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  • Page 1 ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read and understand the safety information provided on the Lenovo Web site at: https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS Sixth Edition (June 2017) © Copyright Lenovo 2015, 2017. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration “GSA”...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing drivers for an onboard graphics Preparing the driver ... card ....© Copyright Lenovo 2015, 2017...
  • Page 4 Installing the driver for the Intel Ethernet Appendix A. Trademarks ..53 card ....ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction ® ® This guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 servers. The supported operating systems vary by the configuration on your server. The following table provides a list on the supported operating system of your server.
  • Page 6 – Western Digital My Passport Enterprise For detailed information, go to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj733589.aspx • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system doesn’t support auto-update on servers using processors based on the Kaby Lake platform. For detailed information, go to: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows- version ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode

    “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 3 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. Configuring the BIOS setting Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode, configure the BIOS setting by doing the following: 1.

  • Page 8: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

    In the “Select the driver to be installed” window, select Hide drivers that aren’t compatible with hardware on this computer. Select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next to install the driver. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 9: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    Ethernet driver. To install the driver, do the following: a. Download the driver for an Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 10: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    To install the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 11: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System

    2. When the message Press any key to boot from cd is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. The message The Loading files... will be displayed. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 3.

  • Page 12: Installing The Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Operating System

    2. If the message Press any key to boot from cd is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. 3. In the Windows window, select the language and other options. Then click Next. 4. Click Install now. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 13: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Operating System

    5. Type your product key and then click Next. The product key information is available on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then click Next. 7.

  • Page 14: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System

    8. In the “Where do you want to install Hyper-V Server?” window, click Drive options (advanced). 9. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 15: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. 11. In the Install Microsoft Hyper-V Server Setup window, click OK. 12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation. 13.

  • Page 16: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System

    6. Verify your region and time zone, and then click Accept ➙ Next. 7. In the Server Base Scenario window, select Physical Machine(Also for Fully Virtualized Guests) and then click Next. 8. When the Installation Settings window is displayed, create a drive partition you need. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 17 • Manually create a root partition (/) To create a root partition, do the following: a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partition (for experts). Click Next. b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks, and then click Add. c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d.

  • Page 18: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    In the Formatting Options area, select BtrFS from the File system drop-down list box. g. In the Mount partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. h. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot/efi) ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 19: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the drive (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Size field and then click Next. d.
  • Page 20 Ensure that the created partition is correct and click Accept. Then, click Next. 6. In the Clock and Time Zone window, set the time zone and time and click Next. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 21: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    For example, set Region to Asia and set TimeZone to Beijing. Clear the Hardware Clock Set to UTC check box and set the time to the local time. If “Do you want to continue with your selection (local time)?” is displayed, click Continue. 7.
  • Page 22 19. In the Set Up Software Updates window, configure the settings you need, and then click Forward. If “Are you sure?” window is displayed, click Register later. 20. In the Finish Updates Setup window, click Forward. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 23: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    21. Set your user name and password and then click Forward. 22. Set your time and date and then click Forward. 23. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation. Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Yes or OK.
  • Page 24 23. In the Kdump window, select Enable kdump if you want to enable kdump, and then click Finish to complete the installation. Note: When prompted to restart the server, click Continue or Yes. 24. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 25: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (x64) operating system. To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive.

  • Page 26: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System

    In the Add a New Mount Point window, select /boot/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d. Click Add mount point. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 27: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    Note: If the operating system is to be installed on SAN, download the instructional file How to Create a Customized VMWare ESXi ISO Image from http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/servers/thinkserver-rack-servers/thinkserver-rd650/documents /HT100820?tabName=Solutions. Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file. To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 28 Note: The password must contain at least seven characters. 7. When the Confirm Install window is displayed, press F11. The installation process starts. 8. When the Installation Complete window is displayed, press Enter. The server restarts. The operating system is installed successfully. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 29: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode

    “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 25 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. If the operating system is installed on a storage area network (SAN), download the driver for the host bus adapter (HBA) or converged network adapter (CNA) that is connected to the SAN.

  • Page 30: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

    3. When the Windows Server 2012 window is displayed, configure the language and other options you need, and then click Next. 4. Click Install now. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 31 Ethernet driver. To install the driver, do the following: a. Download the driver for an Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 32: Installing A Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    10. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click New. 11. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. The Windows Setup window is displayed. 12. Click OK. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 33: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    13. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. 14. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click Finish. Then, follow the instructions on the screen to sign in when prompted. Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.

  • Page 34: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System

    Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 15. When the message MultiPoint Server Configuration Error is displayed, press any key. Follow the instructions on the screen to sign in when prompted. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 35: Installing The Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Operating System

    16. Type the user name and password, and press Enter. The user name will be configured as “administrator” after your server restarts. Installing the Microsoft Windows 10 Professional operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (x64) operating system.

  • Page 36: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Operating System

    13. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted. Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system. To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system, do the following: ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 37: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. 2. When the message Press any key to boot from CD or DVD... is displayed, press any key. If the message Windows Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter.

  • Page 38: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2016 Operating System

    11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins. Your server will restart several times during the installation. 12. When the message The user’s password must be changed before signing is displayed, click OK. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 39: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4

    13. When the Administrator window is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to change the password. 14. When the message Your password has been changed is displayed, click OK to log in to the operating system. Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 4 This topic provides instructions on installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 4.
  • Page 40 19. In the Hardware Configuration window, click Next. 20. In the Installation Completed window, click Finish. Note: If the YaST2 window is displayed, click Continue. 21. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 41: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 (x64) operating system. To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1.

  • Page 42: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    6. In the Suggested Partitioning window, use the suggested partitioning method and click Next. If you want to create a drive partition, do one of the following: • Manually create a root partition (/) a. Click Create Partition Setup and select Custom Partitioning (for experts). Click Next. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 43 b. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view. Then select the disk (for example, sda) for installing the operating system and click Add. Select the default partition type, then click Next. c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d.

  • Page 44: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot/efi) To create a boot partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 45: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. d. Select Ex4 from the File System Type drop-down list box. e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system.
  • Page 46 Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a swap partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 47: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create. c. In the Add Partition window, select swap from the File System Type drop-down list box. d. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system.

  • Page 48: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System

    Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (x64) operating system. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 49 To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 operating system, do the following: 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device, and start the server from the optical drive. 2.

  • Page 50: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    Note: The password must contain at least seven characters. 7. When the Confirm Install window is displayed, press F11. The installation process starts. 8. When the Installation Complete window is displayed, press Enter. The server restarts. The operating system is installed successfully. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4. Installing Drivers

    To install the driver for the chipset, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the chipset from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 52: Installing The Driver For The Intel Ethernet Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card or a CNA card from the Lenovo Web site to your server. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 53: Installing Drivers For An Onboard Graphics Card

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site to your server. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 54: Installing The Driver For The Intel Ethernet Card

    1. Download the driver for an onboard graphics card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.

  • Page 55: Installing Drivers For The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

    To install the driver for an onboard graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for an onboard graphics card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available for download on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.
  • Page 56 Click Applications in the upper-left corner. Then, click System Tools ➙ Settings ➙ Network. b. In the Network window, select the Ethernet card you want to configure. c. Click Add profile ➙ IPv4. d. In the Addresses area, select a network address configuration method. ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 57: Appendix A. Trademarks

    Appendix A. Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
  • Page 58 ThinkServer TS150 Operating System Installation Guide...

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