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Windows Server OS Installation Planning
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)
How to Download Server Software
How to Set Up an Oracle ILOM Remote Console
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
Installing Critical Device Drivers
Installing Supplemental Software
Managing RAID Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager
Configuring Support for the Trusted Platform Module
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
To manually install Windows Server, complete the following tasks in order:
Choose a delivery method.
For more information about media access options, see Selecting a Windows OS Media Delivery Method.
Download required software and server-specific drivers.
(Optional) Prepare the Oracle ILOM Remote Console if you are doing a remote install.
Create a virtual disk, and configure RAID if desired.
Install Windows Server. See:
How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2
How to Install Windows Server 2012
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.
Incorporate device drivers into your WIM image.
See Incorporating Windows Server 2008 Device Drivers Into WIM Images for WDS.
Identify network interfaces.