| Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server Windows Operating System Installation Guide |    
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Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers |
This chapter describes how to update the Windows Server installation with server-specific device driver software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The procedures in this chapter assume that you already:
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Sun provides a wizard to install Sun server-specific drivers and supplemental software. The Sun Fire Installation Package wizard may be started using one of the following methods: from the main menu of your server’s Tools and Drivers CD, or from the InstallPack_x_x_x.exe executable file. Directions for using either method are described below.
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1. Start the Sun Fire Installation Package software using one of the following methods:
The Sun Fire Install Package dialog box (shown below) displays.
FIGURE 8-1 Sun Fire Installation Package Dialog Box
2. Click Next to accept the default settings.
Note that you should always accept the “platform-specific drivers” to ensure that the most recent drivers are installed. The Install Pack notice dialog box displays.
FIGURE 8-2 Install Pack Notice Dialog Box
3. Review the Important Note and then click Next.
The Welcome to the Sun Fire Installation Wizard displays.
FIGURE 8-3 Sun Fire Installation Wizard
The End User License Agreement page appears.
FIGURE 8-4 End User License Agreement Page
5. Select “I accept this agreement”, and then click Next.
The platform-specific drivers are installed (see FIGURE 8-5). Verify that all drivers were successfully installed as indicated by the green check mark.
FIGURE 8-5 Finished Installing Page Example
The System Settings Change dialog box displays (see FIGURE 8-6).
FIGURE 8-6 System Settings Change Dialog Box
7. If you accepted the default settings in Step 2, click No to proceed to Installing Supplemental Software.
If you are not installing the Supplemental Software, click Yes to restart your computer.
There are several supplemental software components available for your Sun Fire server. You have two options for installation: Typical, where basic choices are made for you (as indicated in the table below), and Custom, which is a superset of Typical and includes all software components of Typical plus additional software components.
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Intel Teaming--NIC teaming features include fault tolerance, load balancing, link aggregation, and Virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging. |
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LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager--Allows you to configure, monitor, and maintain RAID on the LSI SAS 1064/1068 integrated RAID controller. |
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LSI SAS-IR Storage SNMP Agent--Captures SNMP data on the LSI SAS 1064/1068 integrated RAID controller. Requires the Windows Component for SNMP service for operation. |
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ipmitool--Command line utility that reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, gets and sets LAN configuration parameters, and performs chassis power control operations via the BMC (also called the Service Processor). For Windows Server 2003 installations, refer to Completing the IPMItool Installation) |
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IPMI System Management Driver (Sun Microsystems)--Windows driver that reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information. Installs for Windows Server 2003 SP1 only, is not applicable for Windows Server 2003 R2 or 2008. |
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AMD MCAT--Machine Check Analysis Tool (MCAT) is a command line utility that takes Windows System Event Log (.evt) file as an argument and decodes the MCA error logs into human readable format. |
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AMD Power Monitor--AMD Power Monitor is intended to show the current frequency, voltage, utilization and power savings of each core on each processor in the system. |
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If you selected Supplemental Software at the initial Installation Package page (see FIGURE 8-1) in Step 2, and selected No in Step 7, the Supplemental Software dialog box displays:
FIGURE 8-7 Supplemental Software Dialog Box
1. Click Next to accept the Typical settings, or select Custom to choose the options to install (see descriptions in TABLE 8-1).
Component installation wizards will guide you through the installation of each of the selected supplemental software components.
2. Once the supplemental software has been installed, click Finish.
3. Click Yes at the System Setting Change dialog box to restart your system. If you ran the Sun Fire Installation Package software from the Tools and Drivers CD, remove it now.
Proceed to the next section to learn more about Supplemental software.
This section lists additional information about Sun supplemental software for your server. This information includes:
The MSM program enables you to configure the LSI Logic integrated RAID controller, physical disk drives, and virtual disk drives on your system. The Configuration Wizard in the MSM program simplifies the process of creating disk groups and virtual disk drives by guiding you through several simple steps to create your storage configurations.
MSM works with the appropriate Operating System (OS) libraries and drivers to configure, monitor, and maintain storage configurations attached to x64 servers. The MSM GUI displays device status in the form of icons, which represent the controllers, virtual disk drives, and physical disk drives on your system. Special icons appear next to the device icons on the screen to notify you of disk failures and other events that require immediate attention. System errors and events are recorded in an event log file and are displayed on the screen.
For information on using MSM, refer to the Sun LSI 106x RAID User’s Guide for your server on the Sun product documentation web site at:
Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager is an extension to the Windows Device Manager. When you install the NIC Teaming supplemental software for your Sun Fire server, Intel PROSet software configuration tabs are automatically added to the network adapters listed in Device Manager.
To access the functions available for your server’s network interface, do the following:
1. From the Taskbar, click Start, and then click Run.
The run dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Open list, type devmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
The Device Manager dialog box is displayed.
3. Expand the Network adapters group and select the first adapter.
4. Right-click the selection and click Properties.
The adapter properties dialog box is displayed.
FIGURE 8-8 Intel NIC Adapter Properties
5. To setup NIC teaming, click the Teaming tab.
The teaming options are displayed (see FIGURE 8-8).
6. Select Team with other adapters and then click New Team.
The New Team Wizard is displayed.
7. Click Next. The Adapter Selection page is displayed.
FIGURE 8-10 Adapter Selection Page
8. Select the adapters to be included in the team from the list of installed adapters.
For more information on setting up NIC teaming for your environment, refer to the Intel Connectivity web page on “Advanced Networking Services--Teaming” at:
http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-009747.htm
Additionally, you may download the complete set of Intel Network Connections User Guides for your server’s network adapters at:
http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-009715.htm
The IPMItool is a command line utility that reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, gets and sets LAN configuration parameters, and performs chassis power control operations via the server’s Service Processor. IPMItool is supplemental software and may be installed using the server’s Tools and Drivers CD or using the Installpack_x_x_x.exe executable file (described earlier in this chapter).
Once installed, the IPMItool may be used to access your server’s Service Processor (or another Sun server’s Service Processor) in the following ways:
To use IPMItool, ensure that you have completed the requirements specified for your Windows version:
For Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2:
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Do the following before attempting to use the IPMItool through the Windows operating system:
1. Install the Microsoft IPMI System Management driver:
a. In Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs.
The Add/Remove Programs dialog is displayed.
b. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
The Windows Components Wizard dialog is displayed.
c. Highlight Management and Monitoring Tools component, and then click Details.
The Management and Monitoring Tools page is displayed.
e. Read the warning and then click OK.
The Management and Monitoring Tools page is displayed.
The Windows Components Wizard dialog is displayed.
The Hardware Management component is installed.
2. Instantiate the IPMI System Management driver.
3. On the Taskbar, click Start, and then click Run.
The Run dialog box is displayed.
rundll32 ipmisetp.dll,AddTheDevice
The IPMI System Management driver is instantiated.
5. To ensure that the IPMI System Management driver is installed, repeat steps 1a through 1c, above.
For information about using the IPMItool, refer to your Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User’s Guide (820-1188). For more information on standard IPMItool commands, please see:
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