Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Operating System Installation Manual

14. In the window for creating passwords, type your new password and confirm the new password, and
then click OK.
Note: The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower
case letters, and numbers.
15. When the message displays as "Your password has been changed", click OK.
16. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted.
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.
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.
2. When the message Press any key to boot from cd or dvd is displayed, press any key. Wait several
minutes for the system to load the files.
3. In the Install windows window, select New Installation.
Note: If your server already has an operating system installed, another option Repair an Existing
Installation also is displayed. The following steps are based on the scenario that New Installation is
selected in this step.
4. 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. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load drivers.
b. Click OK.
c. Select I understand that if I click install, all files and folders on your primary hard driver
will be deleted.
d. Click Install, the installation begins.
• If your SATA configuration is set as IDE, click Install.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI, click Install. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the
operating system installation is completed. See "Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI" on page 35.
Note: In this installation, the drive cannot be partitioned.
5. When the Install Windows window is displayed, the installation begins.
6. When the message Errors occurred during installation is displayed, connect the USB storage device
that contains the driver for the Ethernet card to your server. Press Shift+F10, input the command
devmgmt.msc, and then press Enter.
7. In the Device Manager window, click other devices, and then right-click Ethernet Controller.
8. Click Update Driver Software ➙ Browse my computer for driver software.
9. In the "Update Driver Software-Ethernet... Controller" window, click Browse to locate the driver and
then click OK.
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