Typical operating system installation, Typical, Operating – Lenovo RD210 User Manual

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You

will

then

see

one

or

more

reminders

about

configuring

storage

devices,

and

then

you

will

be

presented

with

the

Lenovo

License

Agreement.

Read

the

license

agreement

carefully.

You

must

agree

with

terms

in

order

to

continue.

After

agreeing

to

the

license

agreement,

you

will

be

given

the

following

choices:

v

Continue

to

the

main

program

interface

v

Use

a

shortcut

to

install

an

operating

system

based

a

response

file

that

you

previously

created

using

the

EasyStartup

program

v

Use

a

short

cut

to

configure

RAID

controllers

based

on

a

RAID

response

file

that

you

previously

created

using

the

EasyStartup

program

If

you

continue

to

the

main

program

interface,

you

will

have

the

following

selectable

options:

v

Compatibility

notes:

This

selection

provides

information

about

the

operating

systems

and

server

configurations

supported

by

that

version

of

the

EasyStartup

program.

v

User

Guide:

This

selection

provides

information

about

the

features

provided

by

that

version

of

the

EasyStartup

program.

v

Hardware

list:

This

selection

displays

a

list

of

hardware

devices

detected

by

the

EasyStartup

program.

v

Configure

RAID:

This

selection

enables

you

to

view

the

current

RAID

configuration

for

each

installed

RAID

controller

and

make

changes

if

needed.

v

Install

operating

system:

This

selection

displays

a

series

of

choices

and

prompts

to

collect

information

required

for

installation,

prepares

the

hard

disk

for

installation,

and

then

initiates

the

installation

process

using

the

user-provided

operating-system

installation

CD

or

DVD.

v

About:

This

selection

displays

version

information

and

legal

notices.

Typical

operating

system

installation

When

you

select

Install

operating

system,

you

will

be

prompted

for

information

required

for

the

installation.

The

prompts

vary

depending

on

the

operating

system

selected.

This

section

describes

the

tasks

associated

with

a

typical

Windows

operating

system

installation.

Each

task

must

be

completed

in

order

before

moving

to

the

next

task.

Note:

Ensure

that

your

RAID

controller

is

correctly

configured

before

you

select

an

operating

system

to

install.

v

Select

operating

system:

This

task

enables

you

to

select

the

operating

system

that

you

will

be

installing.

v

Select

disk:

This

task

enables

you

to

select

the

disk

where

you

want

to

install

the

operating

system.

Note:

The

disk

that

you

select

must

be

set

as

the

boot

disk

in

UEFI.

v

Partitions

options:

This

task

enables

you

to

choose

whether

you

want

to

repartition

the

selected

drive

or

use

an

existing

partition.

v

Partition

settings:

This

task

enables

you

to

choose

the

file

system

type

and

define

the

partition

size.

v

Installation

settings:

This

task

prompts

you

for

user

and

system

settings,

the

operating

system

product

key,

and

the

administrator

password.

v

Network

settings:

This

task

prompts

you

for

domain

and

workgroup

settings,

Ethernet

controller

type,

IP

address

settings,

DNS

settings,

and

WINS

address

settings.

Chapter

6.

Configuring

the

server

129

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