Using The Boot Selection Menu Program; Raid Controllers - Lenovo THINKSERVER 3822 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Using the Boot Selection Menu program

The Boot Selection Menu is used to temporarily redefine the first startup device
without changing boot options or settings in the Setup Utility.
To use the Boot Selection Menu program, do the following:
1. Turn off the server.
2. Restart the server.
3. Press F12 (Select Boot Device). If a bootable USB mass storage device is
4. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to select an item from the Boot
The next time the server starts, it returns to the startup sequence that is set in the
Setup Utility.

RAID controllers

The following table lists the various utilities available to configure RAID controllers
before an operating system is installed.
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installed, a submenu item (USB Key/Disk) is displayed.
Selection Menu and press Enter.
Table 23. RAID utilities
RAID configuration
utility Description
EasyStartup RAID
v For use with all
configuration utility
v Automatically
v Configures one
v Created a RAID
MegaRAID BIOS For:
Configuration Utility
v ServeRAID-MR10i
(WebBIOS)
v
ServeRAID-MR10is
controller
v
ServeRAID-MR10m
controller
Location
EasyStartup DVD
factory-supported
RAID controllers
detects hardware
and lists all
supported RAID
configurations
disk array per
controller using all
drives currently
attached to the
controller
response file that
can be used to
configure RAID
controllers on
similarly configured
Lenovo servers.
In system firmware.
To access:
controller v Use UEFI Setup
Utility.
v Press Ctrl + H at
the WebBIOS
prompt during
startup.
Where to find more
information
"Using the
ThinkServer
EasyStartup DVD" on
page 263
"Using the WebBIOS
utility" on page 261