14. In the “Writing storage configuration to disk” window, click Write changes to disk.
15. In the “Boot loader operating system list” window, click Next.
16. The default installation is a basic server installation. You can customize your server by selecting a
different set of software from the software list or adding additional repositories that you want to use for
the software installation. Select Customize now. Then, click Next. The installation process begins.
Notes:
• If a warning window is displayed, select the option of your choice and then continue with the
installation.
• If you install the operating system in the UEFI mode, ensure that the tboot-1.7.4-1.el6.x86_64 -
Performs a verified launch using Intel TXT package is not selected.
17. After the installation is completed, click Reboot to restart your server.
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) operating system.
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64) operating system, do the following:
1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if
necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
Note: If your server comes with an onboard RAID card, download the README files for the drivers from
the Lenovo Web site and follow the instructions to install the drivers.
2. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
3. Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and press Enter.
4. If the operating system is to be installed on a SAN card, do the following to load the drivers:
a. Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and press Tab.
b. Type linux DD, and then press Enter.
c. When the “Driver disk device selection” window is displayed, connect the USB storage device that
contains the drivers or the optical drive that contains the driver disc to your server. Then type 1 or 2
as you need and press Enter.
d. In the “Select drivers to install” window, select the drivers and then press Enter.
e. Type C and the driver loading process begins.
5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Continue.
6. Configure the date, time, language, and keyboard layout for the system.
7. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click SOFTWARE SELECTION, and then select the software
that you want to install.
Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that you select Server with GUI, select all of the
options on the right pane, and click Done.
8. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click INSTALLATION DESTINATION.
9. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system. Then, click Done. If you
want to create a partition manually, do the following:
a. Select I will configure partitioning and then click Done. Do one of the following to create a partition
and click Done.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
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