Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V2 - Deploy the Operating System

An introduction to RAID is available at the following Lenovo Press website:
https://lenovopress.com/lp0578-lenovo-raid-introduction
Detailed information about RAID management tools and resources is available at the following Lenovo Press
website:
https://lenovopress.com/lp0579-lenovo-raid-management-tools-and-resources
Notes:
• Before setting up RAID for NVMe drives, follow the below steps to enable VROC:
1. Restart the system. Before the operating system starts up, press F1 to enter the Setup Utility.
2. Go to System settings ➙ Devices and I/O Ports ➙ Intel VMD and enable the option.
3. Save the changes and reboot the system.
• VROC Intel-SSD-Only supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 with Intel NVMe drives.
• VROC Premium requires an activation key and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 with non-Intel NVMe
drives. For more information about acquiring and installing the activation key, see
https://fod.lenovo.com/
lkms
Deploy the operating system
Several options are available to deploy an operating system on the server.
Available operating systems
• Microsoft Windows Server
• VMware ESXi
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Complete list of available operating systems:
https://lenovopress.com/osig.
Tool-based deployment
• Multi-server
Available tools:
– Lenovo XClarity Administrator
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/compute_node_image_deployment.html
– Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI
http://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/toolsctr_cli_lenovo/onecli_r_uxspi_proxy_tool.html
– Lenovo XClarity Integrator deployment pack for SCCM (for Windows operating system only)
https://sysmgt.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.lxci_deploypack_sccm.doc/dpsccm_c_endtoend_
deploy_scenario.html
• Single-server
Available tools:
– Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager
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