Lenovo ThinkSystem 4350 Series, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 1. About this guide
This Installation and User Guide explains how to install and set up your ThinkSystem adapters, including
driver installation, BIOS operations, troubleshooting tips, and instructions for flashing the adapter firmware.
The following adapter models are described in this guide:
• ThinkSystem 4350–8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
• ThinkSystem 4350–16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
• ThinkSystem RAID 5350–8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter
• ThinkSystem RAID 9350–8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter
• ThinkSystem RAID 9350–16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter
Before you begin
This guide is intended for data storage and IT professionals who are responsible for installing, configuring,
and maintaining the ThinkSystem adapters in computers or servers in a "cloud" or data center environment.
You should be familiar with computer hardware, operating system administration, data storage devices, and
SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) technology.
If you are responsible for managing storage resources on the adapters, you should be familiar with RAID
technology and creation of bootable hardware RAID volumes.
Terms
Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this guide are known to computer users by multiple names.
This guide uses these terms:
• Host Bus Adapter or HBA (also known as controller, adapter, or I/O card)
• Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
• Solid State Drive (also known as SSD or non-rotating storage media)
• Enclosure (also known as a storage enclosure, or disk drive enclosure)
Find more information
You can find more information about your adapter by referring to these documents.
• Lenovo Press
Provides more details about adapters for ThinkSystem servers.
• ThinkSystem 4350/5350/9350 Series Adapters Software User Guide
Describes how to use the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility through UEFI/HII and ARCCONF Utility.
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