5.TypeyourproductkeyandthenclickNext.TheproductkeyinformationisavailableontheMicrosoft
CertificateofAuthenticitylabelorproductpackaging.
6.ReadthelicensetermsandselectIacceptthelicenseterms.Then,clickNext.
7.Selectthetypeofinstallationyouneed.ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatCustom:
InstallWindowsonly(Advanced)isselectedinthisstep.
8.Inthe“WheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?”window,dependingontheSATAconfigurationon
yourserver,dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyourSATAconfigurationissetasRAID(bothOBSATARAIDandADDonRAID):dothefollowing:
a.ConnecttheUSBstoragedevicethatcontainsthedrivertoyourserverandclickLoadDriver.
b.ClickBrowsetolocatetherequireddriverandthenclickOK.
c.Inthe“Selectthedrivertobeinstalled”window,selectHidedriversthatarenotcompatible
withhardwareonthiscomputer.Selectthedriverthatyouwanttoinstall,andthenclickNext
toinstallthedriver.
•IfyourSATAconfigurationissetasAHCI:gotostep9,.
9.Inthe“WheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?”window,clickDriveoptions(advanced).Thenclick
New.
10.Typetheamountofspace(inMB),andthenclickApply.
11.IntheWindowsSetupwindow,clickOK.
12.Ensurethatthedrivepartitioniscorrect,andthenclickNext.Theinstallationbegins.
Notes:
•Y ourserverwillrestartseveraltimesduringtheinstallation.
•Ifthemessagedisplaysas“Errorsoccurredduringinstallation”,youneedtomanuallyinstallthe
Ethernetdriver.Toinstallthedriver,dothefollowing:
a.DownloadthedriverforanEthernetcardfromtheLenovoWebsite.Ifthedriverisacompressed
file,unzipittoafolder.Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealways
availablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
b.CopythefolderthatcontainsthedrivertoyourUSBstoragedeviceandconnecttheUSBstorage
devicetoyourserver.
c.OpentheDeviceManagerwindow.Right-clickonthegraphicscardthatrequiresdrivers,and
thenselectUpdateDriverSoftware.
d.IntheUpdateDriverSoftwarewindow,clickBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware.
e.IntheBrowsefordriversoftwareonyourcomputerwindow,clickBrowsetolocatethedriveryou
wanttoinstall.
f.LocatethedriverandclickNext.
g.Whenthemessage“Windowshassuccessfullyupdatedyourdriversoftware”isdisplayed,click
Close.
13.Configurethedateandtime,andthenclickNext.
14.Choosethetypeofinstallationyouneed.ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatClean
installisselected.
15.PersonalizetheserverbytypingthecomputernameandthenclickNext.
16.Inthe“Provideyouradministratorinformation(account1of2)”window,typeyourusernameand
password,andthenclickNext.
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