This section describes how to install Windows Server 2003 from either the distribution media or an ISO CD-image.
The following procedure to install Windows Server 2003 requires you:
To install the LSI and AMI device drivers. You must have these device drivers readily available to install. For more information about preparing these drivers for installation, see Obtain and Prepare the Windows Device Drivers.
To install the LSI and AMI device drivers from mass-storage device floppy or floppy ISO image. You will need to have an attached floppy drive to load the drivers from the mass-storage device floppy. If you are using the ISO floppy image, you will need to place the image file on a network shared location or on the system hosting the ILOM Remote Console client.
To have established console access. For more information, see Console Options.
To have chosen an installation target. If you are installing Windows Server 2003 to a SAN device, you must properly configure the FC SAN adapter prior to performing the installation. For more information, see Guidelines to Install Operating System to FC SAN Device .
Do one of the following:
For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Windows Server 2003 distribution media into the attached USB CD/DVD-ROM drive. Also, insert the mass-storage device floppy into the attached USB floppy drive.
For ISO Images. Ensure that the ISO floppy image and ISO CD-image containing the Windows distribution files are readily available on a network-shared location or on the system hosting the ILOM Remote Console.
Reset the Sun Blade Server Module, for example:
From the ILOM web interface, select Reset
on the Remote Power Control tab.
or
Press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) on the front panel of the blade to turn off the blade, then press the Power button (momentary, 1 second) to turn on the blade.
The BIOS screen appears.
The next events occur very quickly, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Please watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You may want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.
As the server begins the power-up sequence, it will go through a series of test(s) and allow you the opportunity to configure the BIOS, storage, and network controllers.
When prompted,
Press any key to boot CD
; press any key on the keyboard to boot from CD.
The Windows text-mode setup program begins and the blue Windows Setup screen appears.
A message appears informing you to press F6 to install third-party drivers.
Press
F6
(twice with 1 second interval to ensure this step is not missed) to specify the installation of device drivers.
The Windows text-mode set up program does not acknowledge when the F6 key is pressed. It will take a few minutes before you see the next screen.
The Windows Setup screen for specifying additional drivers appears.
In the Windows Setup screen shown below, press
S
to manually specify the device drivers to install.
The Windows Setup screen listing the available drivers appears.
In Window Setup screen listing the available drivers, you must individually load the following mandatory drivers into memory:
LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS Driver (mandatory for all HDD installation targets). Select either the 32-bit or 64-bit driver version driver then press Enter. A message appears listing the Windows (32-bit or 64-bit) driver installed. Repeat Steps 6 and 7 to load the next applicable mandatory driver listed below.
AMI Virtual Floppy driver (mandatory for Remote KVMS installations). Select the virtual floppy driver then press Enter. A message appears listing the AMI driver installed. Proceed to Step 8 if all applicable drivers have been installed or repeat Steps 6 and 7 to install the QL2300 FC SAN driver.
QL2300 FC driver (mandatory only for FC SAN installation targets). Select the QLogic QL2300 driver then press Enter. A message appears listing the QLogic driver installed. Proceed to Step 7.
Press Enter to continue.
The Windows Welcome to Setup screen appears.
In the Windows Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to setup Windows now.
The Windows Server Express or Custom screen appears.
In the Windows Express or Custom screen, press Enter to specify
Express Setup
.
The setup screen for formatting the partition appears.
In the Formatting Partition Setup screen, select one of the following then press Enter to continue.
Format partition using NTFS file system (Quick). This operation takes one minute or less to complete.
Format partition using NTFS file system (Full). This operation takes 30 minutes to complete
Continue the normal Windows installation.
For more details, see Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 documentation.
If the Remote Access Configuration option is enabled in the BIOS, the message
An EMS Connection has been detected on your system
appears after the Windows Server files have been copied to the server hard disk.
The Remote Access Configuration option (when enabled) allows the system to support Microsoft's Emergency Management Services (EMS) and the Special Administration Console (SAC) for
out-of-band console I/O support via a serial connection. For more information about EMS, see the Microsoft TechNet web site. (This message does not appear when the Remote Access
Configuration option is disabled in the BIOS.)
After the Windows installation is complete, install the Windows Server 2003 SP1. Note that if you installed the Windows Server 2003R2, you do not need to install the Windows Server 2003SP1.
To obtain the Windows Server 2003 SP1 software, you can download it from the Microsoft web site. For more information about installing SP1, refer to Microsoft's documentation.
When configuring the OS networking and communication settings and you need to identify which NEM ports and EM ports are active, or how to match a Windows device friendly name to a physical EM or NEM port, see Configure Windows Network Communications Settings with Multiple Network Interfaces.