Lenovo ThinkServer RD340 - Installing Drivers for a Red hat Enterprise Linux as 6.4 Operating System; Installing the Red hat Enterprise Linux as 6.5 Operating System

InstallingdriversforaRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.4operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalldriversforaRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.4(x64or
x86)operatingsystem.
Note:ThedriversfortheEthernetcardandonboardgraphicscardareinstalledduringtheoperatingsystem
installation.
•ForinstructionsonhowtoinstallthedriverforanHBAcard,see“InstallingthedriverforanHBAcard”
onpage30
.
•ForinstructionsonhowtoinstallthedriverforaCNAcard,see“InstallingthedriverforaCNAcard”
onpage31.
InstallingtheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5(x64orx86)operating
system.
Note:ThemaximumsystemmemorythattheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5(x86)operatingsystem
cansupportis16GB.
ToinstalltheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5(x64orx86)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriverforonboardSASsoftwareRAIDfromtheLenovoWebsitetoyourserver.Themost
up-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
2.CopythedriverforonboardSASsoftwareRAIDtoaUSBstoragedevice.ConnecttheUSBstorage
devicetoyourserver.
3.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
4.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,selecttheoptionasyouneed.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatInstallorupgradeanexistingsystemis
selectedinthisstep.
5.PressTabandtypelinuxddblacklist=isci.Then,pressEnter.
6.IntheDriverdiskwindow,selectYesandthenpressEnter.
7.IntheDriverdiskwindow,gotothefolderwherethedriverisstoredandselectOK.Then,pressEnter.
8.IntheInsertDriverDiskwindow,selectOKandthenpressEnter.
9.IntheMoreDriverDiskswindow,selectNo.
10.IntheDiscFoundwindow,selectSkip,andthenpressEnter.
11.Intheinstallationwindow,clickNext.
12.IntheREDHATwindow,clickNext.
13.SelectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessandclickNext.
14.SelecttheappropriatekeyboardlayoutforthesystemandclickNext.
15.SelectthetypeofdevicesfortheinstallationandthenclickNext.
Notes:
•ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatBasicStorageDevicesisselectedinthisstep.
•Whenprompted,selecttheoptionasyouneed.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothat
youselectFreshinstallationandthenclickNext.
16.Typeanameforyourserver.Then,clickNext.
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