Sun Microsystems X6240 manual Before You Begin, Hardware and Software Prerequisites

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Before You Begin

Before you begin the initial setup of the preinstalled Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system, you should review the “Hardware and Software Prerequisites” on page 48.

Hardware and Software Prerequisites

Ensure that the following hardware and software prerequisites are met prior to powering on the server:

Properly Installed Sun Blade 6000 Modular System. At this point of the installation, you should have already unpacked the server module, installed the server options, and installed the server into the chassis.

RAID Considersations. By default, the Sun-supplied disk drives are shipped without a hardware RAID configuration. If you want to make the preinstalled OS part of a RAID while preserving the data on the drive, you can optionally partition the drive with a mirrored RAID set (also known as LSI hardware RAID Level 1). You can perform the mirrored RAID set before or after the configuration of the Windows preinstalled image. For more information about hardware RAID configurations, see “Configuring X6240 Server Module RAID Drives” on page 50.

Windows Media Recovery User’s Guide. Refer to the Sun x64 Servers Windows Server 2003 R2 Recovery Installation Guide (820-3674-10) if you need instructions for recovering the preinstalled Windows image on your server. This guide is available online at: http://docs.sun.com

Establish a Console Connection to the Sun Blade Server Module

You must establish one of the following console connections to the Sun Blade server module to complete the initial setup of the the preinstalled Windows operating system:

Sun ILOM (via ILOM web interface). For more information about establishing a console connection using Sun ILOM, see “Option 3: Connecting to ILOM Through the Ethernet Port” on page 19.

Local VGA Console. Video output for the Windows preinstalled image is, by default, directed to the VGA port. For more information about attaching a VGA monitor to the server module, see “Option 2: Connecting to ILOM Through a Dongle Cable” on page 18.

48 Sun Blade X6240 Server Module Installation Guide • June 2008

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Sun Microsystems X6240 manual Before You Begin, Hardware and Software Prerequisites