Breakdown of Required Device Drivers (Windows)

When you perform the Windows Server 2003 installation, you will be required to install device drivers at boot time and later after the installation completes. These device drivers provide both operating system support and inband communication with the Sun Blade Server Module.

You can obtain the device drivers on the Sun Blade 8000 Series Resource CD. Alternatively, you can download the device drivers from the Sun Blade 8000 Series product page.

This topic includes the following sections:

Drivers to Be Installed at Boot Time

A breakdown of the required device drivers to be installed at boot are listed in the following table:

Directory on Resource CD

Floppy Set Image or Program

Device Drivers or Utility

Description

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF1.IMG

LSI1064 SAS/SATA Driver (32 bit and 64 bit)

This LSI SAS/SATA device driver must be available at installation boot time if installing to a local SAS or SATA hard disk drive (HDD).

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF1.IMG

AMI Virtual Floppy Driver (32 bit and 64 bit)

This AMI Virtual Floppy device driver is included on all three floppy images. This driver is only required if installing via remote KVMS session. Do NOT install this driver at this time if using a local floppy disk drive.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF2.IMG

QL2300 SAN Driver (32 bit )

This QLogic Fibre Channel EM device driver must be installed at installation boot time if your installation target is an FC SAN device.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF2.IMG

AMI Virtual Floppy Driver (32 bit)

This AMI Virtual Floppy device driver is included on all three floppy images. This driver is only required if installing via remote KVMS session. Do NOT install this driver at this time if using a local floppy disk drive.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF3.IMG

QL2300 SAN Driver (64 bit )

This QLogic Fibre Channel EM device driver must be installed at installation boot time if your installation target is an FC SAN device.

This AMI Virtual Floppy device driver is included on all three floppy images. This driver is only required if installing via remote KVMS session. Do NOT install this driver at this time if using a local floppy disk drive.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF3.IMG

AMI Virtual Floppy Driver (64 bit)

This AMI Virtual Floppy device driver is included on all three floppy images. This driver is only required if installing via remote KVMS session. Do NOT install this driver at this time if using a local floppy disk drive.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF4.IMG

Emulex SAN Driver (32 bit and 64 bit)

This Emulex Fibre Channel EM or NEM device driver must be installed at installation boot time if your installation target is an Emulex FC SAN device.

Floppy_Images

SUNBLWF4.IMG

AMI Virtual Floppy Driver (64 bit)

This AMI Virtual Floppy device driver is included on all three floppy images. This driver is only required if installing via remote KVMS session. Do NOT install this driver at this time if using a local floppy disk drive.

Floppy_Images

Rawrite_32.exe

Floppy Create Utility

This utility is used to write the required floppy image drivers to a mass-storage device floppy.

Note

At boot time, you need to install only one floppy driver set (F1, F2, or F3). The floppy driver set that you choose to install will depend on your installation target. Instructions for when to install system device drivers at boot time are included in the following procedures: Install Windows Server 2003 From Local or Virtual Media and Install Windows Server 2003 via PXE.

Drivers to Be Installed After Installation

A breakdown of the required device drivers to be installed after the Windows Server installation are listed in the following table.

Directory on Resource CD

Driver Image or Program

Device Drivers or Utility

Description

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_AMD_v1_2_2. exe

AMD CPU for 32 bit

The AMD CPU device driver enables full functionality and performance of the AMD CPU.

X64/DPInst

SunBlade_64B_AMD_v1_2_2. exe

AMD CPU Driver for 64 bit

The AMD CPU device driver enables full functionality and performance of the AMD CPU.

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_SunFloppy_ v1_1_8.exe

AMI Virtual Floppy Device Driver

If this AMI Floppy device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can be added after the OS has been installed. This driver enables support for redirected floppy images through remote KVMS.

X64/DPInst

SunBlade_64B_SunFloppy_ v1_1_8.exe

AMI Virtual Floppy Device Driver

If this AMI Floppy device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can be added after the OS has been installed. This driver enables support for redirected floppy images through remote KVMS.

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_LSI_ v1_24_03.exe

LSI SAS/SATA Device Driver

If this LSI SAS/SATA Device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can be added after the OS has been installed. This driver enables support for the local hard disk drive (HDD).

X64/DPInst

SunBlade_64B_LSI_ v1_24_03.exe

LSI SAS/SATA Device Driver

If this LSI SAS/SATA Device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can be added after installing the OS. This driver enables support for the local hard disk drive (HDD).

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_Intel_ v9_7_34.exe

Intel Ethernet EM and NEM Drivers

This Intel Ethernet EM and NEM device driver MUST be installed after installing the OS. This driver enable support for the EM and NEM Ethernet adapters.

X64/DPInst

SunBlade_64B_Intel v9_7_34.exe

Intel Ethernet EM and NEM Driver

This Intel Ethernet EM and NEM device driver MUST be installed after installing the OS. This driver enable support for the EM and NEM Ethernet adapters.

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_Qlogic_ v9_2_19.exe

QLogic SAN Driver for EM Module

If this QLogic SAN device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can added after installing the operating system. This driver enables support for the Fibre Channel SAN disk array.

X64/DPIns

SunBlade_64B_Qlogic_ v9_2_19.exe

QLogic SAN Driver for EM Module

If this QLogic SAN device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can added after installing the operating system. This driver enables support for the Fibre Channel SAN disk array.

X86/DPInst

SunBlade_32B_Emulex_ v5_1_20A7.exe

Emulex SAN Driver for EM and NEM Module

If this Emulex SAN device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can added after installing the OS. This driver enables support for the Emulex Fibre Channel SAN disk array.

X64/DPInst

SunBlade_64B_Emulex_ v5_1_20A7.exe

Emulex SAN Driver for EM and NEM Module

If this Emulex SAN device driver was NOT installed at boot time, it can added after installing the OS. This driver enables support for the Emulex Fibre Channel SAN disk array.

x32/DPinst

SunBlade_32B_Nividia_ v4_5_2.exe

Nvdia Chipse SMBus Device 32-bit

This driver is required for the chipset device support

x64/DPinst

SunBlade_64B_Nividia_ v4_5_2.exe

Nvdia Chipse SMBus Device 64-bit

This driver is required for the chipset device support

X86/Mellanox

Winib_86-1_3_0_1347.msi

Mellanox IB Module Driver

The Mellanox IB Module Driver enables support for the IB EM.

X64/Mellanox

Winib_X64-1_3_0_1347.msi

Mellanox IB Module Driver

The Mellanox IB Module Driver enables support for the IB EM.

X86/ATI or X64/ATI

*Setup.exe

*Download install instructions and latest ATI drivers from Sun Blade 8000 Series product page at http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/8000.

ATI Rage XL Graphics Driver

The ATI Rage XL Graphics Drivers provides hot plug monitor detection. After installing and configuring the ATI driver, the Windows operating system (after boot) will be able to detect when a local monitor is connected to the system.

X86 or X64

/AMD

/ATI

/Emulex

/Intel

/LSI

/Nvidia

/Qlogic

.inf

Vendor-specific drivers

Alternatively, you can install and update the system device drivers by using the .inf file in the vendor specific directories. For details about how to update system device drivers using the .inf file, refer to Microsoft's documentation.

Note

See Install and Update System Device Drivers for instructions about installing system device drivers after completing the Windows installation.

Deploy Device Drivers for Installation

If you are performing the installation from the local system, you will be required to create a mass-storage device floppy to store the drivers for installation. Instructions for creating this device floppy are provided in Obtain and Prepare Window Device Drivers.

If you are performing the installation remotely (via remote KVMS), you do not have to create a mass-storage device floppy, you can simply mount the floppy image ( .img) for installation.

Note

The device drivers must be installed in a specific order or the installation will fail. The Windows 2003 Server installation procedures provided identify the appropriate time each driver must be installed.