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Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating
system

To install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system, see “Installing the Microsoft Windows
Server 2012 Essentials operating system” on page 12.

Installing drivers for the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating
system

To install drivers for the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system, see “Installing drivers for the
Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system” on page 13.

Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
operating system

To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system, see “Installing the
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system” on page 7.

Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
operating system

To install drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system, see “Installing
drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system” on page 8.

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 9.

Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
operating system

To install drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, see “Installing
drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system” on page 10.

Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium
Add-on operating system

To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system, see
“Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system” on
page 10.

Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium
Add-on operating system

To install drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system, see
“Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system” on
page 11.

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Installing an operating system in UEFI mode

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Summary of Contents for RD540

Page 1: ...ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...anty and Support Information that came with your product First Edition November 2013 Copyright Lenovo 2013 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: ...tem 13 Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system with Service Pack 4 14 Installing the driver for an Ethernet card 16 Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card 16 Installing the driver for an HBA card 16 Installing the driver for a CNA card 17 Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 2 17 Installing drivers for the SUSE Linux ...

Page 4: ... for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system 35 Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on operating system 35 Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on operating system 35 Installing the Hyper V Server 2008 R2 operating system 36 Installing drivers for the Hyper V Server 2008 R2 operating system 36 Install...

Page 5: ...AID card from the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD that comes with your server to a Universal Serial Bus USB storage device Set the optical drive that you want to use as the first startup device Depending on the server model an external optical drive might be required Note If you want to install an operating system in UEFI mode set the UEFI drive as the first startup device Copyright Lenovo 2013 1 ...

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Page 7: ...icrosoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 4 x64 and x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 2 x64 and x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5 9 x64 and x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6 4 x64 and x86 VMware ESXi 5 1 Hyper V Server 2008 Hyper V Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 Hyper V Server 2012 Citrix XenServer 6 0 2 Citrix XenServ...

Page 8: ...ompatible with this computer s hardware and then select the driver that you want to install on your server Click Next 13 On the Where do you want to install Windows window click Drive options advanced 14 Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click New 15 Type the amount of space in MB and then click Apply 16 Select the drive partition on which you wa...

Page 9: ... server Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card To install the driver for an onboard graphics card do the following 1 Log in to the operating system and insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD runs automatically Note If the DVD does not run automatically click Run launch exe on the AutoPlay window 2 On the End User License Agreement ...

Page 10: ...ation completes Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system and drivers This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and drivers Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition with Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 ...

Page 11: ... Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 To install drivers for a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 refer to the related topics For instructions on how to install the driver for the chipset see Installing the driver for the chipset on page 4 For instructions on how to install the driver for an Ethernet card see Installing the driver for an Ethernet card on pag...

Page 12: ...er options as you need and then click Next 12 On the Verify the date and time settings window configure the date and time Then click Next 13 Read the license terms and select I accept the license Then click Next 14 Type your product key and then click Next 15 Personalize the server by typing the user name and then click Next 16 On the Provide your administrator information account 1 of 2 window ty...

Page 13: ...ck Load Driver 7 Browse to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK 8 Select the driver that you want to install and click Next to install the driver 9 On the Where do you want to install Windows window click Drive options advanced 10 Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click New 11 Type the amount of space in MB and then click Apply 12 O...

Page 14: ... Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system To install drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system refer to the related topics For instructions on how to install the driver for the chipset see Installing the driver for the chipset on page 4 For instructions on how to install the driver for an Ethernet card see Installing the driver for an Ethernet card on...

Page 15: ...stem when prompted Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on operating system To install drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on operating system refer to the related topics For instructions on how to install the driver for the chipset see Installing the driver for the chipset on page 4 For instructions on how to install the driver for a...

Page 16: ...stall the operating system and then click New 14 Type the amount of space in MB and then click Apply 15 On the Install Windows window click OK 16 Ensure that the drive partition is correct and then click Next The installation begins 17 When the Settings window is displayed set an administrator password and click Finish Then follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system wh...

Page 17: ...o install on your server Then click Next 11 On the Where do you want to install Windows window click Drive options advanced Then click New 12 Type the amount of space in MB and then click Apply 13 On the Windows Setup window click OK 14 Ensure that the drive partition is correct and then click Next The installation begins Note Your server will restart several times during the installation 15 Confi...

Page 18: ... your server 3 On the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Welcome window press F5 and select Yes 4 Select Installation and press Enter 5 When you are prompted to choose the driver update medium select Back 6 Select your language and keyboard layout as you need and then select Yes I Agree to the License Agreement Click Next 7 On the Installation Mode window click New Installation and then click Next 8 Ver...

Page 19: ... 12 Click Install to install the software programs that you have selected 13 When the Confirm Installation window is displayed click Install When the installation process completes the server automatically restarts 14 The setup process continues after the server restarts Set your root user password Then select Next and press Enter Note The password must contain at least six characters and consist ...

Page 20: ...k Card Setup window select Statically assigned IP Address and configure the settings as you need Then click Next 9 Configure the other Ethernet cards if needed Click OK to complete the Ethernet card configuration Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card This topic provides instructions on how to install the driver for an onboard graphics card To install the driver for an onboard graphics...

Page 21: ...g in to the operating system and copy the folder from your USB storage device to the tmp directory on your server 3 Use the following commands to install the driver For Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and iSCSI over Ethernet ISOE protocols cd tmp cd qla2xxx_8242 extras build sh Note The qla2xxx_8242 represents the name of the driver package file and the build sh represents the name of the driver ...

Page 22: ...window and then click Next 10 On the Server Base Scenario window select Physical Machine also for Fully Virtualized Guests and then click Next 11 When the Installation Settings window is displayed create a drive partition as you need Manually create a root partition To create a new root partition do the following a Click Partitioning b On the Preparing Hard Disk window select Custom Partitioning f...

Page 23: ...r case letters and numbers 16 Set your host name and domain name Then select Next and press Enter 17 Configure your network in the Network Configuration window Then select Next and press Enter Note If the Test Internet Connection window is displayed configure the setting as you need Then select Next and press Enter 18 On the Installation Settings window configure the settings as you need Select Ne...

Page 24: ...ion Press Enter 4 When the installation window is displayed click Next 5 Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next 6 Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next 7 When prompted to type the installation number type your installation number in the Installation Number field and then click OK The installation number enables the aut...

Page 25: ...he installation completes remove the operating system installation disc from the optical drive and then click Reboot to restart your server 17 The setup process continues after the server restarts On the Welcome window click Forward 18 Click Yes I agree to the License Agreement and then click Forward 19 On the Firewall window check and configure the settings as you need and then click Forward 20 O...

Page 26: ...the root user account Then click Next Note If a message prompts you that the password is weak click Use Anyway 12 By default a partition is already selected for you to install the operating system If you want to create a partition manually select the option as you need and then click Next Note The following steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step 13 On th...

Page 27: ...rt your server 19 The installation continues after the server restarts On the Welcome window click Forward 20 Click Yes I agree to the License Agreement and then click Forward 21 On the Set Up Software Updates window configure the settings as you need and then click Forward 22 On the Finish Updates Setup window click Forward 23 Set your user name and password on the Create User window and then cli...

Page 28: ...lect a drive for installation and press Enter 6 On the Confirm Disk Selection window press Enter 7 Select a keyboard layout and press Enter 8 Set a root password and press Enter Note The root password must contain at least seven characters 9 Press F11 to start the installation process 10 On the Installation Complete window press Enter to restart the server The installation completes Remove the dis...

Page 29: ...ense terms Then click Next 7 Select the type of installation as you need The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom Advanced is selected in this step 8 On the Where do you want to install Windows window connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver 9 Browse to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK 10 Select Hide drivers tha...

Page 30: ...all the driver for the Ethernet card do the following 1 Copy the driver for the Ethernet card from the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD that comes with your server to a USB storage device Connect the USB storage device to your server 2 Use the following commands to install the driver for the Ethernet card e cd NICWIN2K8X86 Pnputil i a inf Notes e represents the drive letter of your USB storage device T...

Page 31: ...ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD runs automatically Note If the DVD does not run automatically click Run launch exe on the AutoPlay window 2 On the End User License Agreement window click Accept The installation window is displayed 3 Click Driver Install Select your server model from the Server Model drop down list box and the operating system from...

Page 32: ...lick OK 9 Select Hide drivers that aren t compatible with this computer s hardware and then select the driver that you want to install on your server Click Next 10 On the Where do you want to install Windows window click Drive options advanced 11 Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click New 12 Type the amount of space in MB and then click Apply 13...

Page 33: ...r 4 Restart your server after the installation completes Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card To install the driver for an onboard graphics card do the following 1 Copy the driver for an onboard graphics card from the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD that comes with your server to a USB storage device Connect the USB storage device to your server 2 Use the following commands to install th...

Page 34: ...SB storage device The rd540_win_2008_hyperv_qle8242_nic represents the name of the folder where the driver is stored Use the corresponding folder name on your server The qln6x64 represents the name of the driver Use the corresponding driver name on your server 3 Restart your server after the installation completes Installing the Citrix XenServer hypervisor This topic provides instructions on how t...

Page 35: ...ation 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 d...

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Page 37: ... Pack 1 Hyper V Server 2012 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6 4 x64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 2 x64 VMware ESXi 5 1 Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode do the following 1 Start the Setup Utility program 2 On the Advanced menu select PCI PCIE Configuration Launch PXE OpROM 3 Select UEFI first Installing a Microsof...

Page 38: ... 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 To install a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 see Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 on page 6 Installing drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 To install drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1 ...

Page 39: ...ystem on page 8 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 9 Installing drivers for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system To install drivers for t...

Page 40: ...Server 2012 operating system on page 28 Installing drivers for the Hyper V Server 2012 operating system To install drivers for the Hyper V Server 2012 operating system refer to the related topics For instructions on how to install the driver for the chipset see Installing the driver for the chipset on page 28 For instructions on how to install the driver for an Ethernet card see Installing the dri...

Page 41: ...SXi 5 1 hypervisor on page 24 Installing drivers for the VMware ESXi 5 1 hypervisor To install drivers for the VMware ESXi 5 1 hypervisor see Installing drivers for the VMware ESXi 5 1 hypervisor on page 24 Trademarks Lenovo the Lenovo logo and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States other countries or both Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and or oth...

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