Selecting the Delivery Methods

In this chapter, you will decide on the delivery methods to provide the mass storage drivers required for Windows Server 2003 and the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 media for installation.

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

Select a Mass Storage Drivers Method

Select a method listed in TABLE 3-1 that meets the need of your environment for providing the appropriate drivers for Windows Server 2003 installation. Make note of the method you have selected

TABLE 3-1 Delivery Methods for Windows 2003 Mass Storage Drivers
Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method	Additional Requirements	Ease of Configuration and Installation
Floppy Disk Local: Uses a physical USB floppy drive directly connected to the server’s upper rear USB port.	External USB floppy drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[1] on the Windows Marketplace site: `http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/marketplace/` Floppy disk	Easy
Floppy Disk Remote: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect to a physical floppy drive on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.	JavaRConsole system with network access to your Sun Fire server’s network management port and an attached floppy drive Floppy disk	Medium: Installation time will be minimally increased over the Floppy Disk Local method.
Floppy Image: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect to a floppy image file on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.	JavaRConsole system with network access to your Sun Fire server’s management network port Floppy image file	Medium: Installation time will be minimally increased over the Floppy Disk Local method.

TABLE 3-1 Delivery Methods for Windows 2003 Mass Storage Drivers

Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method

Additional Requirements

Ease of Configuration and Installation

Floppy Disk Local: Uses a physical USB floppy drive directly connected to the server’s upper rear USB port.

External USB floppy drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[1] on the Windows Marketplace site: http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/marketplace/
Floppy disk

Easy

Floppy Disk Remote: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect to a physical floppy drive on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.

JavaRConsole system with network access to your Sun Fire server’s network management port and an attached floppy drive
Floppy disk

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

Floppy Image: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect to a floppy image file on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.

JavaRConsole system with network access to your Sun Fire server’s management network port
Floppy image file

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

Select a Windows Server Distribution Media Method

Select a method listed in TABLE 3-2 that meets the need of your environment for providing the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 distribution media for the Windows installation on your server. Make a note of the method that you selected.

TABLE 3-2 Delivery Methods for Windows Server Distribution Media
Windows OS Media Delivery Method	Additional Requirements	Ease of Configuration and Installation
Windows Local: Uses an external CD/DVD drive connected to the Sun Fire server.	External USB CD/DVD drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[2] on the Windows Marketplace site: `http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/marketplace/`	Easy
Windows Remote: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect the CD drive to a physical CD drive on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.	JavaRConsole system with the network access to the Sun Fire server network management port and an attached CD/DVD drive	Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.
Windows Image: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect the CD drive to a Windows media image file on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.	JavaRConsole system with network access to the Sun Fire server management network port	Medium: Installation time will be significantly increased over the Windows Local method.

TABLE 3-2 Delivery Methods for Windows Server Distribution Media

Windows OS Media Delivery Method

Additional Requirements

Ease of Configuration and Installation

Windows Local: Uses an external CD/DVD drive connected to the Sun Fire server.

External USB CD/DVD drive listed as “Designed for Windows”^[2] on the Windows Marketplace site: http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/marketplace/

Easy

Windows Remote: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect the CD drive to a physical CD drive on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.

JavaRConsole system with the network access to the Sun Fire server network management port and an attached CD/DVD drive

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

Windows Image: Uses a remote KVMS to redirect the CD drive to a Windows media image file on the system hosting the JavaRConsole.

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

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

^{1 (TableFootnote) If you do not use a USB floppy 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 you do not use a USB floppy 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.}