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  • Page 1 ThinkServer TD350 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 Seventeenth Edition (October 2018) © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration “GSA”...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Server 2011 Standard operating system ..Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business operating system with Service Pack 4 ..Server 2011 Premium Add-on operating system . . © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018...
  • Page 4 ....Installing the driver for the Avago 9286 CV-8e HBA card ....108 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 5 Trademarks ....114 Installing the driver for the Avago 9286 CV-8e HBA card ....111 © Copyright Lenovo 2014, 2018...
  • Page 6 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction ® ® This document provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 server. The supported operating systems vary by the configuration on your server. The following table provides a list on the supported operating systems for your server.
  • Page 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 ® VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2 P5 VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 3 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 3 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 9 Supported operating systems AHCI SATA Add-On Haswell Broad- RAID RAID well VMware ESXi 6.0 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3 VMware ESXi 6.5 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1 VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2 VMware ESXi 6.7 Citrix XenServe 6.5 Citrix XenServe 6.5.1...
  • Page 10 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Installing An Operating System In Legacy Mode

    • “Preparing the driver” on page 5 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 5 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in legacy mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site at . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device.

  • Page 12: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System

    Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network. 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device. Then, start the server from the optical drive. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 13 2. If the message Press any key to boot from CD or DVD is displayed, press any key. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 3. In the Installing Windows window, select New Installation. 4. Depending on the configuration, do one of the following: •...

  • Page 14: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On Operating System

    14. Change your password when prompted. Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 15. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 15: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, do the following: Note: Before you install this operating system, connect your server to the network. 1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device.

  • Page 16: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System

    Windows Server 2012 Standard (Server with a GUI) is selected in this step. Note: Skip this step if you are installing the Windows Server 2012 Foundation Edition. 7. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 17: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Operating System

    8. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced) is selected in this step. 9. Depending on the configuration, do the following: • If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following: a.

  • Page 18: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Edition ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 19 • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 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.

  • Page 20: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 21: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Operating System

    To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 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. Then, start the server from the optical drive. 2.

  • Page 22: Installing The Windows Server Sac

    Setup [EMS Enabled] is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files. 3. When the Windows Server 2012 window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need, and then click Next. 4. Click Install now. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 23: Installing The Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard Operating System

    5. Select the Windows operating system edition that you want to install. Then, click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard Evaluation is selected in this step. 6. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Click Next. 7.

  • Page 24: Installing The Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2012 Operating System

    5. Read the license terms and select I accept the license terms. Then, click Next. 6. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that Custom: Install Windows only (advanced) is selected in this step. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 25: Installing The Microsoft Windows 8 Operating System

    7. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, depending on the SATA configuration on your server, do one of the following: • If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following: a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver. b.

  • Page 26: Installing The Microsoft Windows 8.1 Operating System

    • If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following: a. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and then click Load Driver. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 27: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System With Service Pack 1

    b. When the Load Driver window is displayed, click Browse to go to the folder where the driver is stored. c. Click OK. The Select the driver to be installed window is displayed. d. Select Hide drivers that aren’t compatible with the hardware on this computer, and then select the driver that you want to install on your server.

  • Page 28: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 Operating System

    10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. Click OK if prompted. 11. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The installation begins. Note: Your server restarts several times during the installation. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 29: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Operating System

    12. If the Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to sign in window is displayed, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. If the Microsoft Hyper- V Server 2012 window is displayed, click Administrator. 13. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the password and then log in to the operating system. Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.

  • Page 30: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3

    Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/...
  • Page 31 3. Depending on the configuration, do one of the following: • If the server configuration is set as onboard RAID, in the welcome window, select Installation and press F6. Then, select Yes and type brokenmodules=ahci. When the Driver Updated added windows is displayed, click OK.
  • Page 32 21. In the Hardware Configuration window, click Next. 22. In the Installation Completed window, click Finish. Note: If the YaST window is displayed, click Continue. 23. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 33: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4

    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 (x64 and x86). To install the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system with Service Pack 4, do the following: 1.
  • Page 34 14. In the Network Configuration window, configure your network and then click Next. 15. If the Test Internet Connection window is displayed, you can choose to test the Internet connection or skip the test. Then click Next. 16. In the Network Services Configuration window, click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 35: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System

    "cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
  • Page 36 In the Formatting Options area, select BtrFS from the File System drop-down list box. g. In the Mounting partition area, select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. h. Click Finish. • Manually create a swap partition ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 37: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    a. 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. b. In the New Partition Type window, select Primary Partition. c. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d.
  • Page 38 Yes to keep the current password. 9. In the Installation Settings window, click Software to select software applications to be installed. For example, if you want to install all software, do the following: a. Click Software. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 39: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    b. In the Software Selection and System Tasks window, right-click any software application and choose All in This List-Install. c. Click OK ➙ Install. If the Confirm Installation window is displayed, click Install. 10. In the System will reboot now window, click OK or wait. After the system is restarted, the installation is finished.

  • Page 40: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System

    I Agree to the License Terms. Click Next. 4. In the Network Settings window, select the network card to be used and click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that default options are selected in this step. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 41 5. In the Registration window, configure the information as prompted and click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that Skip Registration is selected in this step. If the “Really skip the registration now?” window is displayed, select Yes. Note: If the Warning window is displayed, click OK.

  • Page 42: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Operating System

    Select the correct Ethernet device and click OK. Then, configure the network settings as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that you select Enable Ipv4 support ➙ Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP). 4. In the RED HAT window, click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 43 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next. 6. Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next. 7. Select the type of devices for the installation and then click Next. The following steps are based on the scenario that Basic Storage Devices is selected in this step.

  • Page 44: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Operating System

    When the Driver Disk Source window is displayed again, click OK. f. In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK. g. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 45 3. In the Disc Found window, select Skip, and then press Enter. 4. In the RED HAT window, click Next. 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next. 6. Select the appropriate keyboard layout for the system and click Next. 7.

  • Page 46: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    When the Driver Disk Source window is displayed again, click OK. f. In the Select driver disk image window, select your desired driver and then click OK. g. When “Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” is displayed, select NO. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 47 3. When the Disk Found window is displayed, select Skip and then press Enter. 4. In the RED HAT window, click Next. 5. Select the language that you want to use during the installation process and click Next. 6. Select a keyboard layout for the system and click Next. 7.

  • Page 48: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    8. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone. Then click Next. 9. Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account. Then click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 49 Note: If a message prompts you that the password is weak, click Use Anyway. 10. In the “Which type of the installation would you like?” window, select your desired option. The following steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step and click Next. 11.

  • Page 50: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Operating System

    12. In the Please Select A Device window, do one of the following to create a partition and then click Next. • Manually create a root partition (/) To create a root partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 51: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System

    b. Select Standard Partition and then click Create. c. In the Add Partition window, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. d. Select Ext4 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 52 In the Allowable Drives window, select the storage device on which you want to install the operating system. f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 53: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
  • Page 54 16. In the “Subscription Management Registration” window, select No, I prefer to register at a later time and click Finish. 17. Configure the language and click Next ➙ Next. 18. Set your user name and the password (if needed) and click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 55: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.

  • Page 56: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    2. In the Welcome window, select Install RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and press Enter. 3. When “What language would you like to ...” is displayed, select a required language (for example, English) and click Continue. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 57 4. In the Installation Summary window, set Date&Time, Language Support, Keyboard, Security Policy, and Installation Source. The following steps are based on the scenario that the default settings are used in this step. 5. In the Installation Summary window, click Software Selection and select software packages to be installed.

  • Page 58: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Operating System

    Verify that the created drive partition is correct and click Done. In the Summary of Changes window, click Accept Changes. 8. In the Installation Summary window, click Begin Installation to start installing the operating system. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 59: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System

    9. In the Configuration window, click Root Password to set the root password. 10. When file copying is completed, click Reboot. 11. In the Initial Setup window, click License Information. 12. Select I accept the license agreement and click Done. 13.

  • Page 60: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 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. In the Welcome window, select Install RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.5 and press Enter. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 61 3. When “What language would you like to ...” is displayed, select a required language (for example, English) and click Continue. 4. In the Installation Summary window, set Date&Time, Language Support, Keyboard, Security Policy, and Installation Source. The following steps are based on the scenario that the default settings are used in this step.

  • Page 62: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 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. • Manually create a swap partition ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 63: Installing The Citrix Xen Server Operating System

    a. In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. d.

  • Page 64: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    Installing the VMware hypervisor This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: • VMware ESXi 5.1 P5 • VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 • VMware ESXi 6.0 • VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 65 • VMware ESXi 6.7 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 . Then, follow the instructions to prepare the ISO file. /HT100820?tabName=Solutions To install the VMware ESXi operating system, do the following: 1.
  • Page 66 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 67: Chapter 3. Installing An Operating System In Uefi Mode

    • “Preparing the driver” on page 61 • “Configuring the BIOS setting” on page 61 Preparing the driver Before installing an operating system in UEFI mode, download your desired driver from the Lenovo Web site . Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. http://www.lenovo.com/drivers 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 68: Installing The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Operating System

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system, see “Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system” on page 12. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 69: Installing The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Operating System

    Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system, see “Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating system” on page 14. Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems: •...

  • Page 70: Installing The Windows Server Sac

    Installing the Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system This topic provides information about installing the Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating systems (x64). To install the Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating systems (x64), see “Installing the Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system” on page 20. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 71: Installing The Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Operating System

    Installing the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system To install the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1” on page 21. Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system”...

  • Page 72: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 3

    Before you start the operating system installation, do the following: 1. Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/...
  • Page 73 Note: If the operating system is installed on a SAN, ensure that you select the drive on the SAN in the following steps. • To create a drive partition, do the following: a. Click Partitioning and select Custom Partitioning (for experts). Click Next. b.

  • Page 74: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Operating System With Service Pack 4

    In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d. Type the amount of space in the Custom Size field and then click Next. e. In the Formatting Options area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 75 f. In the Mounting partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. g. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot/efi) To create a boot partition, do the following: a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select Hard Disks from System view and select the drive (for example, sda) for installing the operating system.

  • Page 76: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating System

    "cp -a tmp_dir_1/* tmp_dir_2" • Add-on RAID: Download the driver for RAID from the Lenovo Web site, and copy the .iso file to a USB storage device. Note: Insert the USB storage device into your server before you install the operating system.
  • Page 77 • If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI or IDE, select Installation, and then press Enter. • If the operating system is to be installed on SAN, do the following: a. Select Installation. b. Press E to enter editing mode. Then input dud=1 and press F10. c.

  • Page 78: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Operating System

    In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. d. Type the amount of space (for example, 80 GB) in the Custom Size field and then click Next. e. Select Operating System from Role. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 79 f. 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) a.

  • Page 80: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Operating System

    In the Formatting Options area, select FAT from the File System drop-down list box. f. In the Mounting partition area, select /boot/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list box. g. Click Finish. • Manually create a swap partition ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 81: Installing The Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.3 Operating System

    a. 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. b. In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. c.
  • Page 82 If the “Do you want to continue with your selection (local time)?” window is displayed, click Continue. 10. In the Create New User window, set a user name and password, and then click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 83: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Operating System

    Note: If the “Really use this password?” window is displayed, change the password according to your need or click Yes to keep the current password. 11. In the “Password for the System Administrator–root” window, set a root password and click Next. Note: If the “Really use this password?”...
  • Page 84 In the Allowable Drives area, select the hard disk drive for operating system installation. The following steps are based on the scenario that sda is selected in this step. n. In the Size (MB) area, type 1024 and then click OK. The boot partition is created. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 85: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Operating System

    o. Go back to the partition window. Ensure that the drive partition is correct and then click Next. Note: If the Format Warnings window is displayed, click Format. 13. In the Writing storage configuration to disk window, click Write changes to disk. 14.
  • Page 86 In the Allowable Drives area, select the hard disk drive for operating system installation. The following steps are based on the scenario that sda is selected in this step. e. In the Size (MB) area, type 20000 and then click OK. The root partition is created. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 87: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating System

    f. Go back to the partition window. Click Create and select Standard Partitioning. Click Create. g. In the Add Partition window, select the forward slash /boot/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list box. h. Select EFI System Partition from the File System Type drop-down list box. i.
  • Page 88 11. In the “Which type of the installation would you like?” window, select your desired option. The following steps are based on the scenario that Create Custom Layout is selected in this step and click Next. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 89 12. In the Please Select A Device window, do one of the following to create a partition and then click Next. • Manually create a root partition (/) To create a root partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. b.

  • Page 90: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Operating System

    In the Allowable Drives window, choose the hard disk drive to install the operating system. f. Type the amount of space (in MB) in the New Partitions Size window and then click OK. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 91 • 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. c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot/efi from the Mount Point drop-down list box. d.

  • Page 92: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 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 in legacy mode) or (/boot/efi in UEFI mode) To create a boot partition, do the following: a. Click Create. The Create Storage window is displayed. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 93: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Operating System

    To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/drivers. Unzip the drivers if necessary. Then, copy the drivers to a USB storage device or burn the drivers to a disc.
  • Page 94 Note: If your server comes with an onboard RAID card, download the readme files for the drivers from the Lenovo Web site and follow the instructions to install the drivers. 2. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup device.

  • Page 95: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Operating System

    To create a swap partition, do the following: 1) In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. 2) In the ADD A NEW MOUNT POINT window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list box. 3) Type the amount of space (in MB) in the Desired Capacity field and then click Add mount point.

  • Page 96: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 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. In the Welcome window, select Install RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and press Enter. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 97 3. When “What language would you like to ...” is displayed, select a required language (for example, English) and click Continue. 4. In the Installation Summary window, set Date&Time, Language Support, Keyboard, Security Policy, and Installation Source. The following steps are based on the scenario that the default settings are used in this step.

  • Page 98: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Operating System

    In the Manual Partitioning window, click + in the bottom left corner. b. In the Add a New Mount Point window, select swap from the Mount Point drop-down list. c. Type the amount of space (for example, 2 GB) in the Desired Capacity field. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 99: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Operating System

    d. Click Add mount point. Verify that the created drive partition is correct and click Done. In the Summary of Changes window, click Accept Changes. 8. In the Installation Summary window, click Begin Installation to start installing the operating system. 9.
  • Page 100 Note: By default, the local account is used to log in to the operating system for the first time. Log out and use the root account to log in to the operating system again. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 101: Installing The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Operating System

    Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 operating system This topic provides instructions on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x64) operating system. To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 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 102: Installing The Vmware Hypervisor

    3. When the “End User License Agreement (EULA)” window is displayed, press F11. 4. When the “Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade” window is displayed, press Enter. 5. Select a keyboard layout as you need, and then press Enter. ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 103 6. Set the password as you need, and then press Enter. Notes: • For VMware ESXi 5.1 P5, the password must contain at least seven characters. If you do not want to set the password, press Enter. • For VMware ESXi 6.7, the password must contain at least seven characters with numbers, upper- case and lower-case letters, and symbols.
  • Page 104 ThinkServer TD350 Operating System Installation Guide...

  • Page 105: 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 106: Installing The Driver For Usb 3.0 Connectors

    1. 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 107: Installing The Driver For The Sata Ahci

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver 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 108: Installing The Driver For The Hba Card

    To install the driver for the card, do the following: 1. Download the driver 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 109: Installing The Driver For The Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

    To install the driver for the ThinkServer Trusted Platform Module (TPM), do the following: 1. Download the driver for the TPM 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 110: Installing Drivers For An Onboard Graphics Card

    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 111: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card

    1. Download the driver for the HBA card from the Lenovo Web site to your server. 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 2. Copy the driver to a USB storage device. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 112: Installing Drivers For The Suse Linux Enterprise Server Operating System

    To install the driver for an onboard graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the onboard graphics card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 113: Installing The Driver For The Hba Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 114: Installing The Driver For A Cna Card For Fcoe, Iscsi, And Nic Protocols

    To install the driver for a CNA card for FCoE, iSCSI, and NIC protocols, do the following: 1. Download the driver for a CNA card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 115: Installing The Driver For A Raid Card

    To install the driver for a RAID card, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding driver for the RAID card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 116: Installing Drivers For The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

    To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for an Ethernet card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 117: Installing The Driver For The Avago 9286 Cv-8E Hba Card

    To install the driver, do the following: 1. Download the driver 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 118: Installing The Driver For The Hba Card

    To install the driver for a CNA card for FCoE, iSCSI, and NIC protocols, do the following: 1. Download the driver for a CNA card from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the folder to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.

  • Page 119: Installing The Driver For A Raid Card

    To install drivers for the VMware hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the driver file from the Lenovo Support Web site. Ensure that the name of the driver file you download is offline-bundle.zip. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are always available on the Lenovo Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...

  • Page 120: Trademarks

    8. In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the host and select Exit Maintenance Mode. 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.

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