Computer Hardware User Manual

•Initiatesanunattendedinstallationoftheoperatingsystemanddevicedrivers
Setupandconguration
WhenyoustarttheEasyStartupDVD,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing:
•Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram.
•Selectthelanguageofthekeyboardyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram.
Note:Thefollowinglanguagekeyboardsaresupported:English,Dutch,French,German,Italian,Japanese,
Spanish,andTurkish.
Youwillthenseeoneormoreremindersaboutconguringstoragedevices,andthenyouwillbepresented
withtheLenovoLicenseAgreement.Readthelicenseagreementcarefully.Youmustagreewithtermsin
ordertocontinue.
Afteragreeingtothelicenseagreement,youwillbegiventhefollowingchoices:
•Continuetothemainprograminterface
•Useashortcuttoinstallanoperatingsystembasedonaresponselethatyoupreviouslycreatedusing
theEasyStartupprogram
•UseashortcuttocongureRAIDcontrollersbasedonaRAIDresponselethatyoupreviouslycreated
usingtheEasyStartupprogram
Ifyoucontinuetothemainprograminterface,youwillhavethefollowingselectableoptions:
•Compatibilitynotes:ThisselectionprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,
andservercongurationssupportedbythatversionoftheEasyStartupprogram.
•UserGuide:Thisselectionprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesprovidedbythatversionofthe
EasyStartupprogram.
•Hardwarelist:ThisselectiondisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheEasyStartupprogram.
•CongureRAID:ThisselectionenablesyoutoviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationforeachinstalled
RAIDcontrollerandmakechangesifneeded.
•Installoperatingsystem:Thisselectiondisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformation
requiredforinstallation,preparestheharddiskforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocess
usingtheuser-providedoperating-systeminstallationCDorDVD.
•About:Thisselectiondisplaysversioninformationandlegalnotices.
ConguringRAID
TheRAIDcongurationfeaturethatispartoftheEasyStartupprogramenablesyoutoviewandchangeRAID
settingsforsupportedRAIDcontrollers.Throughthisfeature,youhavetheabilitytocongureeachinstalled
controller.Theprogramautomaticallydetectsthenumberofdiscscurrentlyattachedtothecontroller,
determinesthepossibleRAIDcongurationsthatcanbecongured,andpromptsyouthroughthestepsto
congureoneormorediscarrayswithorwithouthot-sparedrives.Asyoucongureeachcontrolleryouwill
begiventheoptiontosavetheRAIDcongurationsettingstoaRAIDresponsele,whichyoucanuseon
othersimilarlyconguredLenovoservers.Thismethodsatisesmostusers'needs.
Note:TheEasyStartupprogramprovideslimitedsupportfortheIBMServeRAID-BR10ilSAS/SATA
Controller.YoumustusetheLSICongurationUtilitytocongurethediscarrayforthiscontroller.However,
afterthediscarraysarecongured,youcanusetheEasyStartupprogramtoinstalltheoperatingsystemand
associateddevicedriver.See“UsingLSICongurationUtilityprogram”onpage204
fordetails.
Chapter8.Conguringtheserver209