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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Installation

Lenovo ThinkStation P620

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Contents

SECTION 1 – BIOS SETUP & PREINSTALLATION STEPS
SECTION 2 – INSTALLING RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 8
SECTION 3 – RAID ARRAY INSTALLATION
SECTION 4 – RAIDXPERT2 MANAGEMENT APPLICATION
SECTION 5 – SETTING UP THE YUM REPOSITORY

SECTION 6 – INSTALLING THE AQUANTIA LAN DRIVER
SECTION 7 – INSTALLING THE NVIDIA GRAPHICS DRIVER
SECTION 8 – REVISION HISTORY

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Section 1 - BIOS Setup & Preinstallation Steps

The first step before installing Linux is to make sure the system BIOS is setup
correctly. Follow the steps below to ensure a few BIOS settings are set
appropriately.

• Boot into BIOS setup by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo”
splash screen.

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• On the main start menu within BIOS setup, select the “Security” option.

• On the “Security” menu tab, scroll down and select the “Secure Boot”

option.

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• Set the “Secure Boot” drop-down option to “Disabled”.

• Press the function F10 key to “Save & Exit” the BIOS setup menu and

select “Yes” on the pop-up window that’ll appear.

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Section 2 – Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Please refer to the following instructions and screenshots on how to install
RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 on the Lenovo ThinkStation P620.

• Insert the RHEL 8 installation media either through USB or CD/DVD.

• Power on the system and press the function F12 key when the Lenovo

splash screen appears.

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• Select the Linux bootable installation media from the Startup Device Menu.

• Select the “Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2” option from the GRUB

boot menu and press enter.

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• The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Welcome Screen should appear. Select the
appropriate language and “Continue”.

• Adjust the “Keyboard”, “Language Support”, and “Time & Date” accordingly
by selecting each one. Or, leave the default settings.

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• Select the “Software Selection” and choose the type of software to install.

• Select the type of “Base Environment” as well as each “Add-Ons” to install.

In this example, “Workstation” was selected for the “Base Environment”

and all “Add-Ons” were selected.

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• Select “Installation Destination”.

• Select the device on where to install the operating system. In this example,

the first NVMe drive was selected.

For AMD RAID arrays, see Section 3 below.

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• For storage devices with previous partitions created, select “Reclaim
space”.

• Select “Delete all” to delete all the previously created partitions or select

each partition to delete and select the “Delete” option. When done, select

“Reclaim space” button at the bottom.

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• Select “Begin Installation” at the bottom right.

• Select “Root Password”.

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• Enter a root password in both of the boxes below and select “Done” in the
upper left.

• Select “User Creation”.

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• Fill in the appropriate boxes below and select “Done” in the upper left.

• Once the installation completes, select “Reboot” at the bottom right.

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• Select the “License Information” box.

• Select the box at the bottom left of the “License Agreement” page and

“Done” in the upper left.