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Guide This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the following Lenovo® servers: • ThinkServer® RD330 • ThinkServer RD430 This guide contains the following information: • "Before installing an operating system" on page 1 • "Installing a Microsoft Windows Server - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 2
on the scenario that Windows Server 2008 Standard (Full Installation) is selected in this step. 7. Read the license terms and click I accept the license terms. Then click Next. 8. Select Custom (Advanced) for fresh installation. 9. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 3
provides instructions on installing the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 (x64) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 4
memory and 120 GB of free space on the hard disk drive for installing the operating system. • Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic. To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 5
create a partition: If you want to create a partition manually, do the following: a. Select Disk 0 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 - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 6
memory and 160 GB of free space on the hard disk drive for installing the operating system. • Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic. To install a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 7
operating system. For instructions on how to install the operating system, see "Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system" on page 4. 2. Insert the SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business setup DVD into the DVD drive on your server. 3. When the AutoPlay - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 8
reported, correct the failure and then click OK. 7. In the Setup Support Files window, click Install to install the SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business Setup support files. 8. The Setup Support Rules will identify the problems that might occur during the installation. Correct any failure that is - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 9
, do the following: 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation file for the desired device driver to a USB storage device. 2. Copy the installation file to the server where the device driver is to be installed, and then double - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 10
license terms. Then click Next. 8. Select Custom (Advanced) for fresh installation. 9. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do one of the following to select or create a drive partition in which to install the operating system: • Create a partition automatically: If you - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 11
operating system" on page 15 • "Installing device drivers for Linux operating systems" on page 17 Installing a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing a SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 1 (x86 and x64) operating system. Notes - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 12
installing a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 1 (x64) operating system, select Xen Virtualization Host (Local X11 Not Configured by Default), and then click Next. 13. When the Installation Settings window opens, do one of the following to select or create a drive partition on which - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 13
as the first startup device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installation welcome window opens, type linux dd after boot:, and then press Enter. 3. When a dialogue box opens asking you if you have a driver disk, select Yes, and then press Enter - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 14
can skip this step and manually install the software programs later. 9. A window opens prompting you to partition your hard disk drive. By default, a partition already process of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system. 18. When a window opens notifying you that the installation - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 15
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation welcome window opens, select one of the following and then press Enter. • Install or upgrade an existing system • Install system with basic video driver (default) • Rescue installed system - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 16
you to format the hard disk drive, click Format. 14. In the Writing storage configuration to disk window, click Write changes to disk. 15. When the Boot loader operating system window opens, click Next. 16. The default installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a basic server installation. You can - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 17
might need to download and install required device drivers to ensure that the hardware devices in your server work correctly. To download and install a device driver, do the following: 1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the installation - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 18
: The root password must contain at least seven characters. 9. When the Confirm Install window opens, press F11 to start the installation process. 10. When the Installation Complete window opens, press Enter to restart the server. The installation finishes. Remove the disc from the optical drive. 18 - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 | Operating System Installation Guide - ThinkServer RD3 - Page 19
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ThinkServer RD330 and
RD430 Operating System
Installation Guide
This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the following Lenovo
®
servers:
• ThinkServer
®
RD330
• ThinkServer RD430
This guide contains the following information:
•
“Before installing an operating system” on page 1
•
“Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system” on page 1
•
“Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system” on page 3
•
“Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system” on page 4
•
“Installing device drivers for Windows operating systems” on page 9
•
“Installing a Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 operating system and device drivers” on page 9
•
“Installing a Linux operating system” on page 11
•
“Installing device drivers for Linux operating systems” on page 17
•
“Installing VMware ESXi 5.0” on page 17
Before installing an operating system
Ensure that you have prepared the following items before installing an operating system:
• Prepare an operating system installation disc with license.
• Print the related instructions in this guide or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another computer.
• Ensure that your server has supported hard disk drives installed.
• Configure RAID for your server before installing an operating system. For information about configuring
RAID, refer to the
User Guide
on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. You always can
obtain all the most up-to-date documentation for your server from the Lenovo Web site at:
• Prepare a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device that contains the required device drivers for
your server model. To download device drivers, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers and follow the
instructions on the Web page.
• Set the optical drive that you want to use as the first startup device.
Notes:
• For onboard SAS software RAID, it is not supported to install an operating system in Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode. Do not start the server from the DVD-ROM device listed in “UEFI:
DVD-ROM name” on the
Boot Options
menu to install an operating system.
• For onboard SAS software RAID, it is not supported to install an operating system on a partition greater
than 2.2 TB.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 and x64)
1