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ThinkServer TS130
Operating System Installation
Guide

This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo

®

ThinkServer

®

TS130

server.

This guide provides instructions on the following:

• “Before installing an operating system” on page 1

• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system” on page 1

• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system” on page 2

• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system or a Microsoft Windows MultiPoint

Server 2011 operating system” on page 3

• “Installing a Windows 7 operating system” on page 5

• “Installing a Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating systems” on page 6

• “Installing device drivers for Windows operating systems” on page 11

• “Installing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 operating system” on page 11

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 if you want to use RAID. 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:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

• 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.

You will need to configure RAID before installing the operating system. For more information about
configuring RAID, see the documentation that comes with your server. You can download the device drivers
from the device driver matrix on the Lenovo Support Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 operating
system

This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems:

• Microsoft

®

Windows

®

Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 (x86 and x64)

• Microsoft Windows Server

®

2003 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (x86 and x64)

Notes:

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Summary of Contents for ThinkSERVER TS130

Page 1: ... computer Ensure that your server has supported hard disk drives installed Configure RAID for your server if you want to use RAID 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 http www lenovo com ThinkServerUserGuides Prepare ...

Page 2: ...se Agreement is displayed 9 Press F8 to accept the Windows License Agreement and continue with the installation 10 When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed select a drive partition on which you want to install the operating system and then press Enter 11 Follow the instructions on the screen to make selections until the installation process begins Then the drive partition wh...

Page 3: ...rd disk drive as one primary partition select Disk 0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system and then click Next A partition will be created automatically Manually create a partition If you want to create a new partition manually do the following a Select Disk 0 unallocated space for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating ...

Page 4: ... select the operation system edition that you have purchased and then click Next 6 Read the license terms and click I accept the license terms Then click Next 7 Select Custom Advanced for fresh installation 8 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 autom...

Page 5: ...ou need and then click Next Language to install Time and currency format Keyboard or input method 4 Click Install now 5 Read the license terms and click I accept the license terms Then click Next 6 Select Custom Advanced for fresh installation 7 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 oper...

Page 6: ...want to install a Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system At least 8 GB of memory for a Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system and 2 GB of memory for a Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system The network connection between your server and an external network is available Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Stan...

Page 7: ...Server 2011 Standard window opens select a setup mode and then click Next Clean Install Select this option if you do not have an existing Windows domain A Windows domain is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that share a central directory database Select this option to set up a full new installation of the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Stan...

Page 8: ...ating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device Then start the server from the optical drive 2 When the message Press any key to boot from cd or dvd is displayed press any key The message Windows is loading files is displayed and installation files will be copied from the setup DVD to your server This process takes several minutes 3 In the Window...

Page 9: ... on This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add on provides small businesses with a flexible and cost effective solution for deploying additional servers on a network running a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system or a Microsoft Windows Small ...

Page 10: ...r 2008 R2 for Small Business The key information is available on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging 11 In the License Terms window click I accept the license terms and then click Next 12 In the Setup Role window select one of the following to specify which feature components you want to install and then click Next SQL Server Feature Installation SQL Server PowerPi...

Page 11: ...river is to be installed and then double click the installation file 3 Click Next in the Welcome window 4 In the License Agreement window select I accept the agreement and then click Next to continue 5 Specify the directory where you want to save the installation file and then click Next 6 Click Install to begin the installation process 7 When you are prompted that the installation has completed c...

Page 12: ...name for your server in the Hostname field Then click Next 9 Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone Then click Next 10 Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account Then click Next 11 By default a partition is already selected for you to install the operating system If you want to manually create a partition select one of the following...

Page 13: ... repositories that you want to use for the software installation Select Customize now or Customize later Then click Next The installation process begins Note If you select Customize now you can select software installation packages of your choice by clicking Optional packages in the window displayed Then click Next 18 When a window opens notifying you that the installation has completed click Rebo...

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