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iii Contents Preface vii 1. Getting Started 1 About Windows Server Installation 1 Important Installation Considerations 2 Supported Windows Operating Systems 4 Assisted Installation Using Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) 4 SIA Media Availability, Updates and Documentation 5 Manual Installation 5 2. ...

Page 4 - Configure the JavaRConsole System

iv Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 5. Configure the JavaRConsole System 19 JavaRConsole System Requirements 20 Setting Up the JavaRConsole System 20 ▼ To Set Up the JavaRConsole System for Servers With ILOM 20 ▼ To Set Up the JavaRConsole Sy...

Page 5 - Interfaces

Contents v Add Drivers to a WIM Image 60 Before you Begin 60 ▼ To Add Drivers to the WIM Image 61 Adding Drivers to a RIS Image 63 Before you Begin 63 ▼ To Add Drivers to a RIS Image 63 A. Configure Windows Network Communication Settings With Multiple Network Interfaces 67 ▼ Determine Which Network ...

Page 7 - Preface; Related Documentation; For all Sun hardware, Solaris and other documentation, go to:; Third-Party Web Sites

vii Preface This document contains instructions for installing the Windows Server 2003 orWindows Server 2008 operating system onto a Sun Blade X6250 server. Related Documentation The document set for the Sun Blade X6250 Server is described in the Where To Finddocumentation at: http://docs.sun.com/ap...

Page 8 - Typographic Conventions

viii Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damageor loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content,goods, or services that are available...

Page 9 - Getting Started; Note –; The following sections are included in this chapter:; About Windows Server Installation

1 C H A P T E R 1 Getting Started This chapter describes the information you will need to know before installing theMicrosoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 operating system on a SunBlade X6250 server module. Note – This chapter contains important guidelines and information to help you i...

Page 10 - Important Installation Considerations; Appendix B; described in the; If you install Windows using the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA),; all

2 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 The following chapters in this document describe how to install the Windows Server2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating system. The installation procedures applyto both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Mic...

Page 11 - If you install Windows manually,; using the Microsoft Windows installation

Chapter 1 Getting Star ted 3 ■ If you install Windows manually, using the Microsoft Windows installation media, Windows Server 2003 requires that the mass storage drivers bedelivered from a floppy disk. The Windows Server 2003 installation programcan only read mass storage drivers from a floppy disk...

Page 12 - Supported Windows Operating Systems

4 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Supported Windows Operating Systems The Sun Blade X6250 server supports the following Microsoft Windows operatingsystems at the time of publication of this document: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, S...

Page 13 - Manual Installation; , only required if you are planning to install

Chapter 1 Getting Star ted 5 SIA Media Availability, Updates andDocumentation The Sun Installation Assistant CD/DVD ships with Sun servers that support the x64processor architecture. For a complete list of supported Sun server platforms, refer tothe SIA information page at: http://www.sun.com/system...

Page 15 - to; Go to the driver download site for your server.; xxxxx; to a; (contains the disk controller drivers for the Sun Blade

7 C H A P T E R 2 Downloading Server-Specific DriverPackages This chapter describes how to download the server-specific driver packages neededfor Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 installation. Note – If you have the Tools and Drivers CD, you can skip this chapter and proceed to Chapter 3 ...

Page 16 - file on the PXE; The; system installation. Proceed to; Chapter 3; to select the delivery methods.

8 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 ■ OptPack.zip (for experts only, supplemental software archive). Download this file if you want to incorporate the supplemental software into a PXEinstallation. ■ If you are installing Windows Server using a...

Page 17 - Selecting the Delivery Methods; Select a Mass Storage Drivers Method; Make a note of the delivery methods you selected and proceed to; Chapter 4

9 C H A P T E R 3 Selecting the Delivery Methods In this chapter, you will decide on the delivery methods to provide the mass storagedrivers and the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 media forinstallation. To select mass storage driver media and Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server2008 dis...

Page 18 - Select a method listed in

10 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Select a Mass Storage Drivers Method Select a method listed in TABLE 3-1 that meets the need of your environment for providing the appropriate mass storage drivers for Windows Server 2003installation. Make ...

Page 21 - Depending on the method selected in; Create a Floppy Disk; For the; “Create a Floppy Disk” on page 13; “Copy the Floppy Image File” on page 17

13 C H A P T E R 4 Prepare for Mass Storage DriverDelivery This chapter contains instructions on preparing the necessary mass storage driversmedia for Windows Server 2003 installation. Note – For Windows Server 2008, the Windows distribution media includes all drivers necessary to install Windows on...

Page 23 - wizard, and then proceed to the next; Insert a blank floppy disk into drive A: when prompted.; At the Select a Drivers Disk to Create page (see

Chapter 4 Prepare for Mass Storage Driver Delivery 15 vii. Start Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder containing the extracted files. viii. In Windows Explorer, open the directory containing the extracted files and double-click the mkfloppy.exe wizard, and then proceed to the next step. 2. At...

Page 25 - Chapter 5; Copy the Floppy Image File; To Copy the Floppy Image File

Chapter 4 Prepare for Mass Storage Driver Delivery 17 6. Click Next and follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the creation of the mass storage driver floppy disk, and then do one of the following: ■ If you are installing Windows remotely using the Floppy Disk Remote method, proceed to Ch...

Page 26 - vi. Navigate to the folder where the extracted files reside.; Note the; to setup your remote console.

18 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 iv. Select FloppyPack.zip . v. On the File menu, click Extract All. Note – If your version of Windows Explorer does not natively support compressed folders, use a third-party utility to extract the contents...

Page 28 - JavaRConsole System Requirements; The requirements for the JavaRConsole system are:; Setting Up the JavaRConsole System; “To Set Up the JavaRConsole System for Servers With ILOM” on page 20; processor have been set up according to the instructions in the

20 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 JavaRConsole System Requirements The requirements for the JavaRConsole system are: ■ Solaris, Linux, or Windows operating system is installed. ■ The system must be connected to a network that has access to ...

Page 29 - The Security Alert dialog box displays.; The ILOM login screen appears.

Chapter 5 Configure the JavaRConsole System 21 1. Start the remote console application by typing the IP address of the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) service processor into a browser on theJavaRConsole system. FIGURE 5-1 URL Sample The Security Alert dialog box displays. FIGURE 5-2 Security Al...

Page 30 - Enter the user name and password and click Log In.; The default user name is; root; and default password is; changeme; The ILOM Version Information screen appears.; Click the Remote Control tab in the ILOM WebGUI.; The Launch Redirection screen appears.

22 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 FIGURE 5-3 Login Screen 3. Enter the user name and password and click Log In. The default user name is root and default password is changeme . The ILOM Version Information screen appears. FIGURE 5-4 ILOM We...

Page 31 - The Remote Control dialog box appears.

Chapter 5 Configure the JavaRConsole System 23 FIGURE 5-5 ILOM WebGUI Launch Redirection Screen 5. Click Launch Redirection. Note – When using Windows for JavaRConsole system redirection, an additional warning appears after clicking Launch Redirection. If the Hostname Mismatchdialog box is displayed...

Page 32 - delivery method you have chosen.; Caution –; Chapter 6

24 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 6. In the Remote Control Login dialog box, enter your user name and password and click OK. The default user name is root and password is changeme . After the login is successful, the JavaRConsole screen app...

Page 33 - Chapter 7; Type the default user name and password.

Chapter 5 Configure the JavaRConsole System 25 ■ To install Windows Server 2008, proceed to Chapter 7 . ▼ To Set Up the JavaRConsole System for ServersWith ELOM Use this procedure to start the remote console application from a browser byaccessing the ELOM’s web GUI. You might be presented with a ser...

Page 34 - Select Storage from the menu bar and click Mount Device.

26 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Note – For systems using Firefox and Mozilla web browsers, the Java RTE must be version 1.6 or later. The web browser downloads the embedded remote control applicationautomatically, and the Remote Console s...

Page 35 - according to the delivery method you have chosen.

Chapter 5 Configure the JavaRConsole System 27 11. From the Device Configuration window, select Floppy and/or CD-ROM according to the delivery method you have chosen. ■ Floppy Disk Remote: Select Floppy to redirect the server to the contents of the physical floppy drive attached to the JavaRConsole ...

Page 37 - Installing Windows Server 2003; Installation Requirements; When using the; Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module

29 C H A P T E R 6 Installing Windows Server 2003 This chapter describes how to install the Windows Server 2003 operating systemonto a Sun Blade X6250 server using the Windows Server 2003 media. Installation Requirements Before beginning the operating system installation, make sure that the followin...

Page 39 - Installing the Operating System; Installation; prompt appears on the BIOS; The BBS POPUP menu will allow you to select a boot device.

Chapter 6 Installing Windows Server 2003 31 For requirements specific to the mass storage driver and Windows Server 2003media delivery methods that you have chosen, see TABLE 6-1 . Installing the Operating System Follow these steps to install the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 software onto yourSun B...

Page 40 - the Windows media CD in the server ’s DVD drive now.; drive or the CD image from the Boot Device menu and; If prompted with; the Windows Setup process:; Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID

32 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 FIGURE 6-2 F8 Prompt Example 4. Once the BIOS POST process is complete, the Boot Device menu appears (see FIGURE 6-3 ). If you have selected the Windows Local installation method, insert the Windows media C...

Page 41 - storage driver installation method that you have selected.

Chapter 6 Installing Windows Server 2003 33 Note – The prompt is displayed in the early stages of Windows Setup and lasts for approximately five seconds and is easy to miss. If you do not press F6 while theprompt is being displayed, the screen allowing you to specify additional drivers isnot display...

Page 42 - to specify additional devices.; A screen appears listing the available drivers. Refer to; or

34 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 8. Press S to specify additional devices. A screen appears listing the available drivers. Refer to FIGURE 6-5 . FIGURE 6-5 Example Select Mass Storage Adapter Screen 9. Select the appropriate mass storage c...

Page 43 - Confirm your choice and press Enter to continue.; The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.

Chapter 6 Installing Windows Server 2003 35 FIGURE 6-6 Example Specify Additional Device Screen With Sun Blade RAID 5 ExpansionModule Selected 11. Confirm your choice and press Enter to continue. The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed. 12. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to continue. T...

Page 44 - Custom Setup; and; Express Setup; Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart.; “Updating the Critical Server-Specific Drivers.”

36 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 13. Press either Enter to select Express Setup, or C to select Custom Setup . If you created a RAID volume on your boot disk as part of your prerequisitepreparations for installing Windows, press C to selec...

Page 45 - Installing Windows Server 2008; For all installation methods:

37 C H A P T E R 7 Installing Windows Server 2008 This chapter describes how to install the Windows Server 2008 operating systemdirectly onto your server using the Windows Server 2008 media. Installation Requirements Before beginning the operating system installation, make sure that the followingreq...

Page 47 - “Installation Requirements” on page 37

Chapter 7 Installing Windows Server 2008 39 For requirements specific to the Windows media delivery method that you havechosen, see TABLE 7-1 . Installing the Operating System Follow these steps to install the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 software onto youryour server. Note – The Windows installati...

Page 48 - the Windows Server 2008 media DVD in the server ’s DVD drive now.; from the Boot Device menu and press Enter.

40 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 4. Once the BIOS POST process is complete, the Boot Device menu appears (see FIGURE 7-3 ). If you have selected the Windows Local installation method, insert the Windows Server 2008 media DVD in the server ...

Page 49 - You will then see the Where to Install Windows page (see

Chapter 7 Installing Windows Server 2008 41 6. The Windows installation wizard starts. Proceed through the installation wizard until you see the Installation Type page displayed, and then clickCustom (advanced). FIGURE 7-4 Select Installation Type Page 7. You will then see the Where to Install Windo...

Page 50 - If you; do not; do; want to override the Windows default partition settings, click

42 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 FIGURE 7-5 Where to Install Windows Page Example ■ If you do not want to override the Windows default partition settings, click Next and skip to Step 9 . ■ If you do want to override the Windows default par...

Page 51 - At the Advanced Driver Options page (see; a. Click Delete to delete the existing partition.

Chapter 7 Installing Windows Server 2008 43 8. At the Advanced Driver Options page (see FIGURE 7-6 ), do the following: FIGURE 7-6 Windows Partition Management Page a. Click Delete to delete the existing partition. b. Click New to create the new partition. c. Change size settings as needed, and then...

Page 52 - Chapter 8; “Updating the Critical Server-Specific Drivers” to install

44 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 11. Proceed to Chapter 8 “Updating the Critical Server-Specific Drivers” to install server-specific software and the latest Sun-supported drivers.

Page 53 - “Updating the Server-Specific Drivers” on page 46

45 C H A P T E R 8 Update the Critical Server-SpecificDrivers This chapter describes how to update the Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server2008 installation with server-specific device drivers. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “Updating the Server-Specific Drivers” on page 46 ■ “Inst...

Page 54 - Updating the Server-Specific Drivers; executable file. Directions for using either method are; To Update the Server-Specific Drivers; If you downloaded the; “Downloading Server-Specific Driver Packages” on page 7

46 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Updating the Server-Specific Drivers Sun provides a wizard to install Sun server-specific drivers and supplementalsoftware. The Sun Installation Package wizard may be started using one of thefollowing metho...

Page 55 - Click Next to accept the default settings.

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 47 FIGURE 8-1 Sun Installation Package Dialog Box Example 2. Click Next to accept the default settings. Note that you should always accept the “platform-specific drivers” to ensure thatthe most recent versions of the device drivers are installed....

Page 56 - Review the Important Note and then click Next.; The Welcome to the Sun Installation Wizard displays.; The End User License Agreement page appears.

48 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 3. Review the Important Note and then click Next. The Welcome to the Sun Installation Wizard displays. FIGURE 8-3 Sun Installation Wizard Example 4. Click Next. The End User License Agreement page appears. ...

Page 57 - The platform-specific drivers are installed (see; The System Settings Change dialog box displays (see; If you accepted the default settings in; “Installing

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 49 5. Select “I accept this agreement”, and then click Next. The platform-specific drivers are installed (see FIGURE 8-5 ). A green check mark verifies that each driver has been successfully installed. FIGURE 8-5 Finished Installing Page Example ...

Page 58 - Installing Supplemental Software; Typical; To Install Supplemental Software; Supplemental Software

50 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Installing Supplemental Software There are supplemental software components available for your Sun Blade servermodule. You have two options for installation: Typical , where basic choices are made for you (...

Page 59 - to install (see descriptions in; “Managing RAID Using the StorageTek RAID Manager” on page 53

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 51 FIGURE 8-7 Supplemental Software Dialog Box 1. Click Next to accept the Typical settings, or select Custom to choose the options to install (see descriptions in TABLE 8-1 ). Component installation wizards will guide you through the installatio...

Page 60 - Using Intel NIC Teaming; To Access Intel NIC Teaming Configuration Settings; The run dialog box is displayed.

52 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Managing RAID Using the StorageTek RAIDManager For Sun servers with an Adaptec-based internal RAID controller, you can use theSun StorageTek RAID Manager graphical user interface (GUI), Command LineInterfac...

Page 61 - The Device Manager dialog box is displayed.; Expand the Network adapters group and select the first adapter.; The adapter properties dialog box is displayed.; The teaming options are displayed (see; Select Team with other adapters and then click New Team.; The New Team Wizard is displayed.

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 53 2. In the Open list, type devmgmt.msc , and then click OK. The Device Manager dialog box is displayed. 3. Expand the Network adapters group and select the first adapter. 4. Right-click the selection and click Properties. The adapter properties...

Page 63 - Completing the IPMItool Installation; (Integrated Lights Out Manager; Requirements; “To Install Supplemental Software” on page 51

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 55 Additionally, you may download the complete set of Intel Network ConnectionsUser Guides for your server ’s network adapters at: http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-009715.htm Completing the IPMItool Installation The IPMItool is a co...

Page 65 - For information about using the IPMItool, refer to your

Chapter 8 Update the Critical Server-Specific Drivers 57 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, please see: http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html

Page 67 - “Determine Required Drivers” on page 60

59 C H A P T E R 9 Incorporating Sun Blade X6250 ServerModule Drivers Into WIM or RISImages This chapter is intended for advanced system administrators who need toincorporate the server-specific drivers into a Windows Imaging Format (WIM) imageor a Remote Installation Service (RIS) image. WIM files ...

Page 68 - Before you Begin; Before creating a WIM image, you need to do the following:

60 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 Determine Required Drivers The server-specific drivers that must be incorporated into a WIM or RIS image areshown in TABLE 9-1 . Add Drivers to a WIM Image For remote installation of Windows Server 2008 usi...

Page 69 - To Add Drivers to the WIM Image; The first Windows image in the

Chapter 9 Incorporating Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Drivers Into WIM or RIS Images 61 ▼ To Add Drivers to the WIM Image 1. Extract the contents of Windows Server 2008 DriverPack.zip to a network share (for example: \\ yourshare \ share \ DriverPack ), making sure to maintain the directory structur...

Page 71 - Adding Drivers to a RIS Image; Before creating a RIS image, you need to do the following:; To Add Drivers to a RIS Image; In the following procedure,; Extract the contents of

Chapter 9 Incorporating Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Drivers Into WIM or RIS Images 63 b. Find the image to service. Right-click the image and then click Replace Image. Follow the Wizard directions to replace the service image with theWindows image that was updated. c. Right-click the service image...

Page 73 - multiple lines. The information must be entered on a single line.; net start binlsvc

Chapter 9 Incorporating Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Drivers Into WIM or RIS Images 65 Note – For readability, the OemPnpDriversPath information has been shown on multiple lines. The information must be entered on a single line. 9. Stop and start the Remote Installation Service (BINLSVC) on the RIS...

Page 75 - Topics in this appendix include:

67 A P P E N D I X A Configure Windows NetworkCommunication Settings WithMultiple Network Interfaces This appendix provides information you should consider when configuring theWindows network communication settings with multiple Sun Blade X6250 servermodule network interfaces. Topics in this appendi...

Page 77 - To open a Windows command prompt and run; cmd; The output from the

Appendix A Configure Windows Network Communication Settings With Multiple Network Interfaces 69 ▼ Confirm Physical Port MAC Addresses andMatch Them to Window Device Names To confirm the MAC addresses of installed NEM and PCI EM ports and to matchthem to the Windows Device Friendly Names, you will ne...

Page 79 - To launch Manager Your Server, do the following:

Appendix A Configure Windows Network Communication Settings With Multiple Network Interfaces 71 ▼ Launch the Manage Your Server Program AfterWindows Setup Completes To configure network settings after the Windows Server 2003 Setup programcompletes, you can use the Manage Your Server program. You can...

Page 81 - Using the Adaptec Configuration Utility; To prepare a disk to allow Windows to access it, do the following:

73 A P P E N D I X B Preparing Sun Blade REM Disks forthe Operating System If your Sun Blade server module uses the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module(Adaptec-based), you will need to prepare its disks so that Windows will be able toaccess them. This is done using the contoller ’s BIOS configuration ...

Page 82 - Press the Insert key and press Enter.; Press F1 help for details on available properties.; Additional Information; Sun Intel/Adaptec BIOS RAID Utility User’s Manual

74 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008 4. Select Initialize Drives . 5. Select the boot drive (at the top of the list, typically: Dev01 ). 6. Press the Insert key and press Enter. 7. At the warning dialog box, press Y . The drive is initialized....

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75 Index A assisted installation using SIA, 2 B boot disk, considerations for including in RAID, 2 C configuring the JavaRConsole system, 19 D device drivers updates to, 5 documentation feedback, viii downloading server-specific driver packages, 7drivers download procedures, 7download sites, 7mass s...