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Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Installing drivers for the Citrix XenServer Server 2011 Standard operating system..hypervisor....ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
14. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New. 15. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply. 16. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click Next. The installation begins. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation. 17. Change your password when prompted. Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers. 18. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted. Installing the driver for the chipset To install the driver for the chipset, do the following: 1.
To install the driver for a discrete graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the discrete graphics card from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
Installing the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface ® To install the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface, do the following: 1. Log in to the operating system and insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive. The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD runs automatically. Note: If the DVD does not run automatically, click Run launch.exe in the AutoPlay window.
• “Installing the driver for an HBA card” on page 6 • “Installing the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface” on page 7 • “Installing the driver for a CNA card” on page 7 ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials operating system Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network. To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 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.
14. In the Continue Installation window, select Clean Install. Then, click Next. 15. Click Open Date and Time to verify the clock and time zone settings to set your date and time. Then, click OK ➙ Next. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Note: If the server can identify the Ethernet card, go to step 22 after step 15. 16. When the “Cannot find the local network” window is displayed, connect the USB storage device that contains the driver for the Ethernet card to your server. Press Shift+F10, input the command devmgmt.msc, and press Enter.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system, do the following: ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
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. 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.
• “Installing the driver for an HBA card” on page 6 • “Installing the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface” on page 7 • “Installing the driver for a CNA card” on page 7 ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system and drivers This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and drivers: • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system, do the following: 1.
Note: The drivers for the HBA card and CNA card are installed during the operating system installation. Installing the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard operating system Note: The driver for the USB 3.0 connectors is installed during the operating system installation. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the driver for the chipset To install the driver for the chipset, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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 2. Double-click the EXE file to unzip it to a folder. Copy the folder to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
To install the driver for a CNA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
To install the driver for chipset, do the following: 1. Download the driver for 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...
To install the driver for the Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the 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 on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
To install the driver for the QLOGIC QLE2560, QLE2562, QLE2670 or QLE2672 HBA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the HBA card from the Lenovo Support 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 Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
To install the driver for SATA AHCI, do the following: 1. Download the driver for SATA AHCI 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 on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the Ethernet card from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
16 GB. • Download the driver for onboard SAS software RAID from the Lenovo Web site to your server. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device. 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...
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19. When the installation is completed, remove the operating system installation disc from the optical drive. 20. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to go to the command window and then use the following commands to install the drivers: cat /proc/partitions mkdir /tmp/fd0 ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
mount /dev/sdb /tmp/fd0 cd tmp/fd0 ./replace_ahci.sh Notes: • Ensure that the USB storage device is connected to your server. • In the command lines, sdb represents the drive letter of the USB storage device. 21. Press Ctrl+Alt+F6 to return to the graphics interface. Then, click Reboot to restart your server. 22.
To install the driver for a discrete graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the discrete graphics card from the Lenovo Support Web site. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
7. Click Filesystem and open the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file. 8. In the blacklist.conf window, type the following command: blacklist nouveau 9. Save the configuration and close the window. 10. Open the /etc/grub.conf file. 11. In the grub.conf window, type the following command: nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=nouveau 12.
Note: In the command lines, qlcnic-5.2.29.45_130308_rhel5.9_2.6.18-348.el5 represents the name of the folder where the driver is stored. qlcnic-src-install.sh represents the driver name. Use the corresponding file name on your server. 4. Restart your server and the installation is completed. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.10 operating system and drivers Notes: • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.10 operating system does not support the UEFI installation mode. • The maximum system memory that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.10 (x86) operating system can support is 16 GB.
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29. Set your user name and password in the Create User window, and then click Forward. Note: If the SoundCard window is displayed, configure the settings as your need, and click Forward. 30. In the Additional CDs window, click Finish. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
To install the driver for an Ethernet card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.4 (x64 or x86) operating system, do the following: 1. Download the driver for onboard SAS software 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/drivers...
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15. Type a name for your server. Then, click Next. 16. Specify your time zone by selecting the nearest city in your time zone. Then, click Next. 17. Personalize the server by typing the root password for the root user account. Then, click Next. Note: If a message prompts you that the password is weak, click Use Anyway.
Click Ipv4 Settings. Then, select Manual from the Method drop-down list box and click Add. d. Configure the IP address of the Ethernet card, and then click Apply to restart your server. e. Configure other Ethernet cards if needed. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
To install the driver for a discrete graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the discrete graphics card from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
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Select Standard Partition and then click Create. c. In the Add Partition window, select /boot (or /boot/efi) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. d. Select ext4 (or EFI System Partition) from the File System Type drop-down list box. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
e. In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system. f. Type the amount of space (in MB) of the new partition and then click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a swap partition, do the following: a.
1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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 2. Double-click the EXE file to unzip it to a folder. Copy the folder to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
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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.
To install the driver for the NVIDIA NVS300/K600/NVS315 graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site and copy the driver to a USB storage device. 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...
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6. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click SOFTWARE SELECTION, and then select the software that you want to install. Note: The following steps are based on the scenario that you select Server with GUI, select all of the options on the right pane, and click Done. 7.
To install the driver the HBA card or CNA card, do the following: 1. Download the driver the Lenovo Support 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 Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
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7. In the INSTALLATION SUMMARY window, click INSTALLATION DESTINATION. 8. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system. Then, click Done. If you want to create a partition manually, do the following: a. Select I will configure partitioning and then click Done. b.
Then, click Create. b. In the Partition Type window, click OK. c. Type the amount of space (in MB or GB). d. In the Format area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
e. Select /boot from the Mount Point drop-down list box. f. Click OK. • Manually create a swap partition To create a new swap partition, do the following: a. In the Expert Partitioner window, select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system.
To install the driver for a discrete graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the discrete graphics card from the Lenovo Support Web site. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
• 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 • The driver for the discrete graphics card does not support the Xen kernel. 2. Copy the driver from the USB storage device to the /tmp directory on your server.
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19. In the User Authentication Method window, configure the settings and click Next. 20. In the New LDAP User window, configure the settings and click Next. Select Yes when prompted. 21. In the Release Notes window, click Next. 22. In the Hardware Configuration window, click Next. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
To install the driver for a discrete graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver for the discrete graphics card from the Lenovo Support Web site. Then, copy the driver to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
In the New Partitions Size window, select Custom Size. e. Type the amount of space in the Custom Size field and then click Next. f. In the Formatting partition area, select Ext3 from the File system drop-down list box. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
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g. In the Mounting partition area, select the forward slash (/) from the Mount Point drop-down list box. h. Click Finish. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot in the legacy mode or /boot/efi in the UEFI mode) To create a boot partition, do the following: a.
To install the driver for the NVIDIA NVS300/K600/NVS315 graphics card, do the following: 1. Download the driver from the Lenovo Support Web site and copy the driver to a USB storage device. If the driver file 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 Support Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers...
To install a driver for a VMware ESXi 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...
18. Set your time and date in the Set local time window. Select OK and press Enter. 19. When the Installation Completed window is displayed, select OK and press Enter to restart your server. 20. Remove the disc from the optical drive after the whole process is completed. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
To install drivers for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor, do the following: 1. Download the drivers from the Lenovo Support Web site. 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...
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Service Pack 1 To install drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1, see “Installing drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1” on page 8. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system and drivers This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems and the drivers: • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system, see “Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system”...
• “Installing the driver for the OCe14102 CNA card” on page 22 • “Installing the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface” on page 23 • “Installing the driver for SATA AHCI” on page 23 ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system” on page 23. Installing drivers for the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system To install drivers for the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system, refer to the related topics.
In the Allowable Drives window, select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system. f. Type the amount of space (in MB) of the new partition and then click OK. • Manually create a boot partition (/boot) ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
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.
EXE file to unzip it to a folder. Copy the folder to a USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server. 2. Log in to the operating system and copy the folder from the USB storage device to the /tmp directory on your server. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
3. Use the following commands to install the driver: • For Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI over Ethernet (ISOE) protocols: cd /tmp cd qla2xxx-8.04.00.15.5.6-k ./install Note: In the command lines, qla2xxx-8.04.00.15.5.6-k represents the name of the folder where the driver is stored.
In the Formatting Options area, select Swap from the File system drop-down list box. e. In the Mount partition area, select Swap from the Mount Point drop-down list box. f. Click Finish. 8. In the Expert Partitioner window, click Accept. If prompted, select Yes. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
9. In the Installation Settings window, click Software to select your desired software programs, and then click OK ➙ Accept. 10. Click Install to install the software programs that you have selected. Note: If prompted, configure the settings and click Install. 11.
To install a VMware ESXi hypervisor, see “Installing a VMware ESXi hypervisor operating system” on page 54. Installing a driver for a VMware ESXi hypervisor To install a driver for a VMware ESXi hypervisor, see “Installing a driver for a VMware ESXi hypervisor” on page 55. ThinkServer TD340 Operating System Installation Guide...
To install the driver for the PMC 8885e card on a Windows operating system, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding 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...
To install the driver for the PMC 8885e card on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, do the following: 1. Download the corresponding driver from the Lenovo Web site. If the driver is a compressed file, unzip it to a folder. Then, copy the RPM file to your USB storage device and connect the USB storage device to your server.
Appendix A. Trademarks Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, and ThinkServer are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
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