C H A P T E R 6 |
Installing Windows Server 2003 |
This chapter describes how to install the Windows Server 2003 operating system directly onto a Sun Fire X4600 series server using the Windows Server 2003 media.
Before beginning the operating system installation, make sure that the following requirements are met.
For requirements specific to the mass storage driver and Windows media delivery methods that you have chosen, see TABLE 6-1.
Follow these steps to install the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 software onto your Sun Fire X4600 series server.
Note - The Solaris Operating System may be preinstalled on your server’s boot disk. The Windows installation will format the boot disk and all data will be lost. |
1. Make sure that you have completed all of the requirements listed in Installation Requirements.
3. Press F8 when the Press F8 for BBS POPUP prompt appears on the BIOS POST screen (see FIGURE 6-1).
The BBS POPUP menu will allow you to select a boot device.
4. Once the BIOS POST process is complete, the Boot Device menu appears (see FIGURE 6-2). If you have selected the Windows Local installation method, insert the Windows media CD in the server’s CD/DVD drive now.
FIGURE 6-2 Boot Device Menu Example
5. Select CD/DVD from the Boot Device menu and press Enter.
If prompted with Press any key to boot from CD, quickly press any key.
The Windows Setup process begins.
6. Press F6 when you see the following prompt at the bottom of the screen during the Windows Setup process:
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
Note - The prompt is displayed in the early stages of Windows Setup and lasts for approximately five seconds and is easy to miss. If you do not press F6 while the prompt is being displayed, the screen allowing you to specify additional drivers is not displayed and the installation will fail. You will need to restart the system and go back to Step 3. |
After pressing F6, a screen will appear providing you with the option to specify additional mass storage devices.
FIGURE 6-3 Specify Additional Device Screen
7. Make sure that the mass storage drivers are accessible according to the mass storage driver installation method that you have selected.
8. Press S to specify additional devices.
A screen appears listing the available drivers.
FIGURE 6-4 Select SCSI Adapter Screen
9. Select the appropriate version of the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT SAS Driver, depending on the version of Windows you are installing (Server 2003 32-bit or Server 2003 64-bit), then press Enter.
Windows Setup will then display your selection.
10. Windows Setup lists the driver to be installed. Press Enter to continue.
FIGURE 6-5 Specify Additional Device Screen
Windows Setup will display a list of available drivers. Proceed to the next step.
FIGURE 6-6 Select SCSI Adapter Screen
12. Select the appropriate version of the AMI Virtual Floppy Driver, depending on the version of Windows you are installing (32-bit or 64-bit), and then press Enter.
Windows Setup will display the following screen, showing both the drivers you have selected.
FIGURE 6-7 Specify Additional Device Screen
13. Confirm your choice and press Enter to continue.
The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.
14. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to continue.
The Setup Selection screen is displayed.
FIGURE 6-8 Setup Selection Screen
15. Select a setup mode (Express or Custom) and continue.
If you plan to use hardware RAID on the system disk, press C to select Custom Setup and manually partition the disk. Make sure to reserve a minimum of 200 MB of unpartitioned space at the end of the drive. Otherwise, press Enter to select Express Setup.
16. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the initial setup of Windows Server 2003 until you are prompted with the following message:
Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart.
When this message appears you will need to complete one of the following steps, depending on which driver delivery method you have chosen, to complete the installation:
Then, press any key to restart the system and complete the Windows Server 2003 Installation.
17. Proceed to Chapter 8 “Updating the Critical Server-Specific Drivers.”
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