Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide

8.Dooneofthefollowing:
•IftheserverconfigurationissetasRAID,dothefollowing:
a.IntheWheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?window,connecttheUSBstoragedevicethat
containsthedrivertoyourserverandthenclickLoadDriver.
b.WhentheLoadDriverwindowisdisplayed,clickBrowsetogotothefolderwherethedriver
isstored.
c.ClickOK.TheSelectthedrivertobeinstalledwindowisdisplayed.
d.SelectHidedriversthataren’tcompatiblewiththehardwareonthiscomputer,andthen
selectthedriverthatyouwanttoinstallonyourserver.ClickNext.
•IftheserverconfigurationissetasIDEorAHCI,gotonextstep.
Note:ForservermodelswiththeAHCIconfiguration,ensurethatyouinstallAHCIdriversafter
operatingsysteminstallation.See“InstallingthedriverfortheSATAAHCI”onpage43.
9.IntheWheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?window,clickDriveoptions(advanced).
10.Selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem,andthenclickNew.
11.Typetheamountofspace(inMB),andthenclickApply.ClickOKifprompted.
12.Selectthedrivepartitiononwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem,andthenclickNext.The
installationbegins.
Note:Yourserverrestartsseveraltimesduringtheinstallation.
13.Changeyourpasswordwhenprompted.
Note:Thepasswordmustbeacombinationofuppercaseletters,lowercaseletters,andnumbers.
14.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentologintotheoperatingsystemwhenprompted.
InstallingtheMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentials
operatingsystem
ToinstalltheMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentialsoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
Note:Beforeinstallingthisoperatingsystem,connectyourservertothenetwork.
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.IfthemessagePressanykeytobootfromCDorDVDisdisplayed,pressanykey.Waitseveralminutesfor
thesystemtoloadthefiles.
3.IntheInstallingWindowswindow,selectNewInstallation.
4.Dependingontheconfiguration,dooneofthefollowing:
•IftheserverconfigurationissetasRAID,dothefollowing:
a.IntheInstallingWindowswindow,connecttheUSBstoragedevicethatcontainsthedrivertoyour
server.Then,clickLoaddriverstogotothefolderwherethedriverisstored.
b.ClickOKandselectIunderstandthatifIclickinstall,allfilesandfoldersonyourprimary
harddriverwillbedeleted.
c.ClickInstalltostarttheoperatingsysteminstallation.TheInstallWindowswindowisdisplayed.
Waitforamoment.
•IftheserverconfigurationissetasIDEorAHCI,selectIunderstandthatifIclickinstall,allfiles
andfoldersonyourprimaryharddriverwillbedeleted.Then,clickInstalltostarttheoperating
systeminstallation.TheInstallWindowswindowisdisplayed.Waitforamoment.
Chapter2.Installinganoperatingsysteminlegacymode5

Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 Specifications

General

RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
Chipset	Intel C612
Memory Type	DDR4 ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM
Maximum Memory	1.5TB
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 series
Memory	Up to 1TB DDR4 ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" or 8 x 3.5" drives
Power Supply	550W, 750W, or 1100W
Network	2x 1Gb Ethernet ports
Form Factor	Tower
CPU Type	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 series
Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware