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  • Page 1 ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Me First and Safety, Warranty, and Support Information that came with your product. First Edition (September 2014) © Copyright Lenovo 2014. 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Installing drivers for the Intel Management Engine Interface ... . Essentials operating system ..© Copyright Lenovo 2014...
  • Page 4 Trademarks ....HBA card ....ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction ® ® This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 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 6 Supported operating systems AHCI SATA Add-On SD card RAID RAID ® SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 3 ® ® Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 3 Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode Before installing an operating system, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device.

  • Page 8: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (X64) Operating System With Service Pack 1

    12. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The installation begins. Your server restarts several times during the installation. 13. Change your password and then click OK. ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 9: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System

    14. In the window for creating passwords, type your new password and confirm the new password, and then click OK. Note: The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 15.

  • Page 10: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System

    6. 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: ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 11 a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver. b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK. c. In the “Select the driver to be installed” window, select Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer, select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next to install the driver.

  • Page 12: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System

    Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 14. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted. ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 13: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and the drivers: • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system, do the following: 1.

  • Page 14: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

    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 15: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    b. Copy the folder that contains the driver to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server. c. Open the Device Manager window. Right-click on the graphics card that requires drivers, and then select Update Driver Software. d.

  • Page 16: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    5. Type your product key and then click Next. The product key information is available on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then click Next. ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

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

    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. 8. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following: •...

  • Page 18: Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard Operating System

    Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver. b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK. ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 19: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System

    c. In the “Select the driver to be installed” window, select Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer, select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next to install the driver. • If your SATA configuration is set as IDE: go to step 8. •...

  • Page 20: 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/drivers.
  • Page 21 c. Press F10. In the “Pls choose the Driver Update medium” window, locate the disk in which the drive is located, and then click OK. d. Select Back to finish loading the driver. • If your SATA configuration is set as non-RAID, select Installation, and then press Enter. 3.

  • Page 22: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.5 Operating System

    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. Depending on the SATA configuration on your serve, do one of the following: ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 23 • If your SATA configuration is set as RAID (both onboard SATA software RAID and RAID card or the operating system is to be installed on a SAN card, do the following to upgrade the corresponding drivers: a. When the message displays as “Press any key to enter the menu”, press any key. b.
  • Page 24 - Perfomrms a verified launch using Intel TXT is cleared. 18. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server. 19. The installation continues after the server restarts. In the Welcome window, click Forward. ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

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

    20. In the License Information window, select Yes, I agree to the License Agreement, and then click Forward. 21. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings as you need, and then click Forward. 22. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. 23.

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

    Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system. To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system, do the following: ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 27 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. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter.
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  • Page 29: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 3 (x32 and x64) Before installing an operating system in legacy mode Before installing an operating system, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device.

  • Page 30: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (X64) Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, see “Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system” on page 6 . ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 31: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System

    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/drivers.
  • Page 32 Next. 8. When the Installation Settings window is displayed, create a drive partition as you need. • Manually create a root partition (/) To create a root partition, do the following: ThinkServer RD550 and RD650 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 33 a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partition (for experts). Click Next. b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda, and then click Add. 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. e.

  • Page 34: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.5 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 (x64 or x86) operating system, see “Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.5 operating system” on page 18. Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

  • Page 35: 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 36: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA 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 37: Installing The Driver For Usb 3.0 Connectors

    To install the driver for a host bus adapter (HBA) card or a MEZZ card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the HBA card or the MEZZ card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder.

  • Page 38: Installing The Driver For A Mezzanine Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver for a Mezzanine card or a CNA 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 39: Installing The Driver For The Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

    To install the driver for the SATA AHCI, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the SATA AHCI 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 40: Installing The Driver For The Fusionio Pcie Ssd-Ioscale3

    To install the driver for the FusionIO PCIe SSD-IOScale3, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding 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 41: Installing The Driver For The Chipset

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card 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 42: Installing The Driver For An Hba Card

    To install the driver for an HBA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for an HBA card 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 43: Installing Drivers For The Intel Management Engine Interface

    To install the driver for an onboard graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the onboard graphics card 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 44: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card 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 45: 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 for the card 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 46: Installing The Driver For A Raid Card

    To install the driver for a RAID card, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding driver for the RAID card 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 47: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card or a CNA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the card 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 48: Installing The Driver For The Lpe16002B Hba Card Or A Cna Card

    To install the driver for the card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the card 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 49: Trademarks

    Use the corresponding file name on your server. 4. Restart your server. Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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