
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage81forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.
a.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarktheharddiskdrivestobereset,andthenpress
Entertocompletetheselection.
b.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmtheresetaction.
c.AftercompletingtheResetDiskstoNon-RAIDfunction,youcan:
–Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.
–See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage81forRAIDvolumecreation.
–UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Updatingsystemprograms
ThissectioncontainsinformationaboutupdatingthePOST/UEFIandrecoveringfromaPOST/UEFIupdate
failure.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“Usingsystemprograms”onpage82
•“Updating(ashing)theUEFIfromadisc”onpage82
•“Updating(ashing)theUEFIfromyouroperatingsystem”onpage83
•“RecoveringfromaPOST/UEFIupdatefailure”onpage83
Usingsystemprograms
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIcode,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed
eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfromother
layersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.YoucanusetheSetupUtility
programtoviewandchangethecongurationandsetupofyourserver.
Yourserversystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).YoucaneasilyupdatethePOST,theUEFI,andtheSetup
Utilityprogrambystartingyourserverwithaashupdatediscorrunningaspecialupdateprogramfrom
youroperatingsystem.
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstothePOSTandUEFI.Whenupdatesarereleased,they
areavailableasdownloadablelesontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com.Instructionsforusing
thePOST/UEFIupdatesareavailableinaTXTlethatisincludedwiththeupdateles.Formostmodels,
youcandownloadeitheranupdateprogramtocreateasystem-program-update(ash)discoranupdate
programthatcanberunfromtheoperatingsystem.
Note:Youcandownloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnostics
programtosupportserverswithoutadiskettedrive.Goto:http://www.lenovo.com
Updating(ashing)theUEFIfromadisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theUEFIfromadisc.TheSystemUEFIprogram
updatesareavailableat:http://www.lenovo.com/support
Toupdate(ash)theUEFIfromadisc,dothefollowing:
82ThinkServerHardwareMaintenanceManual
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