•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed
them.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
®
6.0
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exefilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Notes:
•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
®
2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.
YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecificserverconfiguration
information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyoufinishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstoconfigure
yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.
•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
ConfiguringRAID
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:
•“AboutRAID”onpage75
74ThinkServerRD440UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual
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