Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 Operating System Installation Guide

1. 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.
2. The Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 ! window is displayed. Click Install system with basic
video driver.
3. In the Disk Found window, click Skipand press Enter.
Note: If the operating system is installed on the SAN card through iSCSI, the Networking Device
window is displayed. Select the desired Ethernet device, and then click OK. In the Configure TCP/IP
window, select the option according to the network environment. The following steps are based on the
scenario that Enable lpv4 support->Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP) is selected.
4. In the RED HAT window, click Next.
5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next.
6. Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next.
7. Select the type of devices that are involved in the installation, and then click Next.
Note: If the Storage Device Warning window is displayed, click Yes, discard any data. If the message
displays as “At least one existing installation has been detected on your system. What would you like to
do?”, select the option as you desired and then click Next.
8. Type a name for your server. Then click Next.
9. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone. Then click Next.
10. Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account. Then click Next.
Note: If a message prompts you that the password is weak, click Use Anyway.
11. In the “Which type of the installation would you like?” window, select your desired option. The following
steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step and click Next.
12. In the Please Select A Device window, do one of the following to create a partition and then click Next.
• Manually create a root partition (/)
To create a root partition, do the following:
a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create.
c. In the Add Partition window, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box.
d. Select Ext4 from the File System Type drop-down list box.
e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the
operating system.
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK.
• Manually create a boot partition (/boot in legacy mode) or (/boot/efi in UEFI mode)
To create a boot partition, do the following:
a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed.
b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create.
c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot/efi (or select /boot in Legacy mode) from the Mount
Point drop-down list box.
d. Select EFI System Partition (or select Ext4 in Legacy mode) from the File System Type drop-
down list box.
e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the storage device on which you want to install the
operating system.
f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK.
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Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 Specifications

General

HDD size	2.5 \
RAID support	Yes
HDD interface	Serial ATA III
Optical drive type	DVD±RW
Total storage capacity	600 GB
Maximum storage capacity	74 TB
Number of HDDs installed	2
Memory slots	24
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	768 GB
Flash memory	2048 MB
PCI Express slots version	3.0
PCI Express x8 (Gen 3.x) slots	8
Operating system installed	No
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Including Hyper-V), Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Including Hyper-V), Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Including Hyper-V), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, VMware vSphere ESXi
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
Power supply	750 W
Number of redundant power supplies installed	1
Number of 3.5\" bays	0
Processor ARK ID	83352
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	0.00
Tcase	72.6 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	R2
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR207
Processor cache	15 MB
Processor cores	6
Processor model	E5-2620V3
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Processor threads	12
Processor codename	Haswell
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	85 W
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	52.5 x 45 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	3.2 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
PCI Express configurations	x4, x8, x16
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	40
Memory channels supported by processor	Quad
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1600, 1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	59 GB/s
Storage temperature (T-T)	-10 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 45 °C
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4
On-board graphics card model	Not available

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	762 mm
Width	482.6 mm
Height	87 mm
Weight	15875.73 g