Downloading the Advanced Settings Utility

Use this topic to help you locate and download the required ASU files.

Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo website. Procedures for locating firmware and documentation might vary slightly from what is described in this topic.
  1. To download the Lenovo Advanced Settings Utility, go to the http://www.lenovo.com/support or complete the following steps:
    1. In the navigation pane, click Systems Management software.
    2. Under Popular links, click ToolsCenter.
    3. Under Configuration, click View ToolsCenter downloads > Advanced Settings Utility.
  2. For BIOS-based servers only, download the BIOS definition file:
    1. On the Support page for the server, select Software and device drivers.
    2. On the Software and device drivers page, click BIOS.
    3. Select BIOS definition file for use with Lenovo Advanced Setting Utility.
      The BIOS definition file must match the BIOS level that the server is running.
    4. Select the ASU BIOS definition .exe file.
    5. Follow the instructions that guide you through the download process.
  3. For BIOS-based servers only, return to the software and device drivers page to install the device-driver software for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II and baseboard management controller.
  4. If required, download the IPMI device driver by completing the following steps.
    The IPMI device driver is not required in Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2008, and Linux operating systems that support OpenIPMI. For more information, see IPMI device driver support for Windows or IPMI device driver support for Linux.
    1. On the Software and device drivers page, click OSA IPMI, and then select the applicable device-driver file.
    2. Read the .txt file and follow the instructions that guide you through the download process.
  5. After you have downloaded the OSA IPMI device driver file:
    1. Select the applicable mapping layer for OSA IPMI file.
    2. Read the .txt file, and follow the instructions that guide you through the download process.
  6. (For BIOS-based servers only.) On the Software and device drivers page:
    1. Click Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
    2. Select the applicable RSA II daemon.
    3. Read the .txt file, and follow the instructions that guide you through the download process.