Server User Manual

1.FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoview
theinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupported
bythespecicversionoftheprogramandclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearn
howtousetheprogram.
2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,makesureany
externalstoragedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:
•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe
Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.
•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations
supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.
•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges
ifneeded.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
ConguringRAID
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:
•“AboutRAID”onpage72
•“RAIDforyourserver”onpage73
•“ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage74
•“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage74
•“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage79
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