Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 Operating System Installation Manual
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- Page 1 ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
- Page 2 Me First and Safety, Warranty, 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Service Pack 4 ..Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system and drivers ..Installing the driver for an Ethernet card . . . © Copyright Lenovo 2013... - Page 4 ....Trademarks ....Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system . ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 5: Chapter 1. Before Installing An Operating System
• 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... - Page 6 ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 7: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and drivers. • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (x64 and x86) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (x64 and x86) • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (x64 and x86) © Copyright Lenovo 2013... -
Page 8: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System
4. Select your server model from the Server Model drop-down list box, the operating system from the Operating System drop-down list box, and the driver from the Select a Driver drop-down list box. 5. Click Install. Note: If prompted, click Yes. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 9: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card
6. On the Welcome to the Setup Program window, click Next. 7. On the License Agreement window, click Yes. 8. On the Readme File Information window, click Next. Note: If prompted, select Always trust software from Intel Corp-Chipset INF and click Install. 9. -
Page 10: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card
4. Click Install now. 5. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click Next. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 11: Installing Drivers For A Windows Server 2008
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, click Load driver. 9. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then browse to the folder where the driver is stored. -
Page 12: Installing Drivers For The Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System
• For instructions on how to install the driver for an onboard graphics card, see “Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card” on page 5. • For instructions on how to install the driver for an HBA card, see “Installing the driver for an HBA card” on page 5. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 13: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System
• For instructions on how to install the driver for a CNA card, see “Installing the driver for a CNA card” on page 6. Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system. -
Page 14: Installing Drivers For The Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System
Then, start the server from the optical drive. Note: If the message Press any key to boot from cd is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 15: Installing Drivers For The Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System
2. On the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click Next. 3. Click Install now. 4. Select the operating system that you want to install, and then click Next. 5. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next. 6. -
Page 16: Installing Drivers For A Windows Server 2012 Operating System
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system. Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network. To install the Windows Server 2012 Essentials operating system, do the following: ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 17: Installing Drivers For The Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System
1. 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. 2. When 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. -
Page 18: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 Operating System With Service Pack 4
In the Mounting Options area, select / from the Mount Point drop-down list box. g. Click OK. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) To create a new boot partition, do the following: a. Click Partitioning and select Create Custom Partition Setup. Click Next. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... - Page 19 b. On the Preparing Hard Disk window, select Custom Partitioning (for experts), and then click Next. c. On the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda in the System View area, and then click Create. d. Type the amount of space (in MB or GB) in the Custom Size field. e.
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Page 20: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card
Installing the driver for an HBA card This topic provides instructions on how to install the driver for an HBA card. To install the driver for an HBA card, do the following: ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 21: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card
1. Copy the HBA card driver from the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD to your local drive. Double-click the EXE file to unzip it to a folder. Copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server. 2. - Page 22 In the Formatting Options area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box. f. In the Mounting Options area, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. g. Click Finish. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 23: Installing Drivers For The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 2
h. Click Accept. • Manually create a swap partition To create a new swap partition, do the following: a. Click Partitioning. b. In the Preparing Hard Disk window, select Custom Partitioning (for experts), and then click Next. c. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks ➙ sda in the System View area, and then click Add. -
Page 24: Installing A Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 5.9 Operating System And Drivers
Select ext3 from the File System Type drop-down list box. d. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Size field, and then click OK. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 25: Installing A Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.4 Operating System
To create a boot partition, do the following: a. Click New. b. On the Add Partition window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. c. Select ext3 from the File System Type drop-down list box. d. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Size field, and then click OK. •... - Page 26 On the Add Partition window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. d. Select ext4 from the File System Type drop-down list box. e. On the Allowable Drivers window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 27: Installing Drivers For A Red Hat Enterprise Linux As 6.4 Operating System
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) on the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a swap partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. b. -
Page 28: Installing The Vmware Esxi 5.1 Hypervisor
This topic provides instructions on how to install drivers for the VMware ESXi 5.1 hypervisor. To install drivers for the VMware ESXi 5.1 hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Support Web site. Ensure that the driver file name is offline-bundle.zip. -
Page 29: Installing A Hyper-V Server 2008 Or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System
Note: If you are prompted to verify the digital signature for the drivers, add –no-sig-check to the command. esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/datastore/filename.vib –no-sig-check 7. Restart your server. 8. In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the host and select Exit Maintenance Mode. Installing a Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems. -
Page 30: Installing The Driver For The Chipset
USB storage device. Connect the USB storage device to your server. 2. Use the following commands to install the driver. cd Video WinS08_x64.msi Notes: • e: represents the drive letter of your USB storage device. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 31: Installing The Driver For An Hba Card
• The Video represents the name of the folder where the driver is stored. Use the corresponding folder name on your server. • The WinS08_x64.msi represents the name of the driver. Use the corresponding driver name on your server. 3. Do one of the following depending on the operating system that you are installing: •... -
Page 32: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System
• e: represents the drive letter of your USB storage device. • The Chipsetwindows or Win7 represents the name of the folder where the driver is stored. Use the corresponding folder names on your server. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 33: Installing The Driver For An Ethernet Card
To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card from the Lenovo Support Web site to your server. Note: The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers... -
Page 34: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card
5. Read the End User License Agreement, select Accept EULA, and then press Enter. Note: If the Action To Perform window is displayed, configure the settings as you need. Select OK and then press Enter. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 35: Installing Drivers For The Citrix Xenserver Hypervisor
This topic provides instructions on how to install drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor. To install drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Support Web site. Copy the qla2xxx.iso file to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server. - Page 36 ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...
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Page 37: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode
To install a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system, see “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system” on page 4. Installing drivers for a Windows Server 2008 operating system To install drivers for a Windows Server 2008 operating system, refer to the related topics. © Copyright Lenovo 2013... -
Page 38: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System And Drivers
Installing drivers for a Windows Server 2012 operating system To install drivers for a Windows Server 2012 operating system, see “Installing drivers for a Windows Server 2012 operating system” on page 12. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 39: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server
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”... -
Page 40: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System
Installing drivers for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 operating system To install drivers for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 (x64) operating system, see “Installing drivers for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 operating system” on page 23. ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide... -
Page 41: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server
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 other countries. - Page 42 ThinkServer RD540 and RD640 Operating System Installation Guide...