Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 System Installation Guide

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)
Notes:
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TS130
Category	Server
Language	English