Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Operating System Installation Guide

ThinkServerTS430
OperatingSystemInstallation
Guide
Introduction
ThisguideprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallanoperatingsystemontheLenovo
®
ThinkServer
®
TS430
server.
Itisrecommendedthatyouusetheself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourservertoinstallanoperatingsystem.TheDVDcontainstheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.The
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRedundantArrayofIndependent
Disks(RAID)andinstallingsupportedMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
andLinux
®
operatingsystemsanddevice
driversonyourserver.TheuserguidefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramalsoisontheDVDandcan
beaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.However,ifyouwanttoinstallanoperatingsystemonyour
serverwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,refertotheinformationinthisguide.
Thisguidecontainsthefollowinginformation:
•“Beforeinstallinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2operatingsystem”onpage2
•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem”onpage3
•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2operatingsystemoraMicrosoftWindowsMultiPoint
Server2011operatingsystem”onpage4
•“InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011operatingsystem”onpage5
•“InstallingdevicedriversforWindowsoperatingsystems”onpage10
•“InstallingaLinuxoperatingsystem”onpage10
•“InstallingVMwareESXi5.0”onpage21
Beforeinstallinganoperatingsystem
Ensurethatyouhavepreparedthefollowingitemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem:
•Prepareanoperatingsysteminstallationdiscwithlicense.
•PrinttherelatedinstructionsinthisguideorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanothercomputer.
•Ensurethatyourserverhassupportedharddiskdrivesinstalled.
•CongureRAIDforyourserverifyouwanttouseRAID.ForinformationaboutconguringRAID,referto
theUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Youalwayscanobtainallthe
mostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
•PrepareaUniversalSerialBus(USB)storagedevicethatcontainstherequireddevicedriversfor
yourservermodel.Todownloaddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpage.
•Settheopticaldrivethatyouwanttouseastherststartupdevice.
Notes:
•ForonboardSATAsoftwareRAID,itisnotsupportedtoinstallanoperatingsysteminUniedExtensible
FirmwareInterface(UEFI)mode.DonotstarttheserverfromtheDVD-ROMdevicelistedin“UEFI:
DVD-ROMname”intheBootOptionsmenutoinstallanoperatingsystem.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TS430
Category	Server
Language	English