Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Operating System Installation Guide

•Itisnotsupportedtoinstallanoperatingsystemonapartitiongreaterthan2.2TB.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2operating
system
Thistopicappliestothefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindowsServer
®
2003R2EnterpriseEditionwithServicePack2(32-bitor64-bit)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2StandardEditionwithServicePack2(32-bitor64-bit)
ToinstallaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003R2operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
1.ConnectthepreparedUSBstoragedevicetotheserver.TheUSBstoragedeviceshouldcontain
requireddevicedriversforyourservermodelandoperatingsystem.
2.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
3.Pressanykeyonthekeyboardassoonasthemessage“PressanykeytobootfromCD”isdisplayed.
TheWindowssetupinitializationbegins.
Note:IfyourservercongurationisonboardSATAwithoutRAID,gotostep8.
4.PressF6assoonasthemessage“PressF6ifyouneed...driver”isdisplayedatthebottomofthe
screen.
5.Whenthemessage“Setupcouldnotdeterminethe...devices”isdisplayed,pressSandfollowthe
instructionsonthescreentoinstalldevicedrivers.
6.Whenthemessage“Youhavechosen...”isdisplayed,selectLSIEmbeddedMegaRAID(Windows
2003...)andpressEnter.
7.Whenthemessage“Setupwillloadsupportforthefollowingmassstoragedevices”isdisplayed,
pressEnter.
8.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,pressEnter.Then,theWindowsLicenseAgreementis
displayed.
9.PressF8toaccepttheWindowsLicenseAgreementandcontinuewiththeinstallation.
10.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,selectadrivepartitiononwhichyou
wanttoinstalltheoperatingsystemandthenpressEnter.
11.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentomakeselectionsuntiltheinstallationprocessbegins.Then,the
drivepartition,whichyouhaveselected,willbeformattedandtheapplicableleswillbecopiedfrom
theoperatingsysteminstallationdisctothedrivepartition.Whentheprocessnishes,theserverwill
restartautomatically.
12.Aftertheserverrestarts,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosettheregionalandlanguageoptions,
enteryournameandlicensekey,anddoothercongurationstocompletetheinstallation.
13.Installotherrequireddevicedrivers.Todownloaddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer TS430
Category	Server
Language	English