Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode; Before Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual

Chapter 2. Installing an operating system in UEFI mode

This chapter provides information about installing the following operating systems in UEFI mode:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundations Edition with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012
• Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1
• Hyper-V Server 2012
• Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 (x64)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 3

Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode

Before installing an operating system, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site. Then,
copy the driver to a USB storage device.
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. Then, copy the driver to
a USB storage device.
Notes:
• You can load driver files using a USB storage device or a disc. The steps in this document are based on
the scenario that you use a USB storage device to load driver files. If the USB storage device fails to load
driver files, try using a disc.
• Depending on the configuration, you might install the operating system on a SAN or a hard disk drive. For
Microsoft Windows operating systems, the two installation procedures are the same.
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