Post Installation

C H A P T E R 4

Post Installation

After completing the Windows Server installation and rebooting the operating system, you should review the following post installation tasks and, if necessary, perform the tasks that are applicable to your system.

Downloading Server-Specific Drivers

Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers

Installing Supplemental Software

Configuring Microsoft’s IPMI System Management Driver for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

Enabling Support for Wake ON LAN

Configuring Support for TPM

Downloading Server-Specific Drivers

This section describes how to download the server-specific driver packages needed for Windows Server installations.

Note - The Sun Blade X6270 Tools and Drivers DVD contains all of the server-specific drivers required for Windows Server installations. If you are using the Tools and Drivers CD, you can you can skip this section and proceed to Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers. You can also obtain the latest version of the Tools and Drivers DVD for the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module by downloading the updated Tools and Driver DVD image at: http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp

Download the Server-Specific Drivers

1. Download the drivers for the Sun Blade X6270 Server Mode at: http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp

2. Choose one of the following download options:

If you are installing the server-specific drivers using media, download Windows.zip to a hard drive location or media that will be accessible during the installation. Extract the following sub-packages contained in Windows.zip:

FloppyPack_x_x_x.zip for Windows Server 2003 installation -- Contains Intel SATA drivers, LSI SAS/SATA RAID drivers, Sun StorageTek SAS/SATA RAID drivers, QLogic SAN drivers, and Emulex SAN drivers. The content of this zip file is used to create driver media the installation of Windows Server 2003.

InstallPack_x_x_x.exe for Windows Server 2003 and 2008 installations -- Contains a program to install all server-specific device drivers after installing Windows Server 2003 or 2008. You will use this file to install all post installation server-specific drivers.

DriverPack_x_x_x.zip for expert Windows Server RIS or WIM users only -- Contains server-specific driver archive for Windows Server, English. You can use the contents of this zip file if you want to incorporate Sun server drivers into a Remote Installation Service (RIS) image or Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image. For instructions, see Appendix A.

OptPack_x_x_x.zip for PXE expert users only -- Contains supplemental software archive. Download this zip file if you want to incorporate the supplemental software into a PXE installation.

If you are installing server-specific drivers using a PXE server (advanced installation), extract the contents of the DriverPack_x_x_x.zip file on to the PXE server.

Note - The _x_x_x number identifies the version of the package (for example, FloppyPack_1_1_4.zip).

3. Proceed to Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers.

Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers

Sun provides a wizard to install Sun server-specific device drivers and supplemental software. The server-specific device drivers are provided to support optional devices that you added to the server when you completed the hardware installation or that you may want to add in the future.

The Sun Server Installation Package wizard may be started using one of the following methods:

From the main menu of your server’s Tools and Drivers CD

From the InstallPack_x_x_x.exe executable file

Note - Using a recently downloaded InstallPack_x_x_x.exe to update the drivers ensures that you update the server-specific drivers with the latest versions available.

Install the Server-Specific Device Drivers

1. Start the Sun Installation Package software using one of the following methods:

Insert the Tools and Drivers CD into the server’s CD/DVD drive.

The CD will automatically start.

At the main menu, select Install Drivers and Supplemental Software.

If you downloaded the InstallPack_x_x_x.exe file from the Sun download site, ensure that it has been copied to a local drive on the server, and then run the InstallPack_x_x_x.exe application.

The Sun Server Installation Package dialog box (shown below) appears.

Screen shot of the Sun Installation Package dialog box

2. In the Install Pack dialog box, click Next to accept the default installable items.

Note - You should always accept the “platform-specific drivers” to ensure that the most recent versions of the drivers are installed.

The Install Pack notice dialog box appears.

Screen shot of the Important Note dialog box

3. In the Install Pack notice dialog box, read the message then click Next.

The Mass-Storage Driver Disk Creation Wizard dialog box appears.

4. In the Mass-Storage Driver Disk Creation Wizard, click Next.

The End User License Agreement page appears.

5. In the End User License Agreement page, select “I accept this agreement”, and then click Next.

The platform-specific drivers are installed. A green check mark verifies that each driver has been successfully installed.

Screen shot of the Finished Installing dialog box

6. In the Driver Installation Pack dialog box, click Finish.

The System Settings Change dialog box appears.

Screen shot of the System Settings Change dialog box

Note - If you plan on installing Supplemental Software (highly recommended), do not restart your system at this time. Once the Supplemental Software has been installed, you will be prompted to restart the system.

7. Perform one of the following:

If you accepted the default installable settings in Step 2, click No to proceed to Installing Supplemental Software.

If you are not installing the Supplemental Software, click Yes to restart your computer.

Installing Supplemental Software

TABLE 4-1 identifies the optional supplemental software components available for your server.

During the supplemental software installation wizard, you can choose to install all the supplemental software (listed in TABLE 4-1) on your system by choosing a Typical installation; or, you can individually select the supplemental software (listed in TABLE 4-1) to install by choosing a Custom installation. For instructions for installing the supplemental software, see Install the Supplemental Software.

TABLE 4-1 Install Pack Optional Supplemental Software
Available Supplemental Software Components	Available for Windows 2003	Available for Windows 2008	Servers With LSI Integrated RAID Controller	Servers With Adaptec Integrated RAID Controller	Servers With Intel Integrated Disk Controller
LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager Allows you to configure, monitor, and maintain RAID on the SAS internal RAID Host Bus Adapter.	Yes	Yes	Typical	Not applicable	Not applicable
Sun STK RAID Manager Allows you to configure, administer and monitor RAID on the Adaptec SG-XPCIESAS-R-IN integrated RAID controller. For information on the Sun STK RAID Manager, see the Sun documentation web site at: `http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/dsk-cntrl`	Yes	Yes	Not applicable	Typical	Not applicable
IPMItool command-line utility This utility reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information, gets and sets LAN configuration parameters, and performs chassis power control operations via the BMC (also called the Service Processor).	Yes	Yes	Typical	Typical	Typical
IPMI System Management Driver (Sun Microsystems)-- Windows driver that reads the sensor data repository (SDR) and displays sensor values, System Event Log (SEL), Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory information. This driver is available from the Install Pack media only. Note - This supplemental software is intended for Windows Server 2003 SP2 only. To use the inbox Microsoft driver with Windows 2003 R2 SP2, you must install the driver and configure it. For driver configuration instructions, see Configuring Microsoft’s IPMI System Management Driver for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.	Yes for Non-R2 SP2 only	No	Typical	Typical	Typical
Intel NIC Teaming Enables the network interfaces on a server to be grouped together into a team of physical ports called a virtual interface.	Yes	Yes	Typical	Typical	Typical

Install the Supplemental Software

Note - If you have already installed the supplemental software, running the installation again will not necessarily reinstall the supplemental software. It may result in the components being removed. Carefully review the dialog boxes during supplemental software installation to ensure that the results are as expected.

1. Do one of the following:

If you did not select the Supplemental Software when you ran the procedure Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers, refer back to that procedure and run it again, but this time accept the default settings in Step 2 (the default is to install the supplemental software), and select No in Step 7.

The Supplemental Software dialog box appears. Proceed the next step.

If you did select Supplemental Software at the Sun Server Installation Package dialog box in Step 2 of Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers, and selected No in Step 7, the supplemental software dialog box appears. Proceed to the next step.

Graphic Showing Typical and Custom Choices Available in Installation Package.

2. In the Install Pack Supplement Software dialog box, click Next to accept the Typical settings, or select Custom to choose the options to install (see descriptions in TABLE 4-1).

The Component installation wizard will guide you through the installation of each of the selected supplemental software components.

3. After the supplemental software has been installed, click Finish.

4. Click Yes at the System Setting Change dialog box to restart your system.

If you ran the Sun Server Installation Package software from the Tools and Drivers CD, remove the CD from your system now.

5. If you are running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 and you have installed the IPMItool supplemental software, you need to configure this driver before you can run the IPMItool.

For instructions, see‘Configuring Microsoft’s IPMI System Management Driver for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.

Configuring Microsoft’s IPMI System Management Driver for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

If you are running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 and you have installed the supplemental software driver for the IPMItool, you need to configure this driver before you can use the IPMItool.

Configure Microsoft’s IPMI System Management Driver for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

Follow these steps to configure the IMPI driver on the Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 operating system.

1. On your Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 system, perform the following steps to configure the Microsoft IPMI System Management driver:

a. In Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs.

The Add/Remove Programs dialog appears.

b. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

The Windows Components Wizard dialog appears.

c. Highlight Management and Monitoring Tools component, and then click Details.

The Management and Monitoring Tools page.

d. In the Management and Monitoring Tools page, perform one of the following:

If the Select the Hardware Management subcomponent check box is already selected, skip to Step 2.

If the Select the Hardware Management subcomponent check box is not selected, select it.

The “3rd Party Drivers” warning dialog appears.

In the warning dialog, click OK.

The Management and Monitoring Tools page appears.

e. In the Management Monitoring Tools page, click OK.

The Windows Components Wizard dialog appears.

f. In the Windows Component Wizard, click Next to install the Hardware Management Component.

2. Instantiate the IPMI System Management driver by performing these steps:

a. In the Taskbar, click Start, and then click Run.

The Run dialog box is displayed.

b. In the Open list, type:

rundll32 ipmisetp.dll,AddTheDevice

c. Click OK.

The IPMI System Management driver is instantiated.

3. Open Windows Device Manager to verify that the Microsoft Generic IPMPI device drive exists under the System section.

For information about using the IPMItool, refer to your Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User’s Guide (820-1188). For more information on standard IPMItool commands, see:

http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html

Enabling Support for Wake ON LAN

After installing the operating system, you can optionally enable the Wake On LAN (WOL) option in the BIOS Setup Utility. This feature enables you to power on the server from another location over the network. For details about the requirements for enabling WOL, see “Wake On LAN - Remote Power On” in the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Service Manual (820-6178).

Configuring Support for TPM

If you intend to use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) feature set that is provided in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, you must configure the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module to support this feature. For instructions, see configure support for TPM in the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Service Manual.

Note - TPM enables you to administer the TPM security hardware in your server. For additional information about implementing this feature, refer to the Windows Trusted Platform Module Management documentation provided by Microsoft.