Lenovo ThinkServer TD350, Installation Manual

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To install the Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device, and start the server from the optical drive.
2. If the message
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...
is displayed, press any key. If the message
Windows
Setup [EMS Enabled]
is displayed, press Enter. The message
Loading files...
will be displayed. Wait
several minutes for the system to load the files.
3. In the “Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016” window, configure the language and other options and then click
Next .
4. Click Install now .
5. Type your product key and then click Next . The product key information is available on the Microsoft
Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
6. Read the applicable notices and license terms and select I accept the license terms . Then click Next .
7. Select the type of installation you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom:
Install the newer version of Hyper-V Server only (advanced) is selected in this step.
8. In the “Where do you want to install Hyper-V Server?” window, choose the storage device to install the
operating system, and then click New .
9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply .
10. In the “Microsoft Hyper-V Server Setup” window, click OK .
11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next . The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
12. When the message “The user’s password must be changed before signing” is displayed, click OK .
13. When the “Administrator” window is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to change the
password.
14. When the message
Your password has been changed
is displayed, click OK to log in to the operating
system.
Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with
Service Pack 3
This topic provides instructions on how to install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with
Service Pack 3 (x86 and x64).
Before you start the operating system installation, do the following:
1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device
drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at
http://www.lenovo.com/
drivers
. Unzip the driver file if necessary. The extension of the driver file is .img usually.
2. Save the driver file to the root directory, and then type the following commands:
cd/root
mkdir img
mount -oloop *.img
3. A folder named as 01 or 02 is created. Copy the folder to the root directory of a USB storage device.
To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 3, do the following:
1. For server models with the RAID configuration, connect the USB storage device that contains the driver
to your server. For server models with other configurations, go to next step.
2. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
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ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide