4-16Windows Setup

Step 4: Start the ft series Setup

Follow the steps below to perform ft series setup:

IMPORTANT: If you skip the settings of Step 3 “Disable Boot Monitoring Function” (page 4-11), BIOS will be restarted forcefully while Windows setup screen is shown and the setup will be unsuccessful; BIOS may repeat Windows setup in an invalid manner. In such case, you will need to restart the setup procedures from the beginning.

<Procedure for ft series setup>

1.Turn on the NEC Express5800/ft series.

2.Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the server.

IMPORTANT: For ft series setup, insert the CD-ROM into the PCI module for Group1’s CD-ROM drive.

3.When having inserted the CD-ROM correctly, reset the system (press Ctrl, Alt and Delete together), or turn the power off and then turn it on to restart the NEC Express5800/ft series.

The system starts through the CD-ROM, and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is activated.

4.Click [Setup].

5. When the following message appears, click [Confirm].

Note

We recommend that you should save the system information to your computer after system setup. If not, you will not be able to recover the information. You can save the information by the following process: (1)Select 'Tools'. (2)Select 'Off-line Maintenance Utility'.

(3)Select 'System Information Management'. (4)Select 'Save'.

[Confirm]