Sun Microsystems X6275 - Manual

Preface vii Translated versions of some of these documents are available at the web sitedescribed above in French, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. English documentationis revised more frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translateddocumentation. Documentation, Support, and Training Sun...

1 C H A P T E R 1 Overview This chapter provides instructions for tasks you must complete before you begininstalling the Windows Server 2008 64-bit operating system onto a Sun Blade X6275server module. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “Installing the Windows OS onto a Sun Blade X6275 Se...

2 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Prerequisites Complete the following tasks before you begin the installation. ■ Install the server hardware. ■ (Optional) Configure the service processor. ■ Gather needed information, such as IP address and ...

Chapter 1 Overview 3 Using a Remote Control Application(RKVM) The Sun Blade X6275 server module supports industry-standard RKVM with devicesconnected to it through the service processor. This ability allows you to mount andboot from a remote DVD, or an ISO file image. ▼ To Mount a DVD or Equivalent ...

4 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Dongle Cable Connections If you choose to do a local installation, you must connect a dongle cable directly tothe server module. ▼ To Connect the Dongle for a Local Installation 1. Connect a USB hub to one o...

Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 9 Installing Windows Server 2008 UsingLocal or Remote Media The following procedure describes how to boot the Windows Server 2008 operatingsystem from local or remote media. It assumes you are booting the Windowsinstallation media from one of...

Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 11 6. In the Installation Type dialog, click Custom (advanced). The Where Do You Want to Install Windows dialog appears: 7. In the Where do you want to Install Windows dialog, do one of the following: ■ If you do not want to override the Wind...

12 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ■ If you do want to override the Windows default partition information, click the Driver Options (advanced) option and proceed to Step 8. Caution – Formatting or re-partitioning a pre-existing partition wil...

Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 15 ▼ To Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE 1. Reset or power on the server, for example: ■ From the ILOM web interface, select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab. or ■ Press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel o...

18 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Downloading Server-Specific Drivers This section describes how to download the server-specific driver packages neededfor Windows Server installations. Note – The Sun Blade X6275 Tools and Drivers DVD contai...

Chapter 3 Post Installation 19 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” on page 19 . Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers Sun provides a wizard to install Sun server-specific de...

20 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ▼ To Install the Server-Specific Device Drivers 1. Start the Sun Installation Package software using one of the following methods: ■ Access the Tools and Drivers DVD or ISO using RKVM, remote DVD drive,or a...

22 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Note – If you plan on installing Supplemental Software (highly recommended), do not restart your system at this time. Once the Supplemental Software has beeninstalled, you will be prompted to restart the sy...

25 A P P E N D I X A Incorporate Sun Blade Server DriversInto WIM This appendix is intended for advanced system administrators who need toincorporate the server-specific drivers into a Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image. ■ WIM files are installed using Windows Deployment Services (WDS). For more inf...

26 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ▼ To Add Drivers to the WIM Image 1. Extract the contents of Windows Server 2008 DriverPack_ x _ x _ x .zip to a network share (for example: \\ yourshare \ share \ DriverPack ), making sure to maintain the ...

29 Index D dongle cable, 4driver updates, vDVD ISO image, 3 F firmware updates, v I installation task map Windows 2008, 8 installing an operating system overview, 1 ISO image, 3 L Local Media, Install Using, 9 P prerequisites for OS installation, 2product updates, v R remote access via RKVM, 2, 3Rem...