Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your
need or click Yes to keep the current password.
11. In the “Password for the System Administrator–root” window, set a root password and click Next.
Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your
need or click Yes to keep the current password.
12. In the Installation Settings window, click Software to select software applications to be installed.
For example, if you want to install all software, do the following:
a. Click Software.
b. In the Software Selection and System Tasks window, select any software application and then right-
click. Choose All in This List-Install.
c. Click OK ➙ Install. If the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install.
d. In the “System will reboot now” window, click OK or restart the server to finish.
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 operating system (x64).
Note: If the server configuration is set as RAID (OB SATA RAID or Add on RAID), connect the USB storage
device to your server before the operating system installation. Then, install RAID drivers after operating
system installation.
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 operating system (x64), do the following:
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. Depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following:
• If the SATA configuration is set to IDE, AHCI, or Add on RAID, go to step 3.
• If the SATA configuration is set to OB SATA RAID, do the following to update your driver:
a. When “Press any key to enter the menu” is displayed, press any key.
b. In the GNU GRUB Version window, select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, and then press E.
c. Select Kernel/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz, and then press E.
d. Enter a space and type linux dd blacklist=ahci, and then press Enter.
e. Press B to start your server.
f. In the “Do you have a driver disk?” window, select Yes.
g. In the Driver Disk Source window, go to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK.
h. When the Driver Disk Source window is displayed again, click OK.
i. In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK.
j. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO.
3. In the Disc Found window, select Skip, and then press Enter.
Note: If the operating system is installed on a SAN through an iSCSI card, the Network Device window
is displayed. Select the correct Ethernet device and click OK. Then, configure the network settings as
you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that you select Enable Ipv4 support ➙
Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP).
4. In the RED HAT window, click Next.
5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next.
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