Installing Vmware Esxi - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 Installation Manual

• No, I prefer to register at a later time
21. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward.
22. Set your user name and password in the Create User window, and then click Forward.
23. Set your time and date in the Date and Time window, and then click Forward.
24. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if desired, and then click Finish to complete the installation
process. When prompted to restart the server, click Yes.
Notes:
• Kdump is a kernel crash dumping mechanism.
• When prompted to restart the server, click Yes.
Installing device drivers for Linux operating systems
After you finish installing an operating system, you might need to download and install required device
drivers to ensure that the hardware devices in your server work correctly.
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.
2. Connect the USB storage device to a USB connector on your server after you log on to the server for
the first time. Follow the instructions in the readme file to install the device driver.

Installing VMware ESXi 5.0

This topic provides instructions on installing VMware
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See "Before
installing an operating system" on page 1.
• The VMware ESXi 5.0 is not supported on onboard SAS software RAID configuration.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
To install VMware ESXi 5.0, do the following:
1. Insert the 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 Tab to edit options is displayed, you can press Tab and then edit options
depending on your needs. The following steps are based on the scenario that you have waited for
around eight seconds without editing any options. When the Loading ESXi installer window opens,
wait for a few seconds.
3. When the Welcome to the VMware ESXi 5.0 Installation window opens, press Enter.
4. When the End User License Agreement (EULA) window opens, press F11 to accept the license
agreement and continue with the installation.
5. When the Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade window opens, select a drive for installation and press Enter.
6. When the Confirm Disk Selection window opens, press Enter.
7. When you are prompted to select a keyboard layout, select a language and press Enter. Then, you
are prompted to set a root password.
8. Set a root password and press Enter.
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ESXi 5.0, which is a virtualization hypervisor.
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