Chapter5.Conguringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:
•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53
•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage61
•“ConguringRAID”onpage64
•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage66
•“Updatingthermware”onpage67
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage51
.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage57.
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC),totalmemorysize,and
systemdateandtime.
•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout
theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.
–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe
installedmemorymodules.
–SelectSATA/SASCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout
theinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.
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