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Using This Documentation

Hardware Installation

Operating System Installation

Windows

Introduction to Windows Installation

Windows Installation Task Overview

Getting Started With the Windows Server 2008 Installation

Supported Windows Operating Systems

Windows Server 2008 Installation Considerations

Differences Between the Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 Installation Procedures

Selecting a Media Delivery Method

Windows Media Delivery Methods

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant Task Overview

Obtaining Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant

Downloading Server Software

How to Download Server Software

Configuring a Remote Console

How to Set Up the JavaRConsole System

Creating a Virtual Disk

How to Create a Virtual Disk

How to Set the Boot Drive

Installing Windows Server 2008

How to Install Windows Server 2008

How to Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE

Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software

Installing Critical Device Drivers

How To Install Server-Specific Device Drivers

Installing Supplemental Software

How to Install the Supplemental Software

Managing RAID Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager

IPMItool

Configuring Support for the Trusted Platform Module

Configuring Intel NIC Teaming

Incorporating Device Drivers into WIM Images for WDS

Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers DVD

Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Images

Prerequisites and Task Overview for the Device Driver WIM Images

Incorporating Drivers Into the WIM Image

How to Create an ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script

Add Device Driver to the Boot WIM (Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only)

Map ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 Install Image

Downloading the ISO Image for the Tools and Drivers DVD

How to Download the ISO Image

Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows

How to Determine the Server's Active Network Data Ports

How to Confirm Physical Port MAC Addresses and Map Them to Windows Device Names

Administration, Diagnostics, and Service

Index

Windows Installation Task Overview

To manually install Windows Server 2008 R2, complete the following procedures in order:

  1. Select a delivery method.

    See Selecting a Media Delivery Method.

  2. Download required Sun software and server-specific drivers.

    See Downloading Server Software.

  3. Choose a method for delivering Windows media.

    See Selecting a Media Delivery Method.

  4. If you are planning on installing Windows on your Sun server from a remote console.

    See Configuring a Remote Console.

  5. Create a virtual disk.

    See Creating a Virtual Disk.

  6. Install Windows Server 2008.

    See Installing Windows Server 2008.

    See How to Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE.

  7. Install critical drivers and supplemental software after the initial installation of Windows.

    See Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software.

    These procedures ensure that your server is installed with the full feature set.

  8. Incorporate device drivers into your WIM image.

    See Incorporating Device Drivers into WIM Images for WDS.

  9. Identify network interfaces.

    See Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows.

See next:

Getting Started With the Windows Server 2008 Installation