Using the boot manager program, Configuring raid controllers, Using – Lenovo RD210 User Manual

Page 138: Boot, Manager, Program, Configuring, Raid, Controllers

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Attention:

If

you

set

an

administrator

password

and

then

forget

it,

there

is

no

way

to

change,

override,

or

remove

it.

You

must

replace

the

system

board.

Using

the

Boot

Manager

program

The

Boot

Manager

program

is

a

built-in,

menu-driven

configuration

utility

program

that

you

can

use

to

temporarily

redefine

the

first

startup

device

without

changing

settings

in

the

Setup

utility.

To

use

the

Boot

Manager

program,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Turn

off

the

server.

2.

Restart

the

server.

3.

When

the

prompt

<F12>

Select

Boot

Device

is

displayed,

press

F12.

If

a

bootable

USB

mass

storage

device

is

installed,

a

submenu

item

(USB

Key/Disk)

is

displayed.

4.

Use

the

Up

arrow

and

Down

arrow

keys

to

select

an

item

from

the

Boot

Selection

Menu

and

press

Enter.

The

next

time

the

server

starts,

it

returns

to

the

startup

sequence

that

is

set

in

the

Setup

utility.

Configuring

RAID

controllers

The

following

table

lists

the

various

utilities

available

to

configure

RAID

controllers

before

an

operating

system

is

installed.

Table

10.

RAID

utilities

RAID

configuration

utility

Description

Location

Where

to

find

more

information

EasyStartup

RAID

configuration

utility

v

For

use

with

all

factory-supported

RAID

controllers

v

Automatically

detects

hardware

and

lists

all

supported

RAID

configurations

v

Configures

one

disk

array

per

controller

using

all

drives

currently

attached

to

the

controller

v

Created

a

RAID

response

file

that

can

be

used

to

configure

RAID

controllers

on

similarly

configured

Lenovo

servers.

EasyStartup

DVD

“Using

the

EasyStartup

DVD”

on

page

127

122

ThinkServer

RD210

Types

3795,

3796,

3818,

and

3819:

Installation

and

User

Guide

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