Installing The Vmware Hypervisor - Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Manual

• Manually create a swap partition
a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner.
b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list.
c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field.
d. Click Add mount point.
Verify that the created drive partition is correct and click Done. In the Summary of Changes window,
click Accept Changes.
8. In the Installation Summary window, click Begin Installation to start installing the operating system.
9. In the Configuration window, click Root Password to set the root password.
10. When file copying is completed, click Reboot.
11. In the Initial Setup window, click License Information.
12. Select I accept the license agreement and click Done.
13. In the Initial Setup window, click Finish Configuration.
14. In the Welcome window, select a required language (for example, English) and click Next.
15. In the Typing window, select a specific language type (for example, English US) and click Next.
16. In the Time Zone window, set the time zone and click Next.
17. In the About You window, set the user name and click Next.
18. In the Password window, set the password and click Next.
Note: The password is optional. Click Next if you do not want to set a password.
19. In the Ready to Go window, click Start using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
Note: By default, the local account is used to log in to the operating system for the first time. Log out
and use the root account to log in to the operating system again.

Installing the VMware hypervisor

This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• VMware ESXi 5.5 p07
• VMware ESXi 6.0 p02
• VMware ESXi 6.0 U2
• VMware ESXi 6.0 U3
• VMware ESXi 6.5
• VMware ESXi 6.5a
Note: If the operating system is to be installed on SAN, download the instructional file How to Create a
Customized VMWare ESXi ISO Image from
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/servers/thinkserver-rack-servers/thinkserver-rd650/documents
/HT100820?tabName=Solutions. Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file.
To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
2. When the "Welcome to the VMware ESXi ... Installation" window is displayed, press Enter.
3. When the "End User License Agreement (EULA)" window is displayed, press F11.
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