AdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram
TheAdvancedSettingsUtility(ASU)programisanalternativetotheSetuputilityformodifyingUEFIsettings.
UsetheASUprogramonlineoroutofbandtomodifyUEFIsettingsfromthecommandlinewithouttheneed
torestartthesystemtoaccesstheSetuputility.
YoucanalsousetheASUprogramtoconfiguretheoptionalremotepresencefeaturesorotherIMM2
settings.Theremotepresencefeaturesprovideenhancedsystems-managementcapabilities.
Inaddition,theASUprogramprovidesIMMLANoverUSBinterfaceconfigurationthroughthecommand-line
interface.
Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissuesetupcommands.Youcansaveanyofthesettingsasafileandrun
thefileasascript.TheASUprogramsupportsscriptingenvironmentsthroughabatch-processingmode.
FormoreinformationandtodownloadtheASUprogram,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-ASU.
UpdatingSystemsDirector
UsethisinformationtoupdateSystemsDirector.
IfyouplantouseSystemsDirectortomanagetheserver,youmustcheckforthelatestapplicableSystems
Directorupdatesandinterimfixes.
Note:Changesaremadeperiodicallytothewebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatis
describedinthisdocument.
Installinganewerversion
TolocateandinstallanewerversionofSystemsDirector,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.CheckforthelatestversionofSystemsDirector:
a.Gotohttp://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html.
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