Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 Operating System Installation Manual

18. Set your user name and the password (if needed) and click Next.
19. Select the location as you need and click Next.
20. Select Start using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server to log in to the operating system.
Note: The local account is used by default when logging in to the operating system for the first time.
Log out and then log in to Root.

Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 operating system

This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64) 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.
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. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
3. Depending on your server configuration, do one of the following:
• If your SATA configuration is set to Add-on RAID, AHCI, or IDE, select Install Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.1 and press Enter.
• If your SATA configuration is set to onboard RAID, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 and
press Tab. Type inst.dd modprobe.blacklist=ahci and follow the installation wizard to install drivers.
• If the operating system is to be installed on a SAN card, do the following to load the drivers:
a. Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 and press Tab.
b. Type linux DD and press Enter.
c. When the "Driver disk device selection" window is displayed, connect the USB storage device that
contains the drivers or the optical drive that contains the driver disc to your server. Then type 1 or
2 as you need and press Enter.
d. In the "Select drivers to install" window, select the drivers and then press Enter.
e. Type C and the driver loading process begins.
4. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Continue.
5. Configure the date, time, language, and keyboard layout for the system.
6. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click SOFTWARE SELECTION, and then select the software
that you want to install.
Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that you select Server with GUI, select all of the
options on the right pane, and click Done.
7. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click INSTALLATION DESTINATION.
8. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system. Then, click Done. If you
want to create a partition manually, do the following:
a. Select I will configure partitioning and then click Done. Do one of the following to create a partition:
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
1) In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner.
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