Typical Operating-System Installation; Installing Your Operating System Without Using Serverguide; Using The Setup Utility - IBM System x3500 Installation And User Manual

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Typical operating-system installation

The ServerGuide program can reduce the time it takes to install an operating
system. It provides the device drivers that are required for your hardware and for
the operating system that you are installing. This section describes a typical
ServerGuide operating-system installation.
Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of the
1. After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system installation
2. The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model, service
3. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are
4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and

Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide

If you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using the
ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps
to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM
website.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. The actual procedure
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.
2. Under Product support, click System x.
3. From the menu on the left side of the page, click System x support search.
4. From the Task menu, select Install.
5. From the Product family menu, select System x3500 M4.
6. From the Operating system menu, select your operating system, and then click

Using the Setup utility

Use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), formerly BIOS, Setup Utility
program to perform the following tasks:
v View configuration information
v View and change assignments for devices and I/O ports
v Set the date and time
v Set the startup characteristics of the server and the order of startup devices
v Set and change settings for advanced hardware features
v View, set, and change settings for power-management features
v View and clear error logs
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ServerGuide program.
program starts. (You will need your operating-system CD to complete the
installation.)
processor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, the program
checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is stored and then
passed to the operating-system installation program.
based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.
restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation.
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
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