Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 - Chapter 1: Overview; 1.1 SAS Technology

15.WhentheYaSTwindowopens,clickAccept.
16.ClickInstall.WhentheY aST2windowopens,clickInstalltoconrmtheinstallation.Theinstallation
processbegins.
17.Whentheinstallationprocessnishes,theserverrestartsautomatically.Setyourrootuserpassword
andthenclickNext.
Note:Thepasswordshouldhaveatleastsixcharactersinlengthandbeacombinationofupper
caseletters,lowercaseletters,andnumbers.
18.Dooneofthefollowingdependingontheoperatingsystem:
•FortheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11withServicePack1(x86)operatingsystem:
Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.
•FortheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11withServicePack1(x64)operatingsystem:
Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.ForonboardSASRAID
conguration,afteryoulogontotheserverforthersttime,yourwillneedtodownloadandinstall
theRPMpackagenamed“DKMS-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm”beforeusingyourserver.
Todownloadandinstallthepackage,dothefollowing:
a.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Then,followtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownload
theinstallationleandthereadmeleforthepackagetoaUSBstoragedevice.
b.ConnecttheUSBstoragedevicetoaUSBconnectoronyourserver.Followtheinstructionsinthe
readmeletoinstallthepackage.
c.Whentheinstallationnishes,restarttheserver.
InstallingaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallaRedHat
®
EnterpriseLinux5.7(x86andx64)operating
system.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstallaRedHatEnterpriseLinux5.7(x86andx64)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhentheRedHatEnterpriseLinux5installationwelcomewindowopens,typelinuxddafterboot:,
andthenpressEnter.
3.Whenadialogueboxopensaskingyouifyouhaveadriverdisk,selectYes,andthenpressEnter.
4.Whenadialogueboxopensaskingyouifyouwanttochecktheinstallationmedia,dependingonyour
needs,selectOKtodothecheckorselectSkiptoskipthecheck.
5.WhentheREDHATENTERPRISELINUX5installationwindowopens,clickNext.
6.Selectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallation,andthenclickNext.
7.Selecttheappropriatekeyboardforthesystem,andthenclickNext.
8.Whenawindowopenspromptingyoutotypetheinstallationnumber,typeitorclickSkip.The
installationnumberenablestheautomaticinstallationofsomesoftwareprogramssuchasthestorage
clusteringprogramsandthevirtualizationprograms.Formoreinformationabouttheinstallationnumber
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