Selecting the Delivery Methods

In this chapter, you will decide on the delivery methods to provide the mass storage drivers and the Windows media for installation.

To select mass storage driver media and Windows Server 2003 media delivery methods, complete the following:

3. Make a note of the delivery methods that you selected and proceed to Chapter 5.

Selecting a Mass Storage Drivers Method

There are three methods that can be used to provide the mass storage drivers for Windows Server 2003 installation on the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server:

Select a method in TABLE 4-1 that meets the need of your environment. Make note of the method you select.

TABLE 4-1 Delivery Methods for Mass Storage Drivers
Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method	Additional Requirements	Ease of Configuration and Installation
Diskette Local	External USB diskette drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[1] on the Windows Marketplace site: `http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/` Diskette	Easy
Diskette Remote	JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4000 series server network management port and an attached diskette drive Diskette	Medium: Installation time will be minimally increased over the Diskette Local method.
Diskette Image	JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4000 series server management network port	Medium: Installation time will be minimally increased over the Diskette Local method.

TABLE 4-1 Delivery Methods for Mass Storage Drivers

Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method

Additional Requirements

Ease of Configuration and Installation

Diskette Local

External USB diskette drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[1] on the Windows Marketplace site: http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/
Diskette

Easy

Diskette Remote

JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4000 series server network management port and an attached diskette drive
Diskette

Medium:
Installation time will be minimally increased over the Diskette Local method.

Diskette Image

JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4000 series server management network port

Medium:
Installation time will be minimally increased over the Diskette Local method.

Selecting a Windows Server 2003 Media Method

There are three methods that can be used to provide the Windows media for Windows Server 2003 installation on the Sun Fire X4000 series server:

Select a method in TABLE 4-2 that meets the need of your environment note. Make a note of the method that you selected.

TABLE 4-2 Delivery Methods for Windows Server 2003 Media
Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method	Additional Requirements	Ease of Configuration and Installation
Windows Local	^{None^[2]}	Easy
Windows Remote	JavaRConsole system with the network access to the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server’s network management port and an attached CD/DVD drive	Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.
Windows Image	JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server’s management network port	Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.

TABLE 4-2 Delivery Methods for Windows Server 2003 Media

Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method

Additional Requirements

Ease of Configuration and Installation

Windows Local

^{None^[2]}

Easy

Windows Remote

JavaRConsole system with the network access to the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server’s network management port and an attached CD/DVD drive

Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.

Windows Image

JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server’s management network port

Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.

^{1 (TableFootnote) If you do not use a USB diskette drive designed for Windows, it might appear that the drivers are installed during the OS installation, but when you reboot the system, the graphical part of the Windows setup will be unable to find the drivers again and the installation will fail with an error message.}

^{2 (TableFootnote) If your system does not have a DVD/CD drive, you will need an external USB DVD/CD drive attached to the Sun Fire X4000 series server to use the Windows Local method. The DVD/CD drive should be listed as “Designed for Windows” on the Windows Marketplace site (http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/).}