Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Operating System Installation Manual

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ThinkServer TS430Operating System InstallationGuideIntroductionThis guide provides instructions on how to install an operating system on the Lenovo® ThinkServer® TS430server.It is recommended that you use the self-starting (bootable) ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD that comes withyour server to install an operating system. The DVD contains the ThinkServer EasyStartup program. TheThinkServer EasyStartup program simplifies the process of configuring Redundant Array of IndependentDisks (RAID) and installing supported Microsoft® Windows® and Linux® operating systems and devicedrivers on your server. The user guide for the ThinkServer EasyStartup program also is on the DVD and canbe accessed directly from the program interface. However, if you want to install an operating system on yourserver without using the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD, refer to the information in this guide.This guide contains the following information:• “Before installing an operating system” on page 1• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system” on page 2• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system” on page 3• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system or a Microsoft Windows MultiPointServer 2011 operating system” on page 4• “Installing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system” on page 5• “Installing device drivers for Windows operating systems” on page 10• “Installing a Linux operating system” on page 10• “Installing VMware ESXi 5.0” on page 21Before installing an operating systemEnsure that you have prepared the following items before installing an operating system:• Prepare an operating system installation disc with license.• Print the related instructions in this guide or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another computer.• Ensure that your server has supported hard disk drives installed.• Configure RAID for your server if you want to use RAID. For information about configuring RAID, refer tothe User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. You always can obtain all themost up-to-date documentation for your server from the Lenovo Web site at:http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides• Prepare a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device that contains the required device drivers foryour server model. To download device drivers, go to http://www.lenovo.com/drivers and follow theinstructions on the Web page.• Set the optical drive that you want to use as the first startup device.Notes:• For onboard SATA software RAID, it is not supported to install an operating system in Unified ExtensibleFirmware Interface (UEFI) mode. Do not start the server from the DVD-ROM device listed in “UEFI:DVD-ROM name” in the Boot Options menu to install an operating system.1