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Sun Server X2-4 (formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2) Installation Guide for Windows Operating System |
Part I Windows Server Installations
1. Assisted OS Installation With Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Task Overview
How to Obtain Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Documentation Resources
Supported Windows Server Operating Systems
Windows Installation Prerequisites
Windows Server Installation Task Overview
SAS PCIe HBAs Requiring LSI Mass Storage Driver for Windows Server 2008 SP2
3. Installing Windows Server 2008
Installing Windows Server Using Local or Remote Media
Windows Server Installation Using a PXE Network Boot
4. Post Installation of Windows Server 2008
Installing Critical Device Drivers and Supplemental Software
Installing Supplemental Software
5. Getting Server Firmware and Software
Firmware and Software Access Options
Available Software Release Packages
Accessing Firmware and Software
Part II Windows Server System Administrator References
A. Supported Installation Methods
B. Supported Operating Systems
C. BIOS Defaults for New Installations
Verification of BIOS Factory Defaults
D. Incorporating Device Drivers Into Windows Server 2008 WIM Images for Windows Deployment Services
Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD
Procedures for Incorporating Drivers Into WIM Image(s)
Create an ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script – Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2)
Add Device Driver(s) to Boot WIM – Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only
Map ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Install Image
Topics included in this section include:
Device Driver Directory Location on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD identifies the location of the device driver directories on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD.
Note - To obtain the latest device drivers available for the Sun Server X2-4, download the ISO image for the tools and drivers firmware from the My Oracle support web site at: http://support.oracle.com. For instructions, see Chapter 5, Getting Server Firmware and Software.
Table D-1 Device Driver Directory Location on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD
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Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) identifies the device drivers to incorporate in the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) WIM image(s). Note that the boot WIM image identified in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) is only required for Windows Server 2008 SP2 installations, and the install WIM image identified in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) is required for both Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installations.
Note - To determine which SAS PCIe HBA option cards are supported and available for purchase on the Sun Server X2-4, go to the Sun x86 Servers web site and navigate to the Sun Server X2-4 page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/sun-x86/overview/index.html.
Table D-2 Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s)
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Prior to creating the device driver WIM image(s) for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2), ensure that the following tasks are completed in the order specified.
Install and configure the Windows Deployment Services on a server in your network. For details, you can download Microsoft's Windows Deployment Services Step-by-Step Guide at:
Install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The WAIK contains applications to mount and modify WIM images as well as applications to create and modify XML unattended setup scripts.
Microsoft provides separate WAIK downloads for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The URLs for these downloads are as follows.
Windows Server 2008 SP2 at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08&displaylang=en
Windows Server 2008 R2 at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A811-39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en
Locate the Windows device drivers on the Tools and Driver firmware DVD. For information about where the device drivers on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD are located, see Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD.
Establish a network-shared device driver repository. For example:
Create a device driver repository containing the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) device drivers.
Note that for Windows Server 2008 WDS installation environments, a device driver repository is provided, which you can modify. For Windows Server 2003 SP2 WDS installation environments, a device driver repository is not provided and you must manually create one. The following is an example of how you might want to set up the directory structure for a new device driver repository:
C:\unattend\drivers\{w2K8|W2k8R2}\catalogs\vendor\version
Where:
unattend is the unattend device driver store
drivers is the name for device driver directory
{W2K8 or W2K8R2} is the name for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) device drivers directory
catalogs is the name for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) catalog files
vendor is the name of directory for device driver vendor
version is the name of directory for device driver version
Ensure that the directories (folders) in the device driver repository are shared and accessible to the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) during the network installation.
For example, the device driver repository network shares referenced in this appendix are set up as follows:
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Extract the Windows Server 2008 device drivers on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD and place them into the device driver repository.
For details about where the Windows Server 2008 device drivers are located on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD, see Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD.
If you do not have a copy of the tools and drivers firmware, you can download the ISO image for the Tools and Drivers firmware. For details, see Chapter 5, Getting Server Firmware and Software.
The following example demonstrates the directory structure of the device driver repository after copying a SAS PCIe HBA driver (example version number: 1.19.2.64) from the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD to the device driver repository:
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Create an imageunattend.xml Setup Script for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2). For details, seeCreate an ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script – Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) .
For Windows Server 2008 SP2 (only) installations, add the required boot device drivers described in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) to boot.wim. For details about adding the device drivers to the boot.wim, see Add Device Driver(s) to Boot WIM – Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only .
Map the imageunattend.xml Setup Script to the Windows Server 2008 image. For details, see Map ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Install Image.
For Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installations, add the required device drivers described in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) to the install.wim image.