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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=iscinodmraid.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.
17.Specifyyourtimezonebyselectingthenearestcityinyourtimezone.Then,clickNext.
18.Personalizetheserverbytypingtherootpasswordfortherootuseraccount.Then,clickNext.
Note:Ifamessagepromptsyouthatthepasswordisweak,clickUseAnyway.
19.Bydefault,apartitionisalreadyselectedforyoutoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Ifyouwanttocreatea
partitionmanually,selecttheoptionasyouneedandthenclickNext.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCreateCustomLayoutisselectedinthisstep.
20.InthePleaseSelectADevicewindow,dooneofthefollowingtocreateapartitionandthenclickNext.
•Manuallycreatearootpartition(/)
Tocreatearootpartition,dothefollowing:
a.ClickCreate.TheCreateStoragewindowisdisplayed.
b.SelectStandardPartitionandthenclickCreate.
c.IntheAddPartitionwindow,selecttheforwardslash(/)fromtheMountPointdrop-downlistbox.
d.Selectext4fromtheFileSystemTypedrop-downlistbox.
e.IntheAllowableDriverswindow,selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstallthe
operatingsystem.
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