Lenovo ThinkServer RD120 Installation Instructions for Microsoft Windows Serve - Page 2

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1. From an Internet-connected system with a diskette drive, go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support and select Driver matrices from the Quick links. 2. Click ThinkServer and then click your machine type to view the Drivers and software list. 3. Locate and click the link for the controller driver, and then click the executable file link. 4. Click I agree to accept the license agreement. 5. Insert a blank, formatted diskette, and click OK. The device driver files are then extracted to the diskette. Note: Adaptec drivers must be in the root directory of the diskette to install properly. 6. When prompted, click Quit. 3.2 Creating a logical array To create a logical array, complete the following steps: 1. Switch on the server. While the server is starting, press Ctrl + A. 2. Select Array Configuration Utility and press Enter. 3. Select Initialize drives. 4. Press the space bar to select the drives that you want to include in the array and press Enter. 5. Select Yes. 6. Press the space bar to select the drive. 7. For the Array Type, select Volume and press Enter. 8. Type an Array Label and press Enter. 9. Select Manage array to verify that the array was created successfully. 10. Press Esc, and then press Esc again. 11. Select Yes. 12. The server reboots. 13. Press F12 to open the Boot menu and select and select CD Drive to set the server to boot from the Windows Server 2003 Setup CD. 3.3 Installing Windows Server 2003 To install Windows Server 2003, complete the following steps: 1. Ensure that the server is turned off. 2. Connect a USB diskette drive to the server. 3. Turn on the server and insert the Windows Server 2003 Setup CD into the CD drive. If you are prompted with the message "Press any key to boot from cd", press any key. 4. When you are prompted to Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver, press F6. Windows Server 2003 Setup copies the files from the setup CD. This process takes a few minutes.

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1.
From an Internet-connected system with a diskette drive, go to:
and select
Driver matrices
from the Quick links.
2.
Click
ThinkServer
and then click your machine type to view the Drivers and
software list.
3.
Locate and click the link for the controller driver, and then click the executable
file link.
4.
Click
I agree
to accept the license agreement.
5.
Insert a blank, formatted diskette, and click
OK
. The device driver files are then
extracted to the diskette.
Note:
Adaptec drivers must be in the root directory of the diskette to install properly.
6.
When prompted, click
Quit
.
3.2 Creating a logical array
To create a logical array, complete the following steps:
1.
Switch on the server. While the server is starting, press
Ctrl + A
.
2.
Select
Array Configuration Utility
and press Enter.
3.
Select
Initialize drives
.
4.
Press the space bar to select the drives that you want to include in the array and
press Enter.
5.
Select
Yes
.
6.
Press the space bar to select the drive.
7.
For the Array Type, select
Volume
and press Enter.
8.
Type an Array Label and press Enter.
9.
Select
Manage array
to verify that the array was created successfully.
10.
Press
Esc
, and then press
Esc
again.
11.
Select
Yes
.
12.
The server reboots.
13.
Press F12 to open the Boot menu and select and select
CD Drive
to set the server
to boot from the Windows Server 2003 Setup CD.
3.3 Installing Windows Server 2003
To install Windows Server 2003, complete the following steps:
1.
Ensure that the server is turned off.
2.
Connect a USB diskette drive to the server.
3.
Turn on the server and insert the Windows Server 2003 Setup CD into the CD
drive. If you are prompted with the message "Press any key to boot from cd",
press any key.
4.
When you are prompted to
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or
RAID driver
, press
F6
. Windows Server 2003 Setup copies the files from the
setup CD. This process takes a few minutes.