Configure The Firmware - Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 User Manual

If you are managing multiple servers using the Lenovo XClarity Administrator, you can update firmware for
all managed servers through that interface. Firmware management is simplified by assigning firmware-
compliance policies to managed endpoints. When you create and assign a compliance policy to managed
endpoints, Lenovo XClarity Administrator monitors changes to the inventory for those endpoints and flags
any endpoints that are out of compliance.
For additional information about using Lenovo XClarity Administrator to update firmware, see:
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/update_fw.html
• Lenovo XClarity Integrator offerings
Lenovo XClarity Integrator offerings can integrate management features of Lenovo XClarity Administrator
and your server with software used in a certain deployment infrastructure, such as VMware vCenter,
Microsoft Admin Center, or Microsoft System Center.
For additional information about using Lenovo XClarity Integrator to update firmware, see:
https://pubs.lenovo.com/lxci-overview/

Configure the firmware

Several options are available to install and set up the firmware for the server.
Important: Lenovo does not recommend setting option ROMs to Legacy, but you can conduct this setting if
necessary. Note that this setting prevents UEFI drivers for the slot devices from loading, which may cause
negative side effects to Lenovo software, such as LXCA, OneCLI, and XCC. These side effects include but
are not limited to the inability to determine adapter card details, such as model name and firmware levels. For
example, "ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 4GB Flash" may be displayed as "Adapter 06:00:00". In some cases,
the functionality on a specific PCIe adapter may not be enabled properly.
• Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager (LXPM)
From Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager, you can configure the UEFI settings for your server.
Notes: The Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager provides a Graphical User Interface to configure a
server. The text-based interface to system configuration (the Setup Utility) is also available. From Lenovo
XClarity Provisioning Manager, you can choose to restart the server and access the text-based interface.
In addition, you can choose to make the text-based interface the default interface that is displayed when
you start LXPM. To do this, go to Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager ➙ UEFI Setup ➙ System
Settings ➙ <F1>Start Control ➙ Text Setup. To start the server with Graphic User Interface, select Auto
or Tool Suite.
See the following documentations for more information:
– Search for the LXPM documentation version compatible with your server at
lxpm-overview/
– UEFI User Guide at
• Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI
You can use the config application and commands to view the current system configuration settings and
make changes to Lenovo XClarity Controller and UEFI. The saved configuration information can be used
to replicate or restore other systems.
For information about configuring the server using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI, see:
https://pubs.lenovo.com/lxce-onecli/onecli_c_settings_info_commands
• Lenovo XClarity Administrator
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https://pubs.lenovo.com/uefi-overview/
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