
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage67.
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersalsoareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Updatingthermware
ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,andtheFRU/SDR.
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.
3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
4.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.
UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram
TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.Theprogramprovidesaninterfacetodisplayallseversbeing
managed,whichenablestheadministratortoconvenientlysearchfor,monitor,andmanageservers.
TodownloadtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.
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