Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Installing the Driver for a Discrete Graphics Card; Installing the Red hat Enterprise Linux as 6.5 (X64) Operating System

Installingthedriverforadiscretegraphicscard
Toinstallthedriverforadiscretegraphicscard,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriverforthediscretegraphicscardfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Themost
up-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailableontheLenovoSupportWeb
siteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
2.CopythedrivertoaUSBstoragedeviceandconnecttheUSBstoragedevicetoyourserver.
3.CopythedriverfromtheUSBstoragedevicetothe/tmpdirectoryonyourserver.
4.Typethefollowingcommandsinthecommandwindow:
echo"blacklistnouveau">>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
mv/boot/initramfs-2.6.32-358.el6.i686.img/boot/initramfs-2.6.32-358.el6.i686.img.bak
dracut-v/boot/initramfs–2.6.32-358.el6.i686.img2.6.32-358.el6.i686
Note:Inthecommandlines,2.6.32-358.el6.i686.imgand2.6.32-358.el6.i686representfilenames.
Usethecorrespondingfilenameonyourserver.
5.Double-clickComputer➙Filesystem.
6.Opentheetcfolderanddouble-clicktheinittabfile.Awindowisdisplayed.
7.Inthewindow,changeid:x:initdefault:intoid:3:initdefault:.
Note:xrepresentsthenumberinthefilename.Usethecorrespondingfilenameonyourserver.
8.Savetheconfigurationandclosethewindow.Then,restartyourserver.
9.Typeyourusernameandpassword.Then,pressEnter.
10.Typethefollowingcommandlines:
cd/tmp
./NVIDIA-NVS300-Quadro600-Linux-x86-310.19 .run
Note:Inthecommandlines,NVIDIA-NVS300-Quadro600-Linux-x86-310.19.runrepresentsthedriver
name.Usethecorrespondingfilenameonyourserver.
11.Whenprompted,selectAcceptandpressEnter.
Note:Ifyouareinstallingthedriverontheoperatingsystem(64-bit),whenthemessageInstallNVIDIA ’s
32-bitcompatibilityOpenGLlibraries?isdisplayed,configurethesettingsandpressEnter.
12.WhenthemessageWouldyouliketo......isdisplayed,selectYesandpressEnter.
13.WhenthemessageYourXconguration......isdisplayed,selectOKandpressEnter.
14.Restarttheserver.
15.Typeyourusernameandpassword.Then,pressEnter.
16.Typestartx.Double-clickComputer➙Filesystem.
17.Opentheetcfolderanddouble-clicktheinittabfile.Awindowisdisplayed.
18.Inthewindow,changeid:x:initdefault:intoid:5:initdefault:.
Note:xrepresentsthenumberinthefilename.Usethecorrespondingfilenameonyourserver.
19.Savetheconfigurationandclosethewindow.
20.Restarttheserverandthedriverinstallationiscompleted.
InstallingtheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5(x64)operatingsystem
ToinstalltheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS6.5(x64)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
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