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Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 Installation Manual

Operating system installation guide - thinkserver rd330, rd430
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ThinkServer RD330 and
RD430 Operating System

Installation Guide

This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the following Lenovo
®
• ThinkServer
RD330
• ThinkServer RD430
This guide contains the following information:
• "Before installing an operating system" on page 1
• "Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system" on page 1
• "Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system" on page 3
• "Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system" on page 4
• "Installing device drivers for Windows operating systems" on page 9
• "Installing a Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 operating system and device drivers" on page 9
• "Installing a Linux operating system" on page 11
• "Installing device drivers for Linux operating systems" on page 17
• "Installing VMware ESXi 5.0" on page 17
Before installing an operating system
Ensure that you have prepared the following items before installing an operating system:
• Prepare an operating system installation disc with license.
• Print the related instructions in this guide or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another computer.
• Ensure that your server has supported hard disk drives installed.
• Configure RAID for your server before installing an operating system. For information about configuring
RAID, refer to the User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. You always can
obtain all the most up-to-date documentation for your server from the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
• Prepare a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device that contains the required device drivers for
your server model. To download device drivers, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers and follow the
instructions on the Web page.
• Set the optical drive that you want to use as the first startup device.
Notes:
• For onboard SAS software RAID, it is not supported to install an operating system in Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode. Do not start the server from the DVD-ROM device listed in "UEFI:
DVD-ROM name" on the Boot Options menu to install an operating system.
• For onboard SAS software RAID, it is not supported to install an operating system on a partition greater
than 2.2 TB.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems:
®
®
• Microsoft
Windows
Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 and x64)
®
servers:
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Summary of Contents for Lenovo ThinkServer RD330

  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    ThinkServer RD330 and RD430 Operating System Installation Guide ® This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the following Lenovo servers: ® • ThinkServer RD330 • ThinkServer RD430 This guide contains the following information: • “Before installing an operating system” on page 1 •...
  • Page 2 ® • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64) Notes: • Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before installing an operating system” on page 1. • Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic. To install an operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 3 Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x64) •...

  • Page 4: Operating System

    The selected drive partition will be formatted and the applicable files will be copied to the drive partition. This process takes several minutes. After that, the server will restart. Note: A message No drives were found might be displayed indicating that you do not have a mass storage device driver installed.
  • Page 5 6. Select Custom (Advanced) for fresh installation. 7. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do one of the following to select or create a drive partition in which to install the operating system: • Create a partition automatically: If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition, select Disk 0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next.
  • Page 6 15. Review your settings and click Next. 16. When the Expanding and installing files window opens, the server will restart. The server will restart multiple times and the process can take 30 minutes or longer. When a window opens notifying you that the installation is successful, the installation completes.
  • Page 7 9. Personalize your server by specifying the following information and then click Next. • Company information • Internal domain name • Server name Notes: • This information might be used to identify your server on the network. • This information cannot be changed after the server is set up. 10.
  • Page 8 6. The Setup Support Rules will identify the problems that might occur when you install the SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business Setup support files. • If no failure is reported, click OK. • If any failure is reported, correct the failure and then click OK. 7.
  • Page 9 Other Devices. To download and install a device driver, do the following: 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation file for the desired device driver to a USB storage device.
  • Page 10 To install an 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 message Press any key to boot from cd or dvd... is displayed, press any key. 3.
  • Page 11 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation file and the readme file for the desired device driver to a USB storage device. 2. Connect the USB storage device to a USB connector on your server after you log on to the server for the first time.
  • Page 12 7. Configure the following options and then select I Agree to the license terms. • Language • Keyboard Layout 8. Click Next. 9. When the Media Check window prompts you to check all the installation media, depending on your needs, click Start Check to do the check or click Next to skip the check. 10.
  • Page 13 RPM package named “DKMS-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm” before using your server. To download and install the package, do the following: a. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation file and the readme file for the package to a USB storage device.
  • Page 14 and how to get it, go to http://www.redhat.com/InstNum/. You also can skip this step and manually install the software programs later. 9. A window opens prompting you to partition your hard disk drive. By default, a partition already is selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to manually create a partition, select one of the following: •...
  • Page 15 22. In the SELinux window, check and configure the settings according to your needs, and then click Forward. 23. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if desired, and then click Forward. Note: Kdump is a kernel crash dumping mechanism. 24.
  • Page 16 11. By default, a partition already is selected for you to install the operating system. If you want to manually create a partition, select one of the following, and then click Next. • Use All Space • Replacing Existing Linux System(s) •...

  • Page 17: Installing Vmware Esxi

    To download and install a device driver, do the following: 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation file and the readme file for the desired device driver to a USB storage device.
  • Page 18 Note: The root password must contain at least seven characters. 9. When the Confirm Install window opens, press F11 to start the installation process. 10. When the Installation Complete window opens, press Enter to restart the server. The installation finishes. Remove the disc from the optical drive.
  • Page 20 LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration “GSA” contract, use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No. GS-35F-05925. Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both.

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