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•No,Iprefertoregisteratalatertime
21.IntheFinishUpdatesSetupwindow,clickForward.
22.SetyourusernameandpasswordintheCreateUserwindow,andthenclickForward.
23.SetyourtimeanddateintheDateandTimewindow,andthenclickForward.
24.IntheKdumpwindow,selectEnablekdumpifdesired,andthenclickFinishtocompletetheinstallation
process.Whenpromptedtorestarttheserver,clickY es.
Notes:
•Kdumpisakernelcrashdumpingmechanism.
•Whenpromptedtorestarttheserver,clickY es.
InstallingdevicedriversforLinuxoperatingsystems
Afteryounishinstallinganoperatingsystem,youmightneedtodownloadandinstallrequireddevice
driverstoensurethatthehardwaredevicesinyourserverworkcorrectly.
Todownloadandinstalladevicedriver,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Then,followtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadthe
installationleandthereadmeleforthedesireddevicedrivertoaUSBstoragedevice.
2.ConnecttheUSBstoragedevicetoaUSBconnectoronyourserverafteryoulogontotheserverfor
thersttime.Followtheinstructionsinthereadmeletoinstallthedevicedriver.
InstallingVMwareESXi5.0
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingVMware
®
ESXi5.0,whichisavirtualizationhypervisor.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•TheVMwareESXi5.0isnotsupportedononboardSASsoftwareRAIDconguration.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstallVMwareESXi5.0,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheinstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartupdevice.Then,
starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhenthemessagePressTabtoeditoptionsisdisplayed,youcanpressT abandtheneditoptions
dependingonyourneeds.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatyouhavewaitedfor
aroundeightsecondswithouteditinganyoptions.WhentheLoadingESXiinstallerwindowopens,
waitforafewseconds.
3.WhentheWelcometotheVMwareESXi5.0Installationwindowopens,pressEnter.
4.WhentheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)windowopens,pressF11toacceptthelicense
agreementandcontinuewiththeinstallation.
5.WhentheSelectaDisktoInstallorUpgradewindowopens,selectadriveforinstallationandpressEnter.
6.WhentheConrmDiskSelectionwindowopens,pressEnter.
7.Whenyouarepromptedtoselectakeyboardlayout,selectalanguageandpressEnter.Then,you
arepromptedtosetarootpassword.
8.SetarootpasswordandpressEnter.
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