Installing The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 Installation Manual

9. Browse to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK. The "Select the driver to be installed"
window is displayed.
10. Select the driver that you want to install on your server, and click Next.
11. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Drive options (advanced).
12. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New.
13. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
14. When the Install Windows dialog box is displayed, click OK.
15. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
16. Change your password when prompted.
Note: The password must consist of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
17. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.

Installing the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system

To install the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 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.
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. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
3. When the "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2" window is displayed, configure the language and other
options as you need, and then click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next.
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.
Note: If you do not need to configure RAID on your server, go to step 8.
7. If you want to install the driver for the onboard SATA software RAID or installed RAID card, do the
following:
a. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?" window, click Load driver.
b. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then browse to the
folder where the driver is stored.
c. Click OK. The "Select the driver to install" windows is displayed.
d. Select Hide drivers that aren't compatible with this computer's hardware, and then select the
driver that you want to install on your server. Click Next.
8. In the "Where do you want to install Hyper–V Server?" window, 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 will restart several times during the installation.
12. When the Administrator window is displayed, click OK and set an administrator password.
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