This procedure describes how to boot the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or 2012 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 2012 or 2012 R2 DVD
Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 ISO image
For Distribution DVD, insert the Windows 2012 or 2012 R2 Distribution media (single DVD) into the local or remote DVD-ROM drive.
For ISO image, ensure that the Windows 2012 or 2012 R2 ISO image is available and the ISO image has been mounted in the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application using the KVMS menu.
For additional information about how to set up the installation media, see Selecting the Boot Media Option.
For example, do one of the following:
From the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel of the server to power off the server, and then press the Power button again to power on the server.
From the Oracle ILOM web interface, click Host Management → Power Control, select Reset from the Select Action list box, and then click Save.
From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type: reset /System
The server begins the boot process and the BIOS screen appears.
[Boot Pop Up Menu Selected] appears at the bottom of the BIOS screen, and then the Please Select Boot Device menu appears. The screen that appears will be different depending on whether you have the UEFI/BIOS Boot Mode configured for Legacy BIOS Boot Mode or UEFI Boot Mode.
For Legacy BIOS Boot Mode, a screen similar to the following appears:
For UEFI Boot Mode, a screen similar to the following appears:
For UEFI mode, both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols are selectable for each network adapter interface, in addition to local and remote boot devices.
For example, if you elected to use the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application delivery method, select USB:VIRTUAL: Remote Iso CDROM2.04 from the Legacy BIOS Boot Mode screen or [UEFI]USB:VIRTUAL: Remote Iso CDROM2.04 from the UEFI Boot Mode screen.
The Windows installation wizard starts and the Loading Files screen appears.
The Windows installation wizard continues until the Language Localization dialog appears.
The Install Now screen appears.
The Setup Is Starting screen appears.
Then the Select the Operating System dialog appears.
For most installs, select Windows Server 2012 (or 2012 R2) Datacenter (Server with GUI) at the bottom of the list.
For more information on the different types of Windows operating systems, see the Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 documentation at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/default.aspx.
The License Terms screen appears.
The Which Type of Installation Do You Want dialog appears.
The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears.
If you do not see any storage targets listed and have a Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe HBA External card configured on your server, click Load Driver to display the Load Driver dialog, and then proceed to Step 12.
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 (Advanced), and then proceed to Step 13.
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, and then proceed to Step 14.
For example:
Storage drivers are on a disk mounted as a device from the remote console.
Storage drivers are on a local physical storage media, such as the Oracle System Assistant USB flash drive (if installed), which is mounted internally in the server’s chassis; a DVD; or virtual media mounted from the remote console.
For a system configured with the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe HBA External option, navigate to the following directory on the internal Oracle System Assistant USB flash drive to load the appropriate driver: Windows/2012/Drivers/LSI-HBA-MPT3.
The selected driver appears in the Select the Driver to Install dialog.
For example:
The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears.
The Installing Windows screen appears.
The setup and installation process begins and files are copied to the target.
The Windows Needs to Restart to Continue screen appears.
The system reboots.
After the devices are configured, the system reboots again and the Settings screen appears.
The Finalizing Your Settings screen appears.
This screen indicates that the Windows OS has been installed.
The Administrator login screen appears.
The Windows Server desktop appears.
This completes the installation.
These post installation tasks add Oracle OEM software and upgrade operating system drivers (if needed).