Sun Microsystems X6240 manual A P T E R

C H A P T E R 4

Configuring the Preinstalled

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2

Operating System

This chapter describes how to complete the intial setup of the preinstalled Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.

The following preinstalled versions of the Windows operating system are available for the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module:

■Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Enterprise Edition

■Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Enterprise Edition 64-bit

Topics covered in this chapter include:

■“Before You Begin” on page 48

■“Hardware and Software Prerequisites” on page 48

■“Establish a Console Connection to the Sun Blade Server Module” on page 48

■“Initial Setup of Preinstalled Windows Server 2003 R2 OS” on page 49

■“Configuring X6240 Server Module RAID Drives” on page 50

■“Important Information” on page 56

■“Sun Link” on page 56

■“Recovery Media Kit” on page 57

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