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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Setup Guide

For ThinkStation P320

Section 1 – BIOS Setup and Preinstallation Steps

The first step before installing Linux is to make sure BIOS is setup correctly.

 For UEFI/GPT installations (recommended):

o Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash screen.
o Tab over to the “Exit” menu tab, and set “OS “Optimized Defaults” to “Enabled”.

o Select “Yes” at the confirmation screen indicated below.

o Tab over to the “Security” menu tab, select “Secure Boot”, and set the option to

“Disabled”.

o Select F10 to “Save and Exit” BIOS.

o Insert the RHEL 7 install media (either through USB or CD/DVD).

o Power on the system and press the F12 function key whenever the following

Lenovo splash screen appears.

o Select the Linux bootable installation media “UEFI” option from the F12 boot

menu.

 For Legacy/MBR installations (not recommended):

o Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash screen.
o Tab over to the “Exit” menu tab, and set “OS “Optimized Defaults” to “Disabled”.

o Select F10 to “Save and Exit” BIOS.

o Insert the RHEL 7 install media (either through USB or CD/DVD).
o Power on the system and press the F12 function key whenever the following

Lenovo splash screen appears.

o Select the Linux bootable installation media “Legacy” option from the F12 boot

menu.

Section 2 – Installing RHEL 7

Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install RHEL 7 on the
ThinkStation P320 workstations.

 Highlight the “Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7” from the installer menu and press “e”.

 Add “nomodeset” to the end of the Linux boot image line and press Ctrl-X.

 With Intel Kaby-Lake CPU’s, the following warning message may appear.

 Select the language to use during the installation process.

 At the “Installation Summary” screen, feel free to modify any of the default settings for

“Date & Time”, “Keyboard”, and “Language Support” by selecting each one.

o Default settings were used throughout this document.

 Select “Software Selection” option from the “Installation Summary” screen.

 Select a “Base Environment” at the left and the additional Add-on packages at the right

and select “Done” in the upper left corner of the screen.

o “Development and Creative Workstation” was used throughout this document.

 Select “Installation Destination” option from the “Installation Summary” screen.

 Select the device on where to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and “Done” in the

upper left corner of the screen.

 Select “Begin Installation” in the bottom right corner of the screen.

 Select “Root Password”.

 Enter a password for the root user and select “Done” in the upper left corner of the

screen.

 Select “User Creation”.

 Enter a Username and Password and select “Done” in the upper left corner of the

screen.

 Let the system finish the installation.

 Once the installation completes, select “Reboot” in the bottom right corner of the screen.

 Once the system reboots, select “License Information” from the initial setup screen.

 Check the box that says “I accept the license agreement” and select “Done” in the upper

left corner of the screen.

 Select “Finish Configuration”.

 Select the user created above.

 Enter the password created above and select “Sign In”.

 Red Hat Enterprise 7 desktop screen.

Section 3 – Installing the Nvidia Graphics Driver

In order to get optimal performance out of the Nvidia GPU, it’s a good idea to install the Nvidia
graphics driver.

To install the latest Nvidia graphics driver, follow the steps below.

 Step 1:

o Download the Nvidia graphics driver from the Lenovo Support Website.

http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/WORKSTATIONS/THINKSTATION-P­SERIES-WORKSTATIONS/THINKSTATION-P320/downloads/DS121444

 Step 2:

o Open a terminal window and type “init 3” to stop X-windows.

 Step 3:

o Login as root.

 Step 4:

o Browse to the directory location to where the Nvidia driver installer is located.

 Step 5:

o Run the Nvidia installer.

 Step 6:

o Accept the Nvidia driver license.

 Step 7:

o Select “Yes” to Install 32-bit compatibility libraries.

 Step 8:

o Select “Yes” to update the X-configuration file.

 Step 9:

o Driver installation complete.

 Step 10:

o Verify the Nvidia driver is loaded by running “nvidia-smi”.

 Step 11:

o Reboot the system.

Section 4 – Installing the Network Wireless Driver

The wireless network device offered for the P320 is native to RHEL 7.3; therefore, you will not
need to install any additional drivers separately.

Section 5 – Installing the Network LAN Driver

The network LAN device is native to RHEL 7.3; therefore, you will not need to install any additional
drivers separately.

OPTIONAL: Configuring “yum” to use CentOS Repositories

For non-registered subscriptions of Red Hat, you may be able to use the CentOS yum package
server. In order to do so, follow the instructions below.

1. Open a terminal window and login as root.

2. Add the following centos repository.
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo

[centos]
Name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/7/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

3. Run: “yum update”.

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