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Windows Server OS Installation Planning

Windows Installation Task Map

Windows Server Installation Methods

Preparing For Windows OS Installation

Supported Windows Operating Systems

Windows Server Installation Considerations

Selecting a Windows OS Media Delivery Method

Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant (OHIA)

Task Overview

Obtaining OHIA

Downloading Server Software

How to Download Server Software

Configuring a Remote Console

How to Set Up an Oracle ILOM Remote Console

Creating a Virtual Disk

How to Create a Virtual Disk

Installing Windows Server

How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2

How to Install Windows Server 2012

How to Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE

How to Install Windows Server 2012 Using PXE

Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software

Prerequisites

Installing Critical Device Drivers

Installing Supplemental Software

Managing RAID Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager

IPMItool

Configuring Support for the Trusted Platform Module

Configuring Intel NIC Teaming

Incorporating Windows Server 2008 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

Downloading the ISO Image for the Tools and Drivers DVD

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

Index

Windows Installation Task Map

To manually install Windows Server, complete the following tasks in order:

  1. Choose a delivery method.

    For more information about media access options, see Selecting a Windows OS Media Delivery Method.

  2. Download required software and server-specific drivers.

    See Downloading Server Software.

  3. (Optional) Prepare the Oracle ILOM Remote Console if you are doing a remote install.

    See Configuring a Remote Console.

  4. Create a virtual disk, and configure RAID if desired.

    See Creating a Virtual Disk.

  5. Install Windows Server. See:

    How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2

    How to Install Windows Server 2012

    How to Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE

    How to Install Windows Server 2012 Using PXE

  6. 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.

  7. Incorporate device drivers into your WIM image.

    See Incorporating Windows Server 2008 Device Drivers Into WIM Images for WDS.

  8. Identify network interfaces.

    See Identifying Network Interfaces in Windows.