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Sun Fire X2250 Server Operating System Installation Guide |
C H A P T E R 4 |
Installing Windows Server 2003 |
This chapter describes the installation process for installing Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X2250 server.
Note - Alternatively, you can choose to use the Sun Installation Assistant (SIA) to install Windows Server 2003 on a Sun Fire X2250 server. SIA provides and installs the required device drivers for you. For more information about using SIA to install the Windows Server 2003 operating system, see the Sun Installation Assistant for Windows and Linux User’s Guide (820-3357) |
This chapter contains the following topics:
Installation Requirements
Before starting the Windows Server installation, you should ensure that following requirements are met.
- Supported format of Windows Server distribution files. Depending on the installation method chosen to install Windows, you will need to have either the Windows Server distribution media, ISO CD-ROM image, or RIS image available for installation.
- Minimum supported Windows Server operating system. The X2250 server supports the following English-only Windows Server operating system editions:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2 with SP2, or
SP2) (32-bit and 64-bit) - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2 with SP2, or SP2)
(32-bit and 64-bit) - Software RAID. By default, the Sun-supplied disk drives are shipped without a RAID configuration. If you need to RAID your disk drive(s), you can configure a RAID prior to installing the Windows operating system. For more information see, Configure Software RAID (optional).
- Established console access to installation. At this point you should have already chosen a supported console option to display the input or output of the installation. For more information, see Supported Console Options.
- System device drivers required. The Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD provides the system device drivers that must be installed. You will be required to have this CD to install the system device drivers, which is described later in this chapter. This CD is shipped in the Documentation and Media Kit, which is a customer-orderable option. Alternatively, you can download the installation driver scripts that are provided on the CD from the following site:
http//www.sun.com/servers/x64/X2250/downloads.jsp
- Sun Fire X2250 Server Product Notes. You should review the Sun Fire X2250 Server Product Notes for any late-breaking information concerning Windows Server 2003 installations.
- Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 Installation Documentation. In addition to using the instructions in this chapter to boot the Windows Server 2003 installation program and to install system device drivers, you should also refer to the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 documentation to complete the operating system installation.
Checklist of Tasks To Perform
The following tasks must be performed in the order in which they are listed. Note that not all tasks are mandatory.
Steps | Mandatory or Optional | Task |
---|---|---|
1 | Mandatory | Established installation environment. For more information see: |
2 | Optional | Set optimal default settings in the BIOS Utility. For more information, see Configure BIOS Settings for New Installations. |
3 | Mandatory | Locate the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers CD or download the mandatory device drivers for Windows 2003 from the following site: http//www.sun.com/servers/x64/X2250/downloads.jsp |
4 | Optional | Implement a software RAID using the BIOS Setup Utility. For more information, see: |
5 | Mandatory | Boot Windows Server 2003 installation media to initiate the operating system installation. For more information see one of the following sections: or |
6 | Mandatory | Installed the required system device drivers for Windows Server 2003 installations. For more information, see one of the following sections: or |
Configure Software RAID (optional)
The Sun-supplied hard disk drives for the X2250 servers are shipped without a RAID configuration. If a RAID configuration is required, you will need to (1) configure the IDE RAID Controller in the BIOS Setup Utility, (2) create a RAID driver floppy diskette, then (3) load the RAID driver into system memory during the Windows Server 2003 installation.
Software RAID Requirements
- Follow the procedure To Configure IDE RAID Controller in BIOS provided below to configure a RAID for Windows Server 2003 installations.
- After completing the software RAID configuration in the BIOS Setup Utility, you will need to prepare the RAID driver for installation.For more information see To Copy RAID Driver to a Floppy Diskette.
- After preparing the RAID driver for installation, you will need load the RAID driver into memory (using F6) during the Windows Server 2003 installation. Information describing when the RAID driver is loaded is provided later in To Install Windows Server 2003 Using Local or Remote Media.
If you are performing a Windows Server 2003 RIS image installation, you will need to add the RAID driver to the RIS image. For more information, seeTo Add Drivers to the RIS Image
To Configure IDE RAID Controller in BIOS |
1. Reboot the server and press F2 when the Sun Logo appears.
The BIOS Utility dialog appears.
2. In the BIOS Utility dialog, select Advanced->IDEConfiguration.
The IDE Configuration menu appears.
3. In the IDE Configuration menu, select ConfigureSATAAS and press Enter.
A menu appears listing the SATA options: IDE, RAID. IDE is set by default.
4. In the SATA Options menu, select RAID and press Enter.
5. Press F10 to save your changes, exit the BIOS Utility, and reboot the server.
6. While the server is rebooting, press <Ctrl-I> to access the RAID configuration.
The Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM dialog appears.
7. In the main menu of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM dialog, select (1)CreateRAIDVolume and press Enter.
The Create RAID Volume menu appears.
8. In the Create RAID Volume menu, do the following:
a. Provide a name for the RAID volume and press Enter, or press Enter to accept the default name.
b. Select either RAID1(Mirror) or RAID0(Stripe) as the RAID level and press Enter.
Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the available RAID level values.
c. Specify the volume capacity and press Enter; or press Enter to accept the default volume capacity.
d. Select Create Volume and press Enter.
A warning message appears stating that all data could be lost. Are you sure you want to create this volume? Y or N.
e. In the warning message press Y to confirm the volume creation.
The new RAID volume is created. Information describing the RAID volume appears (for example, the RAID ID, Volume Name, Level, Status).
9. Select EXIT and press Enter to exit the Intel Matrix Storage Manager utility.
A confirmation message appears confirming that you want to exit the Intel Matrix Storage Manager utility.
10. In the confirmation message, press Y to confirm the exit.
To Copy RAID Driver to a Floppy Diskette |
To prepare the RAID driver for installation, you will need to copy the RAID driver from the Sun Fire X2250 Systems Tools and Drivers CD to a floppy diskette.
Prerequisites
- USB floppy diskette drive attached to a Windows system
- Formatted floppy diskette
- Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD
Follow these steps to create a floppy diskette that contains the RAID driver required during the Windows Server 2003 installation.
1. On a Windows system, do the following:
a. Insert the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD into a CD/DVD-ROM drive.
b. Insert a formatted floppy diskette into an attached floppy diskette drive.
2. In the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD browse to the following directory:
3. Copy the contents of one the following directories to the root directory of the floppy diskette:
- 2003_32
If your X2250 server has a 32-bit version of the Windows operating system copy the RAID driver from the 2003_32 directory.
- 2003_64
If your X2250 server has a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system copy the RAID driver from the 2003_64 directory.
Install Windows Sever 2003 Using Local or Remote Media
This section describes how to boot the Windows Server 2003 installation media from local or remote media.
Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met prior to performing the Windows Server 2003 installation:
- Established installation environment. For more information, see Supported Console Options and Supported Installation Media Options
- The BIOS Utility boot order should have the proper CD/DVD-ROM device (local, external, or virtual) specified as the first boot device. For instance:
- When performing the installation from the ILOM Remote Console, you should have the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM device set as the temporary boot device.
- When performing the installation from the local DVD-ROM drive, you should have the local DVD device set as the temporary boot device.
- When performing the installation from an external CD/DVD-ROM device, you should have the External CD/DVD-ROM boot device set as the temporary boot device.
If necessary, you can set a temporary boot device during the server’s start-up phase (after Step 2 in this procedure) by pressing F8.
- If a software RAID is being implemented, you are required to:
- Perform the procedure Configure Software RAID (optional) prior to performing the Windows Server 2003 installation.
- Insert the RAID driver floppy diskette into a floppy diskette drive that is attached to the local server or system hosting the Sun ILOM Remote Console client.
For more information about creating the RAID driver floppy diskette, see To Copy RAID Driver to a Floppy Diskette. For more information about configuring redirection of a floppy storage device in the Sun ILOM Remote Console, see Appendix A.
- Temporarily change the boot order in the BIOS Utility so that the CD/DVD drive is listed as the first boot device. Note that after installing the RAID drivers you will need to change the boot order to point to the CD/DVD-ROM drive location of the Windows Server 2003 installation media or ISO image.
To Install Windows Server 2003 Using Local or Remote Media |
1. Prepare the installation media by performing one of the following:
- For distribution CD/DVD. Insert the Windows Server 2003 distribution media into either the local X2250 server CD/DVD drive or the virtual CD/DVD drive on the client hosting the Sun ILOM Remote Console application.
Note that if you are using the Sun ILOM Remote Console application to perform the installation, ensure that the CD-ROM option is selected in the Device menu of the Sun ILOM Remote Console application.
- For ISO images. Ensure that the ISO CD image containing the Windows distribution files are readily available on a network-shared location or on the system hosting the ILOM Remote Console (Device menu ->CD-ROM Image).
For more information about redirecting storage devices in the Sun ILOM Remote Console, see Appendix A.
2. Reset the X2250 server, for example:
- From the ILOM web interface, select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab.
or
- Press the Power button (approximately, 1 second) to power off the server, then press the Power button again to power on the server.
The BIOS splash screen appears.
Note - The next events occur very quickly; therefore, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars. |
As the server begins the power-up sequence, it will go through a series of tests and provides you the opportunity to configure the BIOS boot order and storage controllers.
Tip - The default boot order in the BIOS Utility should have the proper CD/DVD (local, external, or virtual) device before disk and network devices. If the boot order does not list the appropriate CD/DVD boot device (local, external, or virtual) then you will need to press F8 to specify the proper CD/DVD device (local, external, or virtual) as the first boot device. |
3. When prompted, PressanykeytobootCD, press any key on the keyboard to boot from CD.
The Windows text-mode setup program begins and the blue Windows Setup screen appears.
A message appears informing you to press F6 to install third-party drivers.
4. (Optional - Third Party Drivers)
If required, press F6 to load RAID drivers then perform the following steps.
a. In the Windows Setup screen, press S to manually specify the device drivers to install.
The Windows Setup screen listing the available drivers appears.
b. In the Windows Setup screen listing the available drivers, you must load the following mandatory RAID driver into memory:
- IntelESB2SATARAIDController(Server ESB2)
c. Press Enter to load the driver into memory.
The Windows Welcome to Setup screen appears.
5. In the Windows Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter to set up Windows now.
The Windows Server Express or Custom screen appears.
6. Continue the normal Windows installation.
For more details, see Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 documentation.
Note - If the Remote Access Configuration option is enabled in the BIOS, the message “An EMS Connection has been detected on your system” appears after the Windows Server files have been copied to the server hard disk. The Remote Access Configuration option (when enabled) enables the system to support Microsoft’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) and the Special Administration Console (SAC) for out-of-band console I/O support via a serial connection. For more information about EMS, see the Microsoft TechNet web site. (This message does not appear when the Remote Access Configuration option is disabled in the BIOS.) |
7. After the Windows installation completes, you must install the mandatory system device drivers for Windows Server 2003 installations.
For more information, see the following section Install Mandatory Windows System Device Drivers (Post Windows Installation).
Install Mandatory Windows System Device Drivers (Post Windows Installation)
After installing Windows Server 2003 software on the X2250 server, you must install, in the order specified, the following mandatory Windows system device drivers.
1. Intel Chipset
2. Ethernet driver
3. AST2000 VGA driver
4. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security driver
Prerequisites
- Enabled auto insert notification feature (enabled by default in Windows 2003)
- Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Driver CD. You can also download the mandatory system drivers for Windows Server 2003 from the following site:
http//www.sun.com/servers/x64/X2250/downloads.jsp
To Install Mandatory System Device Drivers Using Local or Remote Media |
The following procedure describes how to install the mandatory Windows system drivers on the X2250 server from the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD.
1. Insert the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD into the local CD/DVD drive on the X2250 server or virtual CD/DVD drive on the client hosting the Sun ILOM Remote Console application.
Note that if you are using the Sun ILOM Remote Console application to perform the installation, ensure that the CD-ROM option is selected in the Device menu of the Sun ILOM Remote Console application.
For more information about redirecting storage devices from the Sun ILOM Remote Console, see Appendix A.
A list of menu options available on the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers CD appears.
2. In the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers menu, select Install and Update System Device Drivers.
The required system device drivers for Windows Server 2003 are automatically installed on the X2250 server.
Install Windows Server 2003 Using a PXE Network Environment
This section describes how to install Windows Server 20003 over an established PXE-based network using a customer-provided Windows 2003 Remote Installation Services (RIS) image.
The procedures presented in this section document the initial steps you must perform to install Windows Server 2003 over the network using a RIS image. Specifically, this section explains:
- Guidelines for adding the mandatory Windows system device drivers to a RIS image.
- The procedure for installing Windows Server 2003 from a RIS image via a network service boot.
This section does not explain how to create a RIS image or how to setup and deploy a RIS network environment. Information concerning how to properly set up and deploy a RIS network environment is outside the scope of this installation guide. For more information, see Microsoft’s documentation for deploying and using Windows Remote Installation Services.
Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met prior to performing the Windows Server 2003 installation from a RIS image:
- The PXE network install server is configured on the same network as the X2250 server.
- A customer-provided Windows Server 2003 RIS image, as well as the RIS Administrator password.
For information concerning how to create a RIS image, see the README.TXT file stored in the drivers/windows/IntelNIC/RIS directory of the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD.
- Prior to performing the Windows Server 2003 PXE installation, you should add the mandatory Windows system device drivers to your RIS image. For more information, see Add Windows System Device Drivers to the RIS Image.
Add Windows System Device Drivers to the RIS Image
Use the following procedure to add Window System Device Drivers to a RIS image.
Prerequisites
- The X2250 server drivers that must be incorporated into a RIS image are as follows:
- Intel Chipset
- Ethernet driver
- AST2000 VGA driver
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security driver
- Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Controller (Server ESB2).
Note - Note that the Intel-ESB2 SATA RAID Controller driver is only required if you are implementing a software RAID. For more information about configuring a software RAID, see Configure Software RAID (optional). |
- Obtain the mandatory (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows Server 2003 system device drivers from the Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools and Drivers CD (drivers/windows/IntelNIC/RIS)
To Add Drivers to the RIS Image |
1. Create the following directories in RIS_Image (root of your Windows image on the RIS server.):
2. Add drivers from the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers CD. Refer to the Readme file on the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers CD for more information.
3. Update the RIS_Image with the platform-specific drivers:
- For 32-bit, copy the contents of the DriverPack32-bit folder to the RIS_Image$OEM$$1SunDrivers folder, making sure to maintain the directory structure.
- For 64-bit, copy the contents of the DriverPack64-bit folder to the RIS_Image$OEM$$1Sundrivers folder, making sure to maintain the directory structure.
For more information about adding the drivers to a RIS image, see the Readme file located in the RIS directory of the Sun Fire X2250 Tools and Drivers CD directory.
To Install Windows Server 2003 Using PXE |
1. Reset the X2250 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 of the server to turn off the server, then press the Power button again to turn on the server.
The BIOS screen appears.
Note - The next events occur very quickly, focused attention is needed for the following steps. Watch carefully for these messages as they appear on the screen for a brief time. You might want to enlarge the size of your screen to eliminate scroll bars. |
2. In the Boot Agent screen, press F12 for a network service boot.
The Welcome to Client Installation wizard appears.
3. In the Welcome to Client Installation wizard, press Enter to continue.
4. The next screen prompts you for a user name, password, and domain name.
5. In the user name and password screen, specify your user name and password, then press Enter.
Use the Tab key to move between fields.
The Windows Server 2003 version screen appears.
6. In the Windows Server 2003 version screen, select the version (32-bit or 64-bit) you are installing, then press Enter.
The Windows Server 2003 operating system choice screen appears.
7. In the OS choice screen, select the OS option you are installing, then press Enter.
Note - The OS choice screen identifies the names of the OS images that are available for you to install from your RIS server. |
A Caution screen appears.
8. In the Caution screen, press Enter to continue.
The Installation Information screen appears.
9. In the Installation Information screen, press Enter to continue.
The Administrator Password screen appears.
10. In the Administrator Password screen, specify an OS Administrator password and press Enter.
Note that this password is assigned to the OS installation target.
You will be asked to confirm the password.
11. In the Administrator Password Confirmation screen, retype the password and press Enter.
The Windows Setup starts and a message appears that the setup is formatting the partition.
12. Continue the normal Windows Server 2003 installation. For more details, see Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 installation documentation.
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