Lenovo ThinkServer RD120 Installation Instructions for Microsoft Windows Serve

Lenovo ThinkServer RD120 Manual

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Installation Instructions for manual installation of
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
First Edition
Updated:
06 October 2008
(C) Copyright Lenovo 2008. Portions copyright IBM 2006. All rights reserved.
NOTE
: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general
information in Section 5.0 Notices in this document.
Follow the network operating system (NOS) installation instructions provided in this
document in sequential order unless these instructions advise you otherwise. Windows
and messages might differ from those in this document.
1.0 What you will need
You must have the following software and hardware for the installation:
A licensed copy of Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003.
USB diskette drive and the RAID device driver diskette. (To create this diskette,
see 3.1 Creating a RAID device driver diskette.)
Supported hard disk drives. Go to http
://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver/
for the
Lenovo® ThinkServer® Proven list of supported options and part numbers for the
server. You will need to set up the logical drive array before installing the
operating system.
For more information, see the documentation that comes with your server.
2.0 Where to download device drivers and files
You can download the device drivers from the Device Drivers matrix on the Lenovo
Support Web site:
3.0 Installation instructions for Microsoft Windows
Server 2003
You must first download the RAID device driver onto a diskette.
3.1 Creating a RAID device driver diskette
To create the RAID device driver diskette, complete the following steps: