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Chapter5.Conﬁguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconﬁguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage44

•“ConﬁguringRAID”onpage47

•“ConﬁguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage52

•“Updatingtheﬁrmware”onpage52

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverﬁrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand

changetheconﬁgurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.

However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe

server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage35

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup

Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe

SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage41

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconﬁguration.Selectadesireditem

toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious

tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp

aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe

screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspeciﬁcservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,

memorysize,installedSATAdevices,andsystemdateandtime.

•TheAdvancedmenulistsinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom

theinformationinthistopic.

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