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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 Media Delivery Methods
Media Delivery Method
Additional Requirements
Windows local – Uses a physical CD/DVD drive connected to the server.
An external CD/DVD drive directly connected to the server's USB port.

For information about how to install Windows, see Installing Windows Server 2008

Windows remote using a DVD – Uses a redirected physical CD/DVD drive on a remote system running JavaRConsole.
A remote system with a browser, an attached physical CD/DVD drive, a Windows distribution DVD, and network access to the server's management port.

For information about how to set up this method, see Configuring a Remote Console.

Windows remote using an ISO image – Uses a redirected CD/DVD ISO image on a remote system running JavaRConsole.
A remote system with a browser, a Windows CD/DVD ISO image, and network access to the server's management port.

For information about how to set up this method, see Configuring a Remote Console.

WDS WIM image – Uses a customized Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image on a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server.
A server running WDS and a WIM image customized for your server.

For more information, see Incorporating Drivers Into the WIM Image.