Installing thinkserver easymanage software, Installation requirements, Installation order – Lenovo THINKSERVER TS100 6434 User Manual

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1.

Go

to:

http://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.

Enter

your

product

number

(machine

type

and

model

number)

or

select

Servers

and

Storage

from

the

Select

your

product

list.

3.

From

Family

list,

select

ThinkServer

TS100

,

and

click

Continue

.

4.

Select

the

operating

system

that

you

want

from

the

Operating

system

list,

and

click

Continue

.

5.

Click

Operating

system

installation

to

download

instructions

to

install

the

operating

system.

Installing

ThinkServer

EasyManage

software

You

can

download

and

install

the

the

ThinkServer

®

EasyManage

Core

Server

program

from

http://www.lenovo.com/support.

After

one

instance

of

the

ThinkServer

EasyManage

Core

Server

has

been

installed,

you

can

use

the

console

to

deploy

the

agent

to

other

servers

and

clients

on

the

network.

Also,

the

ThinkServer

EasyStartup

program

provides

options

to

prepare

your

server

for

the

installation

of

these

products

as

part

of

the

operating

system

installation

process.

Installation

requirements

Before

installing

ThinkServer

EasyManage

software

on

your

server,

your

environment

must

meet

the

following

requirements:

v

Microsoft

®

Windows

Server

2003

32-bit

operating

system

is

installed

on

the

server

where

you

intend

to

install

the

Core

Server.

v

The

original

Windows

Server

operating

system

installation

CDs

are

available

in

case

files

are

needed

while

installing

the

prerequisites.

v

The

server

has

Internet

access

to

obtain

prerequisites

and

to

activate

the

software

after

the

installation

is

complete.

v

The

server

has

a

static

IP

address.

v

The

server

is

not

a

domain

controller.

However,

it

is

recommended

to

have

the

server

join

a

domain.

v

The

account

that

you

use

to

log

in

and

to

install

the

Core

Server

has

Administrator

privileges

on

the

server

with

full

read/write

access.

Ideally,

this

account

is

also

a

Domain

Administrator

account.

This

account

will

be

used

to

create

the

initial

administrator-level

account

used

to

log

in

to

the

ThinkServer

EasyManage

console.

v

Any

previous

agent

from

EasyManage

or

LANDesk

must

be

removed

prior

to

installing

the

Core

Server

and

Management

Console.

Installation

order

The

order

in

which

you

install

the

operating

system

and

Windows

Components

is

critical

to

install

ThinkServer

EasyManage

software

successfully.

To

ensure

a

clean,

working

installation

of

ThinkServer

EasyManage

software,

use

the

following

installation

order:

1.

Install

Microsoft

Windows

Server

2003

Service

Pack

1.

2.

Install

the

following

Windows

Components:

See

“Installing

Windows

Components

on

the

Core

Server”

on

page

46.

3.

Use

Windows

Update

to

install

all

available

critical

updates.

4.

Download

Microsoft

.NET

Framework

2.0

Service

Pack

1

or

newer

from

the

following

Web

site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Chapter

4.

Configuring

the

server

45

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