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  • Page 1 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read and understand the safety information provided on the Lenovo Web site at: https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS Sixteenth Edition (October 2018) © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ....Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system ....© Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018...
  • Page 4 Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system ....Installing the driver for the chipset ..107 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 5 HBA card ....108 Installing the driver for an HBA card or a CNA card ....109 © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018...
  • Page 6 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction ® ® This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 servers. The supported operating systems vary by the configuration on your server. The following table provides a list on the supported operating system of your server.
  • Page 8 VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 3 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 3 VMware ESXi 6.0 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 9 Supported operating systems AHCI SATA Add- Haswell Broad- RAID well RAID VMware ESXi 6.5 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.7 Citrix XenServe 6.5 Citrix XenServe 6.5.1 Citrix XenServe 7.0 Note: The Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system cannot be installed on the SD card or USB storage device that does not have the fixed_disk property.
  • Page 10 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode

    • “Preparing the driver” on page 5 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 5 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. http://www.lenovo.com/drivers 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.

  • Page 12: 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. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 13 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.

  • Page 14: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System

    9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. 10. In the Install Windows window, click OK. 11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 15: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System

    Notes: • Your server restarts several times during the installation. • The drive partition must be greater than 80 GB. It is recommended that the drive partition is greater than 120 GB. 12. In the Continue Installation window, select Clean Install. Then, click Next. 13.

  • Page 16: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System

    Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 2. In the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click Next. 3. Click Install now. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 17: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

    4. Type your product key and then click Next. 5. Select the operating system you want to install, and then click Next. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next. 7. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced) is selected in this step.
  • Page 18 Ethernet driver. To install the driver, do the following: a. Download the driver for an Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 19: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    16. In the “Provide your administrator information (account 1 of 2)” window, type your user name and password, and then click Next. Note: The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 17.

  • Page 20: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    9. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click New. 10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed. 11. Click OK. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 21: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Operating System

    12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation. 13. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click Finish. Then, follow the instructions on the screen to sign in when prompted.

  • Page 22: Installing The Windows Server Sac

    11. In the CMD manager window, click OK. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the password, and then press Enter to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 23: Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard 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.

  • Page 24: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System

    To install the 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. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 25: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 With Sp1 Operating System

    2. When 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 Windows Server 2012... window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need, click Next.

  • Page 26: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System

    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. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 27: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    7. 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.

  • Page 28: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System

    13. When the “Administrator” window is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to change the password. 14. When the message Your password has been changed is displayed, click OK to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 29: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3

    Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site 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/...
  • Page 30 • If the YaST2 window is displayed, click Install to begin the installation. 11. When the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. When the installation process is completed, the server restarts automatically. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 31: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4

    12. The setup process continues after the server restarts. Set your root user password. Then, select Next and press Enter. When the YaST2 window is displayed, click Yes. Note: The password must contain at least six characters and consist of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
  • Page 32 • If a Warning window is displayed, select the option you desired. the following steps are based on the scenario that Ignore this conflict of ... is selected. Do the following: a. Click OK-TryAgain. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 33: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System

    "cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
  • Page 34 In the Formatting Options area, select BtrFS from the File system drop-down list box. g. In the Mount partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 35: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    h. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot/efi) a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c.
  • Page 36 7. In the Create New User window, set a user name and password, and then click Next. Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 37: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    8. In the “Password for the System Administrator–root” window, set a root password and click Next. Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. 9.

  • Page 38: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System

    Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system (x64). To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 operating system (x64), do the following: ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 39 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the SUSE Welcome window is displayed, select Installation and press Enter. 3.

  • Page 40: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.5 Operating System

    Press B to start your server. f. In the “Do you have a driver disk?” window, select Yes. g. In the Driver Disk Source window, go to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 41 h. When the Driver Disk Source window is displayed again, click OK. i. In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK. j. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO. 3.

  • Page 42: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.6 Operating System

    26. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.6 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.6 (x64) operating system. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 43 Note: If the server configuration is set as OB SATA RAID, connect the USB storage device to your server before the operating system installation. Then, install RAID drivers after operating system installation. To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.6 operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 44 16. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server. 17. The installation continues after the server restarts. In the Welcome window, click Forward. 18. Click Yes, I agree to the License Agreement and then click Forward. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 45: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    19. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward. 20. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. 21. Set your user name and password and then click Forward. 22. Set your time and date and then click Forward. 23.
  • Page 46 13. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive. 14. In the “Writing storage configuration to disk” window, click Write changes to disk. 15. In the “Boot loader operating system list” window, click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 47: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    16. The default installation is a basic server installation. You can customize your server by selecting a different set of software from the software list or adding additional repositories that you want to use for the software installation. Select Customize now. Then, click Next. The installation process begins. Notes: •...
  • Page 48 - Performs a verified launch using Intel TXT is cleared. 16. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server. 17. The installation continues after the server restarts. In the Welcome window, click Forward. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 49: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Operating System

    18. In the License Information window, select Yes, I agree to the License Agreement, and then click Forward. 19. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings you need, and then click Forward. If “Are you sure?” window is displayed, click Register later. 20.

  • Page 50: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System

    17. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (x86) ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 51 • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (x64) To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 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.

  • Page 52: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 7 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 7 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
  • Page 53 d. In the “Select drivers to install” window, select the drivers and then press Enter. e. Type C and the driver loading process begins. 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Continue. 6.

  • Page 54: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 7.1 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 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.

  • Page 55: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    To create a root partition, do the following: 1) In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. 2) In the ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT window, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. 3) Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Desired Capacity field and then click Add mount point.
  • Page 56 14. In the Welcome window, select a required language (for example, English) and click Next. 15. In the Typing window, select a specific language type (for example, English US) and click Next. 16. In the Time Zone window, set the time zone and click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 57: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System

    17. In the About You window, set the user name and click Next. 18. In the Password window, set the password and click Next. Note: The password is optional. Click Next if you do not want to set a password. 19.

  • Page 58: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System

    Notes: If you want to create a drive partition, select I will configure partitioning and click Done. In the Manual Partitioning window, do one of the following to create a required drive partition: ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 59 • Manually create a root partition (/) a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 80 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d.

  • Page 60: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Operating System

    8. In the Installation Summary window, click Begin Installation to start installing the operating system. 9. During the installation, in the Configuration window, click Root Password to set the root password and then click Done. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 61: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Operating System

    10. When the installation is completed, in the Configuration window, click Reboot. 11. In the Initial Setup window, click License Information. 12. Select I accept the license agreement and click Done. 13. In the Initial Setup window, click Finish Configuration. 14.

  • Page 62: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • VMware ESXi 5.1 P5 • VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 • VMware ESXi 6.0 • VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 63 • VMware ESXi 6.7 Note: If the operating system is to be installed on SAN, download the instructional file How to Create a Customized VMWare ESXi ISO Image from http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/servers/thinkserver-rack-servers/thinkserver-rd650/documents . Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file. /HT100820?tabName=Solutions To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 64 ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 65: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode

    • “Preparing the driver” on page 59 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 59 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site at . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device.

  • Page 66: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system, refer to “Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system” on page 14. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 67: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system, do the following: 1.

  • Page 68: Installing The Windows Server Sac

    Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. The message Loading files... will be displayed. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 3. In the “Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016” window, configure the language and other options and then click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 69: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3

    Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site 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/...
  • Page 70 In the Formatting Options area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box. f. In the Mounting partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 71 g. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) To create a boot partition, do the following: a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda, and then click Add. b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c.

  • Page 72: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4

    In the New Partition Type window, select Primary Partition and then click Next. c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 73 e. In the Formatting Options area, select Ex3 (or FAT in UEFI mode) from the File System drop- down list box. f. In the Mount partition area, select /boot (or /boot/efi in UEFI mode) from the Mount Point drop- down list box. g.

  • Page 74: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System

    "cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
  • Page 75 4. If the Network Settings window is displayed, configure the network settings and click Next. Notes: If the operating system is to be installed on the SAN through an iSCSI card, the Disk Activation window is displayed. Do the following: a.

  • Page 76: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    In the Formatting Options area, select BtrFS from the File system drop-down list box. h. In the Mount partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. i. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 77 a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. b. In the New Partition Type window, select Primary Partition. c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d.

  • Page 78: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    In the Formatting Options area, select Ext4 from the File System drop-down list box. f. In the Mounting partition area, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. g. Click Finish. • Manually create a swap partition ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 79: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System

    a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. Select the default partition type, then click Next. b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c.
  • Page 80 If the “Do you want to continue with your selection (local time)?” window is displayed, click Continue. 10. In the Create New User window, set a user name and password, and then click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 81: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.5 Operating System

    Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. 11. In the “Password for the System Administrator–root” window, set a root password and click Next. Note: If the “Really use this password?”...
  • Page 82 Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a swap partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 83: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.6 Operating System

    c. In the Add Partition window, select swap from the File System Type drop-down list box. d. In the Allowable Drives window, choose the hard disk drive to install the operating system. e. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. 14.
  • Page 84 Go back to the partition window. Click Create and select Standard Partitioning. Click Create. g. In the Add Partition window, select the forward slash /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. h. Select Ext4 from the File System Type drop-down list box. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 85: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    i. In the Allowable Drives area, select the hard disk drive for operating system installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that sda is selected in this step. j. In the Size (MB) area, type 1024 and then click OK. The boot partition is created. k.
  • Page 86 Select EFI System Partition (or select Ext4 in Legacy mode) from the File System Type drop- down list box. e. In the Allowable Drives window, choose the hard disk drive to install the operating system. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 87: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a swap partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. b.
  • Page 88 In the Allowable Drives window, choose the hard disk drive to install the operating system. e. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 89: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Operating System

    Go back to the Partitioner window, the created root partition, boot partition, and swap partition are displayed. Click Next. The drive partition is finished. 12. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive. 13. In the “Writing storage configuration to disk” window, click Write changes to disk. 14.
  • Page 90 Click Next. The drive partition is finished. 13. In the Format Warnings window, click Format to format the hard disk drive. 14. In the “Writing storage configuration to disk” window, click Write changes to disk. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 91: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 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.
  • Page 92 16. Configure the language and click Next ➙ Next. 17. Set your user name and the password (if needed) and click Next. 18. Select the location as you need and click Next. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 93: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    19. 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 7.2 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (x64) operating system.

  • Page 94: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System

    In the Add a New Mount Point window, select forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 80 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d. Click Add mount point. e. Change Device Type to Standard Partition. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 95: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System

    • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d.
  • Page 96 16. In the Privacy window, set the location services as you are desired and click Next. 17. In the Time Zone window, set the time zone and click Next. 18. In the Online Accounts window, select your desired online account. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 97: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Operating System

    Note: Online Accounts is optional. Click Skip if you do not want to select an online account. 19. In the About You window, set the user name and click Next. 20. In the Password window, set the password and click Next. Note: The password is optional.

  • Page 98: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Operating System

    The following steps are based on the scenario that Server with GUI is selected and all items in the right pane are selected. Then click Done. 6. In the Installation Summary window, click Installation Destination. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 99 7. In the Installation Destination window, select a storage device from Local Standard Disks for installing the operating system, and click Done. Notes: If you want to create a drive partition, select I will configure partitioning and click Done. In the Manual Partitioning window, do one of the following to create a required drive partition: •...

  • Page 100: Installing The Citrix Xen Server Operating System

    19. When the installation completes, a notification window is displayed. Select OK and press Enter to restart your server. To upgrade the Citrix Xen Server 6.5.0 to Citrix Xen Server 6.5.1, do the following: 1. Start the Citrix Xencenter. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 101: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    • VMware ESXi 6.7 Note: If the operating system is to be installed on SAN, download the instructional file How to Create a Customized VMWare ESXi ISO Image from http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/servers/thinkserver-rack-servers/thinkserver-rd650/documents . Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file. /HT100820?tabName=Solutions To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 102 7. When the Confirm Install window is displayed, press F11. The installation process starts. 8. When the Installation Complete window is displayed, press Enter. The server restarts. The operating system is installed successfully. ThinkServer RD350 and RD450 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 103: Chapter 4. Installing Drivers

    To install the driver for the chipset, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the chipset from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 104: Installing The Driver For Usb 3.0 Connectors

    1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 105: Installing The Driver For The Hba Card

    To install the driver for the card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 106: Installing The Driver For The Avago Raid Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 107: Installing The Driver For The Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 108: Installing The Driver For The Fusionio Pcie Ssd-Ioscale3

    To install the driver for the PMC 8885e, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 109: Installing Drivers For An Onboard Graphics Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site 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...

  • Page 110: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card

    To install the driver for an onboard graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 111: Installing The Driver For The Intel Ethernet Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 112: Installing The Driver For The Avago 9300-8E Hba Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 113: Installing The Driver For The Pmc 8885E

    To install the driver for the PMC 8885e, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the RPM file to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 114: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 115: Installing The Driver For An Hba Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver for the card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 116: Installing Drivers For The Vmware Hypervisor

    To install drivers for the VMware hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the driver file from the Lenovo Support Web site. Ensure that the name of the driver file you download is offline-bundle.zip. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
  • Page 117 Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Chapter 4 Installing drivers...
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