C H A P T E R 7
Installing Windows Server 2008
This chapter describes how to install the Windows Server 2008 operating system directly onto your server using the Windows Server 2008 media.
Installation Requirements
Before beginning the operating system installation, make sure that the following requirements are met.
For all installation methods:
■Complete the procedures in the previous chapters of this document that apply (Chapters 2 through 5).
■Verify that a keyboard and mouse are connected to the server’s dongle cable, or to a USB hub that is connected to the server’s dongle cable.
■If you are using an optional Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module (Adaptec™- based), choose one of the following installation options that best matches your needs:
■If you want to include your boot disk as part of a RAID configuration, you must configure your RAID volume(s) using the controller’s array cofiguration utility before you install the Windows operating system. The controller’s BIOS configuration utility is accessible during the server boot process by pressing Ctrl+A when prompted.
■If you have a clean boot disk (no partitions) and do not want to make it part of a RAID, you must still create an array volume on it using the controller’s BIOS configuration utility (accessible by pressing Ctrl+A when prompted during server boot) in order for Windows to be able to access the disk. This must be done before you install the Windows operating system. For more information, see Appendix B.
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