Installation Instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 for Lenovo ThinkSystem SR570
Installation Instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 for Lenovo ThinkSystem SR570
Installation Instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 for Lenovo ThinkSystem SR570
Table of contents
1.0 What you will need
2.0 Where to download device drivers and files
3.0 Preparing the hardware
4.0 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
Revision level: 1.00
Updated: 8 August, 2017
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Supported servers: Lenovo® ThinkSystem SR570
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1.0 What you will need
You must have the following software and hardware for the installation:
- A registered copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9.
- Supported hard disk drives. See http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/ for the ServerProven® list of supported options and part numbers for the server.
2.0 Where to download device drivers and files
You can download device drivers and files from the following sites:
- Lenovo World Wide Support Portal: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/.
- Lenovo China Support Portal: http://support.lenovo.com.cn/.
3.0 Preparing the hardware
To prepare the hardware, update the system firmware, and configure the disk arrays, see the Lenovo ThinkSystem Information Center at the Lenovo ThinkSystem Information Center.
4.0 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
4.1 OS deployment guide
Please set your preferred boot mode (UEFI mode or Legacy mode) in the UEFI setup menu before you begin the OS installation process.
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, complete the following steps:
- Start the OS installation using one of the following steps:
- Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 using optical drive.
- Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 bootable USB media into an available USB port.
- Power on the server and press F12 on the keyboard when F12 On Time Boot Device is prompted on the bottom right of the screen
- When the Boot Devices Manager appears, select your bootable device and press Enter
- If capable, remotely mount the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 installation DVD or image through the remote control function of the XCalrity Controller Remote Console and restart the server.
- Perform the installation from a network installation server that contains an image of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9.
For details, see the "Booting from the Network Using PXE" sections in the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9.
- Install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 using optical drive.
- Follow the detailed instructions in the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9.
- To configure a software iSCSI target for installation, select Advanced storage configuration in the Disk Partitioning window to set up the partitions, and select the Review and modify partitioning layout check box.
- Before installing the OS in RAID mode, check whether the RAID driver should be installed. You can obtained all required drivers from Lenovo Support Portal. Make sure you read the instructions within README file in driver download page before you install the OS.
4.2 Updating firmware & device drivers
- Go to Lenovo Support Portal.
- Under Select a Product Family click on Data Center then select Servers.
- In the Select Series drop down box select ThinkSystem.
- In the Select Subseries drop down box select the model of your server.
- In the Select Machine Type drop down box select the machine type of your server.
- On the next page select Drivers & Software from the blue banner.
- In the Operating System drop down box select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9.
- This will display a list of the most recent firmware and device drivers for your system.
- Follow the Readme.txt file in each download package for installation instructions.
4.3 Post-installation instructions
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- Install the latest drivers and firmware (see section 4.2).
- Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux software upgrades and security patches. Refer to the Red Hat Subscription Management Guide for information on how to do this.
- Install a required update for the onboard Matrox video device driver. You can obtain the driver software from Lenovo Support Portal.
- Lenovo recommends you review all How-tos and Solutions related to this system and the Operating System you are installing. How-tos and Solutions are found at the Lenovo Support Portal.
5.0 White papers
No white papers are currently available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR570.
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