• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before
installing an operating system” on page 1.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
To install an operating system, do the following:
1. Connect the prepared USB storage device to the server. The USB storage device should contain
required device drivers for your server model and operating system.
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.
3. Press any key on the keyboard as soon as the message
Press any key to boot from CD
is displayed. The
Windows setup initialization begins.
Note:
If your server configuration is onboard SATA without RAID, go to step 8.
4. Press F6 as soon as the message
Press F6 if you need ... driver
is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
5. When the message
Setup could not determine the ... devices
is displayed, press S and follow the
instructions on the screen to install device drivers.
6. When the message
You have chosen...
is displayed, select
LSI Embedded MegaRAID (Windows
2003...)
and press Enter.
7. When the message
Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices
is displayed, press
Enter.
8. When the welcome window is displayed, press Enter. Then, the Windows License 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, which you have selected, will be formatted and the applicable files will be copied from
the operating system installation disc to the drive partition. When the process finishes, the server will
restart automatically.
12. After the server restarts, follow the instructions on the screen to set the regional and language options,
enter your name and license key, and do other configurations to complete the installation.
13. Install other required device drivers. To download device drivers, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
and follow the instructions on the Web page.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundations Edition (x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x86 and x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x86 and x64)
Notes:
• Ensure that you have prepared all the required items before installing an operating system. See “Before
installing an operating system” on page 1.
• Follow the instructions on the screen in addition to the instructions in this topic.
To install an operating system, do the following:
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