Computer Hardware User Manual

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage59

•“ConguringRAID”onpage62

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage65

•“Updatingthermware”onpage65

•“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage66

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand

changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.

However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe

server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage49.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup

Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe

SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage55.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem

toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp

aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe

screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOS,microprocessortype,microprocessorspeedandcore

numbers,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:

–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe

installedmemorymodules.