Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System; Installing Drivers for a Windows Server 2012 Operating System; Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System; Installing Drivers for the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

InstallingtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2012operatingsystem
ToinstalltheMicrosoftWindowsServer2012operatingsystem,see“InstallingtheMicrosoftWindows
Server2012operatingsystem”onpage12
.
InstallingdriversforaWindowsServer2012operatingsystem
ToinstalldriversforaWindowsServer2012operatingsystem,see“InstallingdriversforaWindowsServer
2012operatingsystem”onpage13
.
InstallingtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2012Essentialsoperating
system
ToinstalltheWindowsServer2012Essentialsoperatingsystem,see“InstallingtheMicrosoftWindows
Server2012Essentialsoperatingsystem”onpage13
.
InstallingdriversfortheWindowsServer2012Essentialsoperating
system
ToinstalldriversfortheWindowsServer2012Essentialsoperatingsystem,see“Installingdriversforthe
WindowsServer2012Essentialsoperatingsystem”onpage14.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2operatingsystem
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2DatacenterEdition
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2StandardEdition
Thistopicalsoprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalldevicedriversfortheoperatingsystem.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2operatingsystem
ToinstallaMicrosoftWindowsServer2012R2operatingsystem,referto“InstallingaMicrosoftWindows
Server2012R2operatingsystem”onpage14.
InstallingdriversforWindowsServer2012R2
ToinstalldriversforWindowsServer2012R2,refertotherelatedtopics.
•“Installingthedriverforchipset”onpage15
.
•“Installingthedriverforanonboardgraphicscard”onpage15.
•“InstallingthedriverforanEthernetcard”onpage16.
•“InstallingthedriverforanHBAcard”onpage16.
•“InstallingthedriverforIntelManagementEngineInterface”onpage16
.
•“InstallingthedriverforanAHCI”onpage17.
Note:ThedriverforaCNAcardisinstalledduringtheoperatingsysteminstallation.
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