Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Operating System Installation Manual page 6

• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
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. Press any key on the keyboard as soon as the message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" is
displayed. Then, the Windows setup initialization begins.
3. In the Windows Small Business Server 2011 window, configure the following options and then click Next.
• Language to install
• Time and currency format
• Keyboard or input method
4. Click Install now.
5. Click I accept the license terms and then click Next.
6. Select Custom (Advanced).
7. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do one of the following to select or
create a drive partition on which to install the operating system:
• Create a partition automatically: If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition,
highlight Disk0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system, and then click Next. After the setup process completes, a partition is automatically created.
• Manually create a partition: If you want to create a new partition manually, do the following:
a. Highlight Disk0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system, click Driver options (advanced), and then click New.
b. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
c. Click Next.
The selected partition will be formatted and the applicable files will be copied to the drive partition. This
process will take 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. To install a mass storage device driver, connect the USB storage device
containing the RAID controller driver to your server, and then select Load Driver.
8. The installation process will continue after the server restarts.
9. In the Install Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard window, select a setup mode and then
click Next.
• Clean Install: Select this option if you do not have an existing Windows domain. A Windows domain
is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that
share a central directory database. Select this option to set up a full new installation of the Windows
Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system.
• Server Migration: Select this option if you want to add this server to an existing Windows domain,
and then install the server applications. If you select this option, you can have only one server that
is running the Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system on your network, and that
server must be a domain controller of the network.
10. Verify the clock and time zone settings by clicking Open Date and Time to verify the clock and time
zone settings and then set your date and time.
11. Click Next.
12. Select one of the following methods for your server network configuration:
• Automatically detect the network settings: This option enables your server to automatically detect
the network settings of the network adapter. If you select this option, when the Get important updates
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