Installing The Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 Operating System Installation Manual

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.
• If your SATA configuration is set as IDE: go to step 8.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI: go to step 8. 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.
8. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, choose the storage device to install the
operating system, and then click New.
9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
10. In the "Microsoft Hyper-V Server Setup" window, click OK.
11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation.
12. When the message displays as "The user's password must be changed before signing in.", click OK.
13. Click Administrator. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the password and then log in to
the operating system.

Installing the Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system

To install the Hyper-V Server 2016 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, and start the server from the optical drive.
2. If 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.
3. The message Loading files... will be displayed. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
4. In the "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016" window, select the language and other options and then click
Next.
5. Click Install now.
6. Read the applicable notices and license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then click Next.
7. Select the type of installation 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.
8. In the "Where do you want to install Hyper-V Server?" window, choose the storage device to install the
operating system.
9. Click New, type the amount of space, and then click Apply.
10. In the "Microsoft Hyper-V Server Setup" window, click OK.
11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. Your server will
restart several times during the installation.
12. When the message "The user's password must be changed before signing" is displayed, click OK.
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.
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