Notes:
•ThemaximumsystemmemorythattheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS5.10(x86)operatingsystemcan
supportis16GB.
•ThedriverfortheEthernetcardisinstalledduringtheoperatingsysteminstallation.
•DownloadthedriverforonboardSASsoftwareRAIDfromtheLenovoWebsitetoyourserver.Then,copy
thedrivertoaUSBstoragedevice.Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsare
alwaysavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
ToinstalltheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS5.10(x64orx86)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,pressTabandinputthefollowingcommandlineafterboot:,
andthenpressEnter:
linuxddblocklist=iscinoprobe=ata2noprobe=ata3noprobe=ata4
3.IntheDriverdiskwindow,selectYesandthenpressEnter.
4.IntheInsertDriverDiskwindow,selectOKandthenpressEnter.
5.IntheMoreDriverDiskswindow,selectNo.
6.IntheCDFoundwindow,dependingonyourneeds,selectOKtobegintheinstallationmediatestor
selectSkiptoskipthemediatestandstarttheinstallation.PressEnter.
7.Whentheinstallationwindowisdisplayed,clickNext.
8.SelectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessandclickNext.
9.SelecttheappropriatekeyboardlayoutforthesystemandclickNext.
10.Whenpromptedtotypetheinstallationnumber,typeyourinstallationnumberintheInstallation
NumberfieldandthenclickOK.Theinstallationnumberenablestheautomaticinstallationofsome
softwareprogramssuchasthestorageclusteringprogramsandthevirtualizationprograms.
Notes:
•ClickYesifawarningmessageisdisplayed.
•Whenthe“InstallRedHatEnterpriseLinuxServer”windowisdisplayed,configuretheoptionsas
youneedandpressEnter.ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatInstallRedHat
EnterpriseLinuxServerisselectedinthisstep.
11.Whenyouarepromptedtopartitionyourharddiskdrive,selecttheoptionasyouneedandthen
clickNext.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreatecustomlayoutisselectedinthisstep.
12.CreateapartitionasyouneedandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickNew.
b.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selecttheforwardslash(/)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
c.Selectext3fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
d.T ypetheamountofspace(inMB)intheSizefield,andthenclickOK.
•Manuallycreateabootpartition(/boot)
Tocreateabootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickNew.
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