Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Installing Drivers for the Red hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System; Installing the Red hat Enterprise Linux as 7 Operating System

21.IntheFinishUpdatesSetupwindow,clickForward.
22.SetyourusernameandpasswordandthenclickForward.
23.SetyourtimeanddateandthenclickForward.
24.IntheKdumpwindow,selectEnablekdumpifyouwanttoenablekdump,andthenclickFinish
tocompletetheinstallation.
Note:Whenpromptedtorestarttheserver,clickYes.
25.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentologintotheoperatingsystem.
InstallingdriversfortheRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.7operatingsystem
ThedriversfortheEthernetcard,onboardgraphicscard,HBAcard,andCNAcardareinstalled
duringtheoperatingsysteminstallation.ThistopicdescribeshowtoinstallthedriverfortheNVIDIA
NVS300/K600/NVS315graphicscard.
ToinstallthedriverfortheNVIDIANVS300/K600/NVS315graphicscard,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriverfromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteandcopythedrivertoaUSBstoragedevice.
Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailableontheLenovo
SupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
2.Starttheoperatingsystem,connecttheUSBstoragedevicetoyourserver,andcopythedrivertothe
/tmpdirectory.
3.Addthefollowingkernelparametertothe/etc/grub2.cfgconfigurationfileandrestarttheoperating
system.
vga=0rdblacklist=nouveaunouveau.modeset=0
4.OpentheTerminal,andinputinit3toenterthecommand-linewindow.
5.Enteryourusernameandpassword.
6.Enterthefollowingcommands:
echo"blacklistnouveau">>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
mv/boot/initramfs-$(uname-r).img/boot/initramfs-$(uname-r)-nouveau.img
dracut/boot/initramfs-$(uname-r).img$(uname-r)
7.Gotothedriverpath,andentercommandsh sh
sh
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47.run
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47.run
.Thenfollowthe
Wizardtocompletethedriverinstallation.
Note:NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.47.runinthecommandrepresentsthedrivername.Usethe
correspondingfilenameonyourserver.
8.Restarttheoperatingsystem.
InstallingtheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS7operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingtheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS7(x64)operatingsystem
ToinstalltheRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS7(x64)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriversfromtheLenovoWebsite.Unzipthedriversifnecessary.Then,copythedrivers
toaUSBstoragedeviceorburnthedriverstoadisc.
2.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
3.SelectInstallRedHatEnterpriseLinux7.0andpressEnter.
4.SelectthelanguagethatyouwanttouseduringtheinstallationprocessandclickContinue.
5.Configurethedate,time,language,andkeyboardlayoutforthesystem.
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