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1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Then,followtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadthe
installationleandthereadmeleforthedesireddevicedrivertoaUSBstoragedevice.
2.ConnecttheUSBstoragedevicetoaUSBconnectoronyourserverafteryoulogontotheserverfor
thersttime.Followtheinstructionsinthereadmeletoinstallthedevicedriver.
InstallingaLinuxoperatingsystem
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonthefollowingtopics:
•“InstallingaSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11operatingsystem”onpage11
•“InstallingaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7operatingsystem”onpage13
•“InstallingaRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.1operatingsystem”onpage15
•“InstallingdevicedriversforLinuxoperatingsystems”onpage17
InstallingaSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingaSUSE
®
Linux
®
EnterpriseServer11withServicePack1
(x86andx64)operatingsystem.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•ForonboardSASRAIDconguration,ifyouareinstallingaSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11withService
Pack1(x64)operatingsystem,ensurethatyourUSBstoragedevicecontainsanRPMpackagenamed
“DKMS-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm.”Afteryouinstalltheoperatingsystem,youwillneedtoinstallthepackageto
enabletheXenVirtualizationHostmode.Seeinstructionslaterinthistopic.
•EnsurethatyouhaveconguredthefollowingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram:
–Theopticaldriveissetastherststartupdevice.
–TheUSBstoragedeviceissetasthesecondarystartupdevice.
ForinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,refertotheUserGuideonthedocumentationDVD
thatcomeswithyourserver.Youalwayscanobtainallthemostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserver
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstalltheoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ConnectthepreparedUSBstoragedevicetotheserver.TheUSBstoragedeviceshouldcontainthe
devicedriverfortheonboardRAID.
2.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
3.WhentheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerwelcomewindowisdisplayed,pressF6.Then,selectYes.
4.SelectInstallationandpressEnter.
5.WhenthemessageDriverUpdateaddedisdisplayed,pressEnter.
6.Whenyouarepromptedtochoosethedriverupdatemedium,selecttheUSBdevicetoinstalldrivers.
Then,selectBackandpressEnter.
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