Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - System Installation Guide Manual

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ThinkServerTS130

OperatingSystemInstallation

Guide

ThisguideprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallanoperatingsystemontheLenovo

ThinkServer

TS130

server.

Thisguideprovidesinstructionsonthefollowing:

•“Beforeinstallinganoperatingsystem”onpage1

•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2operatingsystem”onpage1

•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem”onpage2

•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2operatingsystemoraMicrosoftWindowsMultiPoint

Server2011operatingsystem”onpage3

•“InstallingaWindows7operatingsystem”onpage5

•“InstallingaWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011operatingsystems”onpage6

•“InstallingdevicedriversforWindowsoperatingsystems”onpage11

•“InstallingaRedHatEnterpriseLinux6.2operatingsystem”onpage11

Beforeinstallinganoperatingsystem

Ensurethatyouhavepreparedthefollowingitemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem:

•Prepareanoperatingsysteminstallationdiscwithlicense.

•PrinttherelatedinstructionsinthisguideorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanothercomputer.

•Ensurethatyourserverhassupportedharddiskdrivesinstalled.

•CongureRAIDforyourserverifyouwanttouseRAID.ForinformationaboutconguringRAID,referto

theUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Youalwayscanobtainallthe

mostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

•PrepareaUniversalSerialBus(USB)storagedevicethatcontainstherequireddevicedriversfor

yourservermodel.T odownloaddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowthe

instructionsontheWebpage.

•Settheopticaldrivethatyouwanttouseastherststartupdevice.

YouwillneedtocongureRAIDbeforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem.Formoreinformationabout

conguringRAID,seethedocumentationthatcomeswithyourserver.Youcandownloadthedevicedrivers

fromthedevicedrivermatrixontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2operating

system

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Microsoft

Windows

Server2003R2EnterpriseEditionwithServicePack2(x86andx64)

•MicrosoftWindowsServer

2003R2StandardEditionwithServicePack2(x86andx64)

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