Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 Installation And Service Manual page 49

ThinkServer EasyStartup is a tool designed to facilitate the configuration and installation of the operating
systems on the Lenovo Servers. It provides a Graphical User Interface that provides you a step by step
process to Startup their system.
This tool allows you to choose the language, keyboard layout they want to use during the configuration
process. It detects the server model and displays it to you before the configuration starts. It gives you an
option to specify the size and type of the partition they want to create or to use the existing partitions. It then
lists the operating systems supported on the detected server model and gives you the option to pick the
operating system they want to install on the server.
ThinkServer EasyStartup installs on native hardware of the system. The bootable DVD detects for the
supported Lenovo Servers and will only configure and install on a Lenovo supported server.
You can configure the following settings before the installation of the operating systems begins:
• Server Date & Time
• Full Name & Computer Name
• Administrator/root Password/root
If it is a Windows OS, it can also support the following settings:
• Organization
• Product ID
• Workgroup & Domain
• Configure the network Adapters
• Time Zone
It detects the installed hardware on the system and installs the device drivers based on the hardware
detected.
EasyStartup features
This information provides an overview of the EasyStartup features.
The EasyStartup program has the following features:
• Provide for manual server configuration, installation, and operations
• Provide for automated server configuration, installation and operations
• Install device drivers based on the hardware that is detected during initial configuration
• Minimize restarts during hardware configuration and native OS installation
• Provide an easy to use graphical user interface
• Provide help text to guide usage and installation
• Hard disk configuration
• Validate configuration and provide configuration self-documentation
• Support cloning of configuration to support creation of identical servers
• Default to automated installation assistance
• Create and Format the install partition on the hard drives
• Support OS Install on pre-existing drive partitions
• Manual & Cloning RAID Configuration
• Support OS Install with EasyStartup DVD via Remote Management Module
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Chapter 2 Configuration information and instructions