Installing, Your, Operating – Lenovo 3797 User Manual

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This

section

describes

the

tasks

associated

with

a

typical

Windows

Server

operating

system

installation.

Each

task

must

be

completed

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.

v

Install

applications:

This

task

enables

you

to

run

custom

commands

or

scripts

at

the

end

of

the

installation

process.

It

also

facilitates

the

installation

of

DVD-burning

software

and

install

ThinkServer

EasyManage

software

products.

v

Install

Windows

components:

This

task

enables

you

to

install

optional

Windows

components

such

as

IIS,

ASP.NET,

and

SNMP.

v

Confirm

settings:

This

task

enables

you

to

review

all

of

the

information

you

provided.

v

Save

response

file:

This

task

gives

you

the

option

of

saving

the

information

on

a

diskette

or

USB

device

as

a

response

file

for

future

installations

on

similarly

configured

Lenovo

servers.

v

Start

installation:

This

task

starts

the

actual

installation

process.

First,

the

disk

is

prepared

using

the

disk

and

partition

information

you

specified.

Then

you

are

prompted

to

insert

the

operating

system

disk,

and

the

operating

system

is

installed

using

the

information

that

you

specified.

Installing

your

operating

system

without

using

EasyStartup

If

you

have

already

configured

the

server

hardware

and

you

are

not

using

the

EasyStartup

program

to

install

your

operating

system,

complete

the

following

steps

to

download

the

latest

operating-system

installation

instructions

from

the

Lenovo

Support

Web

site:

Note:

Changes

are

made

periodically

to

the

Lenovo

Web

site.

The

actual

procedure

might

vary

slightly

from

what

is

described

in

this

document.

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

RD220,

and

click

Continue.

4.

Select

the

operating

system

that

you

want

from

the

Operating

system

list,

and

click

Continue.

Chapter

6.

Configuring

the

server

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