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Page 2 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read and understand the safety information provided on the Lenovo Web site at: https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS Seventeenth Edition (October 2018) © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration “GSA”...
Page 4 Installing the driver for a RAID card ..108 operating system ....Installing the driver for the PMC 8885e ..109 ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction ® ® This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 servers. The supported operating systems vary by the configuration on your server. The following table provides a list on the supported operating system of your server.
Page 8 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1a VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 VMware ESXi 6.5 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.7 Citrix XenServer 6.5 ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 9 Supported operating systems SATA Add-On SD card Haswell Broad- RAID RAID well Citrix XenServer 6.5.1 Citrix XenServer 7.0 Note: The Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system cannot be installed on the SD card or USB storage device that does not have the fixed_disk property. It is recommended by Microsoft that you install the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system on the following storage devices: •...
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Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode
• “Preparing the driver” on page 5 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 5 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. http://www.lenovo.com/drivers If the operating system is installed on a storage area network (SAN), download the driver for the host bus adapter (HBA) or converged network adapter (CNA) that is connected to the SAN.
Page 12: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system. Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 13 To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials 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. Connect the USB storage device that contains the required driver to your server. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
Page 14: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System
9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. 10. In the Install Windows window, click OK. 11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 15: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System
Notes: • Your server restarts several times during the installation. • The drive partition must be greater than 80 GB. It is recommended that the drive partition is greater than 120 GB. 12. In the Continue Installation window, select Clean Install. Then, click Next. 13.
Page 16: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System
Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 2. In the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click Next. 3. Click Install now. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 17: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System
4. Type your product key and then click Next. 5. Select the operating system you want to install, and then click Next. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next. 7. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced) is selected in this step.
Page 18 Ethernet driver. To install the driver, do the following: a. Download the driver for an Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 19: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System
16. In the “Provide your administrator information (account 1 of 2)” window, type your user name and password, and then click Next. Note: The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 17.
Page 20: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI: go to step 9. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the operating system installation is completed, see “Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI” on page 103. 9. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click New. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 21: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Operating System
10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed. 11. Click OK. 12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation. 13.
Page 22: Installing The Windows Server Sac
11. In the CMD manager window, click OK. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the password, and then press Enter to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 23: Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Operating System
Installing the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard 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.
Page 24: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System
To install the 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. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 25: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 With Sp1 Operating System
2. When the message Press any key to boot from cd or DVD is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 3. When the Windows Server 2012... window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need, click Next.
Page 26: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System
6. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom: Install the newer version of Hyper-V Server only (advanced) is selected in this step. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 27: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System
7. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following: • If your SATA configuration is set as RAID (both onboard SATA software RAID and RAID card): do the following: a.
Page 28: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System
13. When the Administrator window is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to change the password. 14. When the message Your password has been changed is displayed, click OK to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 29: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3
Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/...
Page 30 • If the YaST2 window is displayed, click Install to begin the installation. 11. When the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. When the installation process is completed, the server restarts automatically. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 31: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4
12. The setup process continues after the server restarts. Set your root user password. Then, select Next and press Enter. When the YaST2 window is displayed, click Yes. Note: The password must contain at least six characters and consist of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
Page 32 In the YaST window, click Accept. c. In the Installation Settings window, click Install to begin the installation. • If the YaST2 window is displayed, click Install to begin the installation. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 33: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System
"cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
Page 34 • Manually create a boot partition (/boot/efi) a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 35: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System
b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next. d. Select Operating System from Role. e. In the Formatting Options area, select FAT from the File System drop-down list box. f.
Page 36 Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. 9. In the Installation Settings window, click Software to select software applications to be installed. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 37: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System
For example, if you want to install all software, do the following: a. Click Software. b. In the Software Selection and System Tasks window, right-click any software application and choose All in This List-Install. c. Click OK ➙ Install. If the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. 10.
Page 38: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System
2. When the SUSE Welcome window is displayed, select Installation and press Enter. 3. In the “Language, Keyboard and License Agreement” window, select your language and keyboard layout and then select I Agree to the License Terms. Click Next. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 39 4. In the Network Settings window, select the network card to be used and click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that default options are selected in this step. 5. In the Registration window, configure the information as prompted and click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that Skip Registration is selected in this step.
Page 40: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Operating System
In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK. j. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO. 3. When the Disk Found window is displayed, select Skip and then press Enter. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 41 Note: If the operating system is installed on the SAN card through iSCSI, the Networking Device window is displayed. Select the desired Ethernet device, and then click OK. In the Configure TCP/IP window, select the option according to the network environment. The following steps are based on the scenario that Enable lpv4 support->Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP) is selected.
Page 42: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Operating System
Note: If the SATA configuration for your server is set to OB SATA RAID, connect the USB storage device to your server before the operating system installation. Then, install RAID drivers after operating system installation. To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 operating system, do the following: ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 43 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. 2. Depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following: •...
Page 44 19. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward. 20. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. 21. Set your user name and password and then click Forward. 22. Set your time and date and then click Forward. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 45: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System
23. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation. Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Yes and OK. 24. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 operating system.
Page 46 20. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward. If “Are you sure?” window is displayed, click Register later. 21. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 47: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System
22. Set your user name and password and then click Forward. 23. Set your time and date and then click Forward. 24. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation.
Page 48: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Operating System
24. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 49 • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x86) • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x64) To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 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.
Page 50: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System
4. In the RED HAT window, click Next. 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next. 6. Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 51 7. Select the type of devices that are involved in the installation, and then click Next. Note: If the Storage Device Warning window is displayed, click Yes, discard any data. If the message displays as “At least one existing installation has been detected on your system. What would you like to do?”, select the option as you desired and then click Next.
Page 52: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Operating System
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
Page 53: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Operating System
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
Page 54 Note: If your server comes with an onboard RAID card, download the readme files for the drivers from the Lenovo Web site and follow the instructions to install the drivers. 2. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device.
Page 55: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System
To create a swap partition, do the following: 1) In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. 2) In the ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list box. 3) Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Desired Capacity field and then click Add mount point.
Page 56: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. 2. In the Welcome window, select Install RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and press Enter. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 57 3. When “What language would you like to ...” is displayed, select a required language (for example, English) and click Continue. 4. In the Installation Summary window, set Date&Time, Language Support, Keyboard, Security Policy, and Installation Source. The following steps are based on the scenario that the default settings are used in this step.
Page 58: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System
Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d. Click Add mount point. • Manually create a swap partition a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 59: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Operating System
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.
Page 60 20. 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. 21. In the Ready to Go window, click Start using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 61: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Operating System
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x64) operating system.
Page 62: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor
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. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 63 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. 4. When the “Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade” window is displayed, press Enter. 5.
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Page 65: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode
• “Preparing the driver” on page 59 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 59 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site at . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device.
Page 66: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system, refer to “Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system” on page 14. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 67: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Operating System
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system, do the following: 1.
Page 68: Installing The Windows Server Sac
7. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following: • If your SATA configuration is set as RAID (both onboard SATA software RAID and RAID card), do the following: ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 69: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System With Service Pack 1
a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver. b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK. c. In the “Select the driver to be installed” window, select Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer, select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next to install the driver.
Page 70: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3
Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/...
Page 71 b. Press F6. c. Select Yes and then type brokenmodules=ahci after Boot Options. d. In the Driver Update added window, select OK. e. In the Please choose the Driver Update medium window, click Back. • If your SATA configuration is set as add–on RAID, select Installation and then press Enter. •...
Page 72 13. Set your host name and domain name. Then, click Next. 14. Configure your network in the Network Configuration window. Then, click Next. Note: If the Test Internet Connection window is displayed, configure the settings as you need. Then, click Next. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 73: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4
15. In the Network Services Configuration window, click Next. 16. In the User Authentication Method window, configure the settings as you need. Then, click Next. 17. In the New LDAP User window, configure the settings as you need. Then, click Next ➙ Yes. 18.
Page 74 • If the YaST2 window is displayed, click Install to begin the installation. 11. When the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. When the installation process is completed, the server restarts automatically. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 75: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System
"cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
Page 76 In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. b. In the New Partition Type window, select Primary Partition. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 77: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System
c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d. Type the amount of space (for example, 1 GB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next. e. Select Operating System from Role. f. In the Formatting Options area, select BtrFS from the File System drop-down list box. g.
Page 78 If “Do you want to continue with your selection (local time)?” is displayed, click Continue. 7. In the Create New User window, set a user name and password, and then click Next. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 79: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System
Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. 8. In the “Password for the System Administrator–root” window, set a root password and click Next. Note: If the “Really use this password?”...
Page 80: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System
Click OK ➙ Install. If the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system (x64). ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 81 To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system (x64), do the following: 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. 2.
Page 82: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Operating System
In the “Do you have a driver disk?” window, select Yes. d. In the Driver Disk Source window, go to the folder where the driver is stored and then click OK. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 83 e. When the Driver Disk Source window is displayed again, click OK. f. In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK. g. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO. 3.
Page 84: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Operating System
26. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (x86) ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 85 • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (x64) Note: If the SATA configuration for your server is set to OB SATA RAID, connect the USB storage device to your server before the operating system installation. Then, install RAID drivers after operating system installation.
Page 86 19. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward. 20. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. 21. Set your user name and password and then click Forward. 22. Set your time and date and then click Forward. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 87: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System
23. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation. Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Yes and OK. 24. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: •...
Page 88 23. Set your time and date and then click Forward. 24. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 89: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System
Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Yes. 25. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: •...
Page 90: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Operating System
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x86) • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x64) To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 operating system, do the following: ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 91 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. 2. The Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 ! window is displayed. Click Install system with basic video driver.
Page 92: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
Page 93 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Continue. 6. Configure the date, time, language, and keyboard layout for the system. 7. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click SOFTWARE SELECTION, and then select the software that you want to install.
Page 94: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Operating System
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
Page 95: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System
2) In the ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT window, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. 3) Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Desired Capacity field and then click Add mount point. •...
Page 96 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. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 97: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System
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.
Page 98: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System
Manual Partitioning window, do one of the following to create a required drive partition: • Manually create a root partition (/) a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 99: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Operating System
b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 80 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d. Click Add mount point. e. Change Device Type to Standard Partition. •...
Page 100 10. When the installation is completed, in the Configuration window, 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. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 101: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Operating System
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 Privacy window, set the location services as you are desired and click Next. 17.
Page 102: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor
• VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 • VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 3b • VMware ESXi 6.0 • VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1a • VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 • VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 103: Installing The Citrix Xen Server Operating System
• VMware ESXi 6.7 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 . Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file. /HT100820?tabName=Solutions To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following: 1.
Page 104 9. In the Update Mode, select an update mode and click Install Update to start the upgrade. Note: If you click Cancel in this step, all updates and the upgrade file on the server will be deleted. 10. Click Finish to complete the upgrade. ThinkServer RD650 and RD550 Operating System Installation Guide...
Page 105: Chapter 4. Installing Drivers
To install the driver for the chipset, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the chipset from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 106: Installing The Driver For Usb 3.0 Connectors
1. Download the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 107: Installing The Driver For An Hba Card, A Mezzanine Card, Or A Cna Card
To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 108: Installing The Driver For The Avago 9300-8E Hba Card
To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 109: Installing The Driver For The Sata Ahci
To install the driver for the SATA AHCI, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the SATA AHCI from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 110: Installing The Driver For The Pmc 8885E
To install the driver for the PMC 8885e, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 111: Installing The Driver For The Intel Ethernet Card
To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
Page 112: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card
To install the driver for an onboard graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the onboard graphics card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 113: Installing The Driver For The Intel Ethernet Card
To install the driver for the card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 114: Installing The Driver For The Qlogic Qle2672, 2-Port Hba Card
To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 115: Installing The Driver For The Pmc 8885E
To install the driver for the PMC 8885e, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the RPM file to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 116: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card
To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 117: Installing The Driver For A Raid Card
To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Page 118: Installing Drivers For The Vmware Hypervisor
To install drivers for the VMware hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the driver file from the Lenovo Support Web site. Ensure that the name of the driver file you download is offline-bundle.zip. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
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