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Windows Server OS Installation Planning
Windows Server Installation Methods
Preparing For Windows OS Installation
Supported Windows Operating Systems
Selecting a Windows OS Media Delivery Method
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant (OHIA)
How to Download Server Software
How to Set Up an Oracle ILOM Remote Console
How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2
How to Install Windows Server 2012
How to Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE
How to Install Windows Server 2012 Using PXE
Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software
Installing Critical Device Drivers
Installing Supplemental Software
Managing RAID Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager
Configuring Support for the Trusted Platform Module
Incorporating Windows Server 2008 Device Drivers Into WIM Images for WDS
Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers DVD
Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Images
Prerequisites and Task Overview for the Device Driver WIM Images
Incorporating Drivers Into the WIM Image
Downloading the ISO Image for the Tools and Drivers DVD
Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows
How to Determine the Server's Active Network Data Ports
How to Confirm Physical Port MAC Addresses and Map Them to Windows Device Names
Note the following important considerations before beginning the Windows Server operating system installation on your Oracle server.
Installing the Windows operating system overwrites any data on the boot drive, including any preinstalled operating system.
Disable x2APIC in the BIOS Setup Utility before you install the Windows operating system. Access the BIOS Setup Utility, select Advanced —> CPU Configuration —> x2APIC —> Disabled. Then Exit and save changes.
If you are using the on-board LSI mass storage controller and you want to include your boot drive as part of a RAID configuration, you need to configure a RAID volume on the controller before installing the Windows operating system.
Before you install Windows, use the LSI integrated RAID controller’s setup utility by pressing Ctrl-C when prompted during server boot-up. For more details, refer to the Sun LSI 106x RAID User’s Guide for your server.
Note - For information about how to create a RAID virtual disk for the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9262-8i controller, see Creating a Virtual Disk.
The Windows Server 2008 R2 package includes the required mass storage drivers for initial Windows operating system installation.
No separate driver disk is required during initial installation. Post-Windows installation, upgrade server-specific device drivers to the full-featured, Oracle-tested versions as described in Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software.
All the drivers for Windows Server 2012 are in the box. There are no Windows Server 2012 drivers for certain PCIe add-in cards. See the installation sections in How to Install Windows Server 2012 and How to Install Windows Server 2012 Using PXE for details.