Intel MFSYS25 6. Installation Guidelines

Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute

Module MFS5000SI, Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI

Revision 2.5

6. Installation Guidelines

6.1 Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32

Method for performing Slipstreamed install for Windows 2003 Installation via

CD-ROM drive. Both the CD-ROM and Floppy can not be simultaneously

redirected on the MFSYS25 system.

Implication: The MFS500SI compute module will only support remote installation of the

Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 slipstreamed version. Local installation

can be performed by either concurrent CD/floppy installation or via slipstreamed

installation CD.

For remote install the LSI SAS driver must be slipstreamed into the installation

media as both CD-ROM and Floppy can’t be simultaneously redirected.

Guideline: To create a merged Windows 2003 CD perform the following:

1. Download and install the freeware program nLite from

(http://www.nliteos.com/index.html)

2. Launch nLite

3. Select language desired and hit next

4. On the next screen browse to the location of the Wind ows 2003 CD

5. nLite will prompt for a location to copy the CD to for modifica tion (C:\temp),

it’ll then copy the install CD to that folder

6. When the copy completes, hit next

7. Hit next on the presets screen

8. On the next screen, select “Integrate -> Drivers” and “Create -> Bootable

ISO”, hit Next.

9. Download and extract the 1.25.5 driver for the appropriate version of the OS

(32-bit or 64-bit) and extract to a known location

10. Hit the Insert tab in the bottom left (single driver), browse to the location with

the driver and select the “lsi_sas.inf”

11. Select “Textmode driver”, click on the description in the box, and hit OK

12. Hit Next to begin the process

13. When the process completes, hit next to bring up the Bootable ISO screen

14. Select the appropriate options for your system and hit “burn” to create the

15. When finished, the CD is ready for remote installation with no requirement

for a driver floppy

Status: Intel has no plans to add support for concurrent Remote Floppy and Remote

CD/DVD.