Installing Windows Server 2008

This chapter provides information about manually installing the Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Before You Begin

• Installing Windows Server Using Local or Remote Media

• Windows Server Installation Using a PXE Network Boot

Before You Begin

Ensure that the following requirements are met before you proceed with the instructions in this chapter for manually installing the Windows Server operating system.

• All applicable installation prerequisites for installing an operating system should have been met. For further information about these prerequisites, see Windows Installation Prerequisites.

• An installation method (for example: console output, boot media, and install target) should have been chosen and established prior to performing the installation. For more information about these setup requirements, see Appendix A, Supported Installation Methods.

• Use the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) operating system documentation in conjunction with the Windows Server operating system instructions provided in this chapter. You can obtain a copy of Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 installation documentation at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/product-documentation.aspx

After completing this procedure, you should review and perform the required post installation tasks described later in this guide. For more details, see Chapter 4, Post Installation of Windows Server 2008 .

Installing Windows Server Using Local or Remote Media

The procedures in this section describe how to boot the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) operating system from local or remote media. It assumes that you are booting the Windows installation media from one of the following sources:

• Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 (or subsequent release) CD or DVD

• Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 (or subsequent release) ISO image

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  Note - The Windows Server 2008 (SP 2 or R2) ISO image can be used for remote installation or for creating an installation CD or DVD.

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  Note - If you are booting the installation media from a PXE environment, refer to Windows Server Installation Using a PXE Network Boot for instructions.

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Install Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Using Local or Remote Media

1. Ensure that the installation media is available to boot.
   • For Distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Windows 2008 Distribution media (CD labeled number 1 or the single DVD) into the local or remote USB CD/DVD-ROM drive.
   • For ISO image. Ensure that the ISO images are available and that the ILOM Remote Console application is aware of the first ISO image location.
   • For additional information about how to set up the installation media, see Boot Media Options for Performing an OS Installation  .
2. Reset or power on the server module.

   For example:

   • From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Control --> Remote Power Control tab, then select Reset option from the Select Action list box.
   • From the local server module, press the Power button on the front panel of the server module to power off the server module, then press the Power button again to power on the server module.
   • From the ILOM CLI, type: reset /SYS
   • From the ILOM CLI on a CMM, type: reset /CH/BLn/SYS

     Where n is the number of the server module in the chassis.

   The BIOS screen appears.

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   Note - The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.

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3. In the BIOS power-on self-test screen, press F8 to specify a temporary boot device for the Windows installation.

   The Please Select Boot Device dialog appears.

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   Note - The dialog that appears in your installation might differ depending on the type of disk controller installed in your server module.

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4. In the Please Select Boot Device dialog, select the menu item according to the Windows media installation method you elected to use, then press Enter.

   For example:

   • If you elected to use the Windows local delivery method, select TEAC as the physical DVD device (or select CD/DVD if this option is shown in boot device dialog).
   • If you elected to use the ILOM Remote Console delivery method, select Virtual CDROM.
5. When prompted with Press any key to boot from CD, press any key.

   The Windows installation wizard starts.

   Continue the Windows installation wizard until the Installation Type dialog appears.

   
   
6. In the Installation Type dialog, click Custom (advanced).

   The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears.

   
   
7. In the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog, perform one of the following tasks in the table below to specify a storage target for the Windows Server operating system edition.
   

   For Windows Server Edition Task Windows Server 2008 SP2 (or subsequent Windows 2008 SP release) Perform one of the following: If you do not see any storage targets listed and have a Sun Storage SAS RAID HBA option configured on your server, click Load Driver then proceed to Step 8. - or - If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system but want to change the default partition settings associated with that target, select the target, click Drive Options, then proceed to Step 9. - or - If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system and do not want to change the default partition settings for that target, select the target and click Next, then proceed to Step 10. Windows Server 2008 R2 (or subsequent Windows 2008 R2 release) Perform one of the following: If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system but want to change the default partition settings associated with that target, select the target, click Drive Options, then proceed to Step 9. - or - If you see the storage target where you want to install the operating system and do not want to change the default partition settings for that target, select the target and click Next, then proceed to Step 10.

8. (Load HBA Storage Driver) In the Load Drive dialog, do the following:
   
   1. Ensure the storage driver(s) are accessible according to the installation method chosen (described in Appendix A, Supported Installation Methods).

      For example:

      • Floppy Disk Local. Storage driver(s) on a floppy disk in floppy drive A on the server.
      • Floppy Disk Remote. Storage driver(s) on a floppy disk in a floppy drive mounted as a device from the ILOM Remote Console.
      • Floppy Image. Storage driver floppy.img file is mounted as a device from the ILOM Remote Console.
      • Non-floppy Media. Storage driver(s) are on a local physical storage media (USB flash drive or CD/DVD) or virtual media mounted from the ILOM Remote Console.
   2. In the Load Driver dialog, click Browse to navigate to the appropriate driver media folder as described below.

      • For systems configured with either of these SAS RAID HBA options— SG-SAS6-R-REM-Z/SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z, or SG-SAS6-R-EM-Z/SGX-SAS6-R-EM-Z—navigate to the following directory on the Tools and Drivers DVD to load the appropriate LSI driver: windows/w2k8/drivers/64bit/hba/lsi/megaraid

      • For a system configured with either of these SAS HBA options— SG-SAS6-REM-Z/SGX-SAS6-REM-Z, or SG-SAS6-EM-Z/SGX-SAS6-EM-Z—navigate to the following directory on the Tools and Driver DVD to load the appropriate LSI driver: windows/w2k8/drivers/64bit/hba/lsi/mpt2

      
      
   3. In the Browse for Folder dialog, select the appropriate driver, then click OK to load the driver.

      The selected driver appears in the Select the Driver to Be Installed dialog. Example dialogs follow showing a selected mass storage driver for a SAS HBA.

      
      
      
   4. In the Select the Driver to Be Installed dialog, click Next to install the driver.

      The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears.

      
      
   5. In the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog, do one of following:
      • Select the storage target listed and click Next to install the operating system, then proceed to Step 10.

        - or -

      • Select the storage target listed and click Drive Options (Advanced) to view and change the default partition settings, then proceed to Step 9.

        The partition settings for the selected target appear at the bottom of the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog.

9. (Partition Drive, advanced) In the lower portion of the Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog, do the following:
   
   1. Click Delete to delete the selected storage target existing partition configuration.

      A confirmation window appears.

   2. Click OK to confirm the partition deletion.
   3. Click New to create a new partition on the selected storage target.
   4. In the Size scroll box, increase or decrease the partition size as needed, then click Apply.

      The partition is created.

   5. Click Next to install the operating system to the selected storage target.
10. The Windows installation program begins and will reboot the server module multiple times during the installation process.
11. When the Windows installation is complete, Windows starts and prompts you to change the user password.
12. In the user password dialog, click OK and set up the initial user login account.

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    Note - Windows Server 2008 enforces stronger password schemes for user accounts. Password standards include restrictions on length, complexity, and history. For more details, click the Accessibility link at the account creation page.

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    After the initial user account is created, the Windows Server 2008 desktop appears.

13. Proceed to Chapter 4, Post Installation of Windows Server 2008 to perform the post installation tasks.

Windows Server Installation Using a PXE Network Boot

This section explains the initial information you will need to install the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) operating system over an established PXE-based network using a customer-provided Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image.

Topics included in this section:

• Before You Begin

• Install Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Using PXE

Note that the procedure presented in this section documents the initial steps to install Windows Server 2008 over the network using a Windows Deployment Services (WDS). Specifically, it explains the steps for selecting the server PXE network interface card that will communicate with your WDS installation server. For further information about using WDS to install the Windows Server 2008 operating system, see Microsoft’s Windows Deployment Services documentation.

Before You Begin

• To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network, you must:

  • Configure the network (NFS, FTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.

  • Configure the files on the TFTP server that are necessary for PXE booting.

  • Configure the server’s MAC network port address to boot from the PXE configuration.

  • Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

• To use WDS to perform the installation, you must:

  • Add the required system device drivers to the install.wim image and, if necessary, the boot.wim image.

    For guidelines for adding drivers to the WIM installation image(s), see Appendix E, Incorporating Device Drivers Into Windows Server 2008 WIM Images for Windows Deployment Services.

  • Obtain the WIM Administrator password.

Install Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Using PXE

1. Reset or power on the server module.

   • From the ILOM web interface, select Remote Power --> Remote Power Control tab, then select Reset from the Select Action list box.

   • From the local server module, press the Power button on the front panel of the server module to turn off the server module, then press the Power button again to power on the server module.

   • From the ILOM CLI, type: reset /SYS

   • From the ILOM CLI on a CMM, type: reset /CH/BLn/SYS

   • Where n is the number of server module in the chassis.

   The BIOS screen appears.

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   Note - The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars.

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2. Press F8 to specify a temporary boot device.

   The Please Select Boot Device menu appears.

3. In the Please Select Boot Device menu, select the appropriate PXE installation boot device and press Enter.

   Note that the PXE installation boot device is the physical network port configured to communicate with your network installation server.

   The Boot Agent dialog appears.

4. In the Boot Agent dialog, press F12 for a network service boot.
5. Continue the normal Windows Server 2008 SP2 or 2008 R2 WDS network installation.

   For additional information, consult Microsoft’s Windows Deployment Services product documentation.

6. When the installation completes, proceed to Chapter 4, Post Installation of Windows Server 2008 to perform the post installation tasks.