Using the thinkserver easystartup program – Lenovo THINKSERVER TD230 User Manual

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Table 24. RAID utilities (continued)

RAID configuration utility

Description

Location

Where to find more

information

to configure RAID
controllers on similarly
configured Lenovo
servers.

INTEL ESRT2 SATA
software RAID
Configuration Utility
program

INTEL ESRT2 SATA
software RAID

Press Ctrl+E to start

“Configuring the onboard
SATA software RAID” on
page 105

ThinkServer MegaRAID
WebBIOS Configuration
Utility

ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID
0/1 Adapter

Press Ctrl+H to start

Refer to the MegaRAID SAS
Software User Guide on the
ThinkServer Documentation
DVD that came with
you server or download
the publication from the
Lenovo Support Web site
at http://www.lenovo.
com/support
. And you
can find and install the
MegaCLI program and
the MegaRAID Storage
Manager program in the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD that came with your
server. Insert the DVD into
the optical drive and the
files are in the \Tools And
Utilities directory.

Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program

The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD simplifies the process of configuring your RAID controllers and installing
an operating system. The program works in conjunction with your Windows or Linux operating-system
installation disc to automate the process of installing the operating systems and associated device drivers.

If you did not receive an ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD with your server, you can download an image from
the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support.

The EasyStartup program has the following features:

• Self-booting DVD

• Easy-to-use, language-selectable interface

• Integrated help system

• Automatic hardware detection

• RAID configuration utility

• Device drivers provided based on the server model and detected devices

• Selectable partition size and file system

• Support for multiple operating systems

• Installs the operating system and device drivers in an unattended mode to save time

• Creates a reuseable response file that can be used with similarly configured Lenovo servers to make

future installations even faster.

Chapter 6

.

Configuring the server

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