Installing The Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System; Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.5 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 Installation Manual

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13. Press Enter. When the message Your password has been changed is displayed, click OK to log in to the
operating system.

Installing the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system

This topic provides instructions on how to install the Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system.
To install the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system, do the following:
1. Download the required driver from the Lenovo Web site to a USB storage device, and connect the USB
storage device to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always
available on the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/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. 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.
4. When the "Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016" window is displayed, configure the language and other
options as you need, and then click Next.
5. Click Install now.
6. Read the applicable notices and license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next.
7. 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.
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 will restart several times during the installation.
12. When the Administrator window is displayed, click OK and set an administrator password.
13. Press Enter. When the message Your password has been changed is displayed, click OK to log in to the
operating system.

Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 operating system

Note: The maximum system memory that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 (x86) operating system can
support is 16 GB.
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 (x64 or x86) 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. When the welcome window is displayed, select the option as you need. The following steps are based
on the scenario that Install or upgrade an existing system (or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 in UEFI
mode) is selected in this step. Then, press Enter.
3. In the Disc Found window, select Skip, and then press Enter.
Note: If prompted, click Yes.
4. If the "Unsupported Hardware Detected" window is displayed, click OK.
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