Installing Your Operating System Without Using Easystartup; Enabling The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility Program - Lenovo ThinkServer TD200x Hardware Maintenance Manual

• Partition settings: This task enables you to choose the file system type and define the partition size.
• Installation settings: This task prompts you for user and system settings, the operating system product
key, and the administrator password.
• Network settings: This task prompts you for domain and workgroup settings, Ethernet controller type, IP
address settings, DNS settings, and WINS address settings.
• Install applications: This task enables you to run custom commands or scripts at the end of the
installation process. It also facilitates the installation of DVD-burning software and EasyManage software
products.
• Install Windows components: This task enables you to install optional Windows components such
as IIS, ASP.NET, and SNMP.
• Confirm settings: This task enables you to review all of the information you provided.
• Save response file: This task gives you the option of saving the information on a diskette or USB device
as a response file for future installations on similarly configured Lenovo servers.
• Start installation: This task starts the actual installation process. First, the disk is prepared using the disk
and partition information you specified. Then you are prompted to insert the operating system disk, and
the operating system is installed using the information that you specified.

Installing your operating system without using EasyStartup

If you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using the EasyStartup program to install
your operating system, complete the following steps to download the latest operating-system installation
instructions from the Lenovo Support Web site:
Note: Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly
from what is described in this document.
1. Go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support.
2. Enter your product number (machine type and model number) or select Servers and Storage from
the Select your product list.
3. From Family list, select ThinkServer TD200x, and click Continue.
4. Select the operating system that you want from the Operating system list, and click Continue.
5. Click Operating system installation to download instructions to install the operating system.

Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program

The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program is part of the server firmware. You can use it to configure
the network as a startable device, and you can customize where the network startup option appears in the
startup sequence. Enable and disable the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program from the Setup Utility.
To enable the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program, do the following:
1. From the Setup Utility main menu, select Devices and I/O Ports and press Enter.
2. Select Enable/Disable onboard devices and press Enter.
3. Select Ethernet and press Enter.
4. Select Enable and press Enter.
5. Exit to the main menu and select Save Settings.
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