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TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage71
.
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersalsoareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Updatingthefirmware
ThefirmwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOS,theTMMfirmware,andtheFRU/SDR.
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemfirmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:Beforedistributingthefirmwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTfile.
3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
4.PrinttheTXTfilethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemfirmware.
UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram
TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstocontrolandmonitormultiple
LenovoserverswithinaLANremotely.Theprogramprovidesaninterfacetodisplayallseversbeing
managed,whichenablestheadministratortosearchfor,monitor,andmanageserversconveniently.
TodownloadtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.
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