Installing Drivers For The Citrix Xenserver Hypervisor - Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 Operating System Installation Manual

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6. Select the hard disk drive that you want to use for virtual machine storage. Select OK, and then press
Enter.
7. Select the installation source as you need. Select OK, and then press Enter.
8. Select Yes when prompted to install the supplemental packs and then press Enter.
9. Depending on your needs, select Verify installation source to check all the installation media or select
Skip verification to skip the check. Then select OK and press Enter.
10. Set your password on the Set Password window, select OK, and then press Enter.
11. Depending on your needs, select a proper Ethernet adapter, select OK, and then press Enter.
12. Configure the IP information as you need. Select OK and press Enter.
13. On the Hostname and DNS Configuration window, configure the settings as you need. Then select
OK and press Enter.
14. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone, select OK, and then press Enter.
15. On the System Time window, depending on your needs, select Using NTP to set the time through
Network Time Protocol (NTP) or select Manual time entry to type the time information at the end of
the installation. Then select OK and press Enter.
16. On the Confirm Installation window, select Install XenServer and then press Enter to start the
installation.
17. On the New Media window, configure the settings as you need. Select Skip and then press Enter.
18. Set your time and date on the Set local time window, select OK, and then press Enter.
19. When the installation completes, a notification window is displayed. Select OK and press Enter
to restart your server.
20. Remove the disc from the optical drive after the whole process completes.

Installing drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor

This topic provides instructions on how to install drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor.
To install drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor, do the following:
1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Support Web site. Copy the qla2xxx.iso file to your USB storage
device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
2. Use the following commands to install the drivers.
mkdir -p /mnt/tmp
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/tmp
mount /mnt/tmp/qla2xxx.iso /mnt/tmp -o loop,ro
cd /mnt/tmp/
./install.sh
umount /mnt/tmp
Notes:
• The sdb1 represents the drive letter of your USB storage device.
• The qla2xxx.iso represents the name of the driver package file. Use the corresponding file name
on your server.
• The install.sh represents the driver name. Use the corresponding driver name on your server.
3. Restart your server.
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