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User Guide www.bull.com Table of Contents Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 ............................................................................... 7 Text Conventions ..............................................................................
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User Guide www.bull.com Introduction This document provides step-by-step guidance for installing Microsoft ® Windows Server ® 2008 Standard Edition and Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Edition ("Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008") on the BULL NovaScale T850 E1, T860 E1, R440 E1, R460 E1 and R480 E1 servers. Before you install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, read this document carefully.
User Guide www.bull.com Overview The Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 installation flow is provided below. Be sure to select "clean installation" when you install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 on your system. 1. See “Before You Start” on page 9 and “Important Instructions” on page 10. 2. See “BIOS Update” on page 14. 3. “Installing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008” on page 18. ■ “If you have selected a full installation” on page 20: After login, initial configuration tasks appear. Enter user information.
User Guide www.bull.com Before You Start Before installing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, make sure of your hardware configuration, including the RAID configuration according to the User's Guide or the other manuals of the server stored in ExpressBuilder. Prerequisites for Installing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 To install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, you need the following: ■ Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard /Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Installation Guide (this manual).
User Guide www.bull.com Important Instructions Before you install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, read this chapter carefully. Windows Activation Understanding Activation and Registration Activation is mandatory and completely anonymous. It ensures that the product is not installed on more than the limited number of computers allowed in the software’s end user license agreement.
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User Guide www.bull.com Magneto-Optical Drive If you try to set the current file system to NTFS on your system with MO drives connected, you may fail to format the file system. To format correctly, disconnect the MO drives from your system and repeat the installation procedure. Tape Media Remove all tapes from the tape drives before you install. Additional Peripheral Devices (such as RDX) Some peripheral devices need to be removed or disabled before starting setup.
User Guide www.bull.com BIOS Update To install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, you may need to update your BIOS. To check if your system needs the BIOS update, go to: http://support.bull.com For the update procedure, refer to the Readme.txt available on the above website. RAID Configuration To use the hard disk drives in RAID configuration, configure the RAID system before installing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008.
User Guide www.bull.com or the lack of virtual memory may result in a failure to collect debug information. Ensure that your system has a sufficient paging file size. ■ Regardless of the mounted memory size and the Write debugging information (type of memory dump), the maximum size of the dump file is the mounted memory size + 300 MB". ■ To install additional applications, add a disk volume for the applications.
User Guide www.bull.com or the lack of virtual memory may result in a failure to collect debug information. Ensure that your system has a sufficient paging file size. ■ The maximum paging file size allowed per partition is 4095 MB. If the value of the installed memory size x 1.5 exceeds 4095 MB, set the paging file size to 4095 MB. ■ When the installed memory size exceeds 2GB, the maximum dump file size 2048MB + 300MB. ■ To install additional applications, add a disk volume for the applications.
User Guide www.bull.com ■ Be sure to keep the recovery password secure. Do not keep it around a server running BitLocker. Caution Without the recovery password, you cannot start the operating system and see the partition content encrypted by BitLocker.
User Guide www.bull.com ® Microsoft ® Installing Windows Server 2008 This chapter provides the steps to install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008. 1. Turn on your system. Caution To install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, you may need to update BIOS. To check if your system needs a BIOS update, go to: http://support.bull.com 2. Insert the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 DVD-ROM into your DVDROM drive. 3. Restart the system.
User Guide www.bull.com 9. Read the license terms carefully. If you agree, check I accept the license terms, and click Next. 10. Click Custom (Advanced). The Upgrade installation is not available at this time. 11. The "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen is displayed. If you are using the LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 RAID Controller, go to step 12. If not, go to step 13. 12. Insert the ExpressBuilder disc, click Load Driver, Browse the disc to display the following paths, and click OK.
User Guide www.bull.com 17. When prompted to do so, log on to the system. The steps vary depending on the edition you selected in step 8. If you have selected a full installation a. You will be prompted to set or change the password before you log on. Click OK. b. Change the password, and click . Note: your password must be composed of 10 characters, containing lower cases, upper cases and one complex character. c. d. Once the password has been changed, click OK to log on.
User Guide www.bull.com If you have selected a Server Core installation b. c. d. Once the Server Core installation of Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 is complete, press Ctrl + Alt + Del to log on. Click Other User. In place of User name, enter Administrator. Keep the word Password as it is. Do not change it at this step. e. f. g. Click . When prompted to change the password, click OK. Keep the word Password, and in place of New password, enter your new a.
User Guide www.bull.com Updating the System After installing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, we recommend you to update your system by following the steps in this chapter. Caution You should update your system if you have: ■ Changed the system configuration (Added or removed optional built-in devices: If you are prompted to restart the system after the system configuration has been changed, click No, and update the system.
User Guide www.bull.com 3. The following box appears. 4. Read the message, and then click OK The update starts. Note: The following box appears during the update if you have deployed a full installation of Microsoft® ® Windows Server 2008. Wait until the update completes. 5. When the following message appears, click OK to restart the system. The system has been updated. 6. Restart your computer.
User Guide www.bull.com Installing Drivers and Configuring Driver Settings This chapter provides the procedures for installing the drivers for the optional boards supported by the servers. For other options that are not described in this chapter, see the User's Guide attached to these options. LAN Driver and PROSet Note: To change the LAN driver and PROSet settings, log on to the system from a local console using an administrator account.
User Guide www.bull.com For a server running a Server Core installation 1. Note down the current settings (e.g. IP addresses) of the standard and optional adapters teamed for network redundancy before uninstalling LAN driver. Configure the settings after reinstalling the LAN driver. 2. At a command prompt, run DxSetup.
User Guide www.bull.com Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/ Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) provides network adapter redundancy by creating a team of adapters. If any adapter fails, another in the team automatically takes over. Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) improves the overall network throughput by equally balancing data traffic among a team of adapters. You can configure AFT and ALB using the standard and optional network adapters.
User Guide www.bull.com Removing a Team 1. Open Control Panel. Under System and Maintenance, click Open Device Manager to start Device Manager. 2. Open Network adapters, and double-click a teamed adapter. 3. Select the Settings tab, and click Remove Team. 4. When the Team Settings pop-up box appears, click Yes. 5. Under Device Manager, go to Network adapters. Make sure that no adapter is teamed. Restart the system.
User Guide www.bull.com Network Driver Changing a link speed Follow the steps below to set a link speed and duplex mode. To set an IP address, make sure that the Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IP) box is checked. 1. Open Control Panel. Under System and Maintenance, click Open Device Manager to start Device Manager. 2. Open Network adapters, and double-click Intel(R)~. 3. Click Link Speed, and set the same values for Speed and Duplex as those for the switching hubs. 4. In the Property dialog box, click OK.
User Guide www.bull.com Graphics Accelerator The driver for the standard graphics accelerator is installed automatically during the system update. Note: The graphics accelerator driver is supported only on a server running a full installation. Use VGA on a server running a Server Core installation. To reinstall only the driver, perform the steps below: 1. Go to Start, select Programs, select Accessories, and click Windows Explorer. Insert your Driver Set into your drive. 2. Double-click the SETUP.
User Guide www.bull.com Fault Recovery Settings This chapter provides the procedures for configuring fault recovery settings. Memory Dump (Debug Information) This section describes the procedures for collecting memory dump (debug information) in the server. Caution The maintenance service representative is in charge of collecting memory dump. Customers need only to specify the memory dump.
User Guide www.bull.com - Select a drive with a size of the installed memory + 300 MB. - When the installed memory exceeds 2GB due to added memory, change the Write debugging information to Kernel Memory Dump before you add memory. After you add memory, the memory dump size may change. Make sure that the drive to save the memory dump still has enough space. ■ Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition - We recommend you to specify "Complete Memory Dump" to write the debug information.
User Guide www.bull.com 9. In the Paging file size for each drive section, change Initial size to the Recommended size shown in the Total paging file size for all drives section, and click OK. Caution ■ The above paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information (memory dump). The boot volume requires the initial paging file size that is large enough to save dump files, or the lack of virtual memory may result in a failure to collect debug information.
User Guide www.bull.com User Mode Process Dump The user mode process dump provides application error information. In the event of an application error, perform the steps below to obtain the user mode process dump without closing the pop-up error message. 1. Right-click an empty space on the taskbar, and click Task Manager or press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to start Task Manager. 2. Select Processes. 3. Right-click the name of the process whose dump is to be acquired, and click Create Dump File. 4.
User Guide www.bull.com Network Monitor Setup Microsoft Network Monitor allows you to examine and troubleshoot network failures. Note: Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 does not provide Network Monitor. To use Network Monitor on Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008, install Network Monitor by following the steps below. 1. Download Microsoft Network Monitor at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933741/en-us 2. Run the downloaded file to start the installer.
User Guide www.bull.com Activating Windows To continue using the Windows features, you must activate Windows on your system. Make sure that you have already activated Windows. If not, follow the procedure below to activate. For a server running a full installation 1. Go to the Start menu, and in the Run dialog box, type slui, and click OK. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions. Notes: ■ Windows may have been factory-activated. In this case, stop the process when prompted to do so.
User Guide www.bull.com For a server running a Server Core installation 1. At a command prompt, type Slmgr –dli, and click OK. Notes: ■ Windows may have been factory-activated. In this case, stop the process when prompted to do so. ■ The Product Key can be found on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) label. 2. Type slmgr –ipk , and click OK. *PID is your product key on the COA label. 3. Type slmgr –dti to obtain an installation ID for Windows activation, and click OK. 4.
User Guide www.bull.com Troubleshooting This chapter provides instructions to troubleshoot system problems that you might encounter when using Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008. If you are experiencing the same problem as listed in this chapter, perform the resolution first before you contact your sales agent. If your system still does not operate normally, provide your sales agent with the error messages on the screen. This chapter only lists the events that might occur in Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008.
User Guide www.bull.com Event ID: 15016 Source: Microsoft-Windows-Http Level: Error Description: Unable to initialize the security package Kerberos for server sideauthentication. The data field contains the error number. Resolution: These events do not affect system operation. Ignore these messages. The following application events are logged when Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 is installed.
User Guide www.bull.com Level: Warning Description: Intel(R) ∼ has been deactivated from the team. Event ID: 16 Source: IANSMiniport Level: Warning Description: [Team Name]: The last adapter has lost link. Team network connection has been lost. Resolution: If you have created a team of network adapters, the above events may be logged when you start the system. These events do not affect the LAN driver operation. Ignore these messages.
User Guide www.bull.com ® Microsoft ® Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 This chapter describes guidelines for upgrading Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 to Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008. Overview The Microsoft® Windows Server ® 2008 upgrade flow is shown below. Be sure to remove the installed graphics accelerator driver and PROSet before you upgrade. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. “Before You Upgrade” on page 41. See “Important Instructions” on page 41.
User Guide www.bull.com Before You Upgrade Important Instructions ■ Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 requires Service Pack 1 or later. ■ Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 Windows Server® 2008 is not recommended.
User Guide www.bull.com Graphic Accelerator Driver To u p g r a d e f r o m M i c r o s o f t ® Wi n d o w s S e r v e r ® 2 0 0 3 t o M i c r o s o f t ® Windows Server ® 2008 on a server in use, you must first uninstall the graphics accelerator driver. To uninstall the driver: 1. Navigate to Control Panel, and in Programs click uninstall a Program. 2. Select Matrox Graphics Software (remove only) from the program list, and click Uninstall/Change. 3. Follow the on-screen messages to uninstall the driver.
User Guide www.bull.com Upgrading Windows This section provides the procedure for upgrading from Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 32-bit (x86) to Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition. Caution Before you upgrade, you must first uninstall the graphics accelerator driver and PROSet. 1. When Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 is running, insert the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 DVD-ROM into the optical disk drive. 2. Click when prompted to Install now. 3.
User Guide www.bull.com Note: If the message Ask me again later appears. Click Cancel. 12. Install the drivers. See “Installing Drivers and Configuring Driver Settings”, page 24. 13. Follow the instructions in “Installing Drivers after the Upgrade” on page 45. 14. Follow the instructions in “Fault Recovery Settings” on page 30. The upgrade is complete.
User Guide www.bull.com Installing Drivers after the Upgrade This section provides the procedures for installing the driver(s) for optional controller(s) after the upgrade. Caution You may need to install multiple drivers, depending on your environment. Installing a driver for the RAID Controller LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 RAID Controller LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB (on the mother board) 1. Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager. 2. Diagnostics > Device Manager.
User Guide www.bull.com Installing a driver for the ATA/ATAPI Controller An ATA/ATAPI controller driver must be installed on all BULL NovaScale series servers, except for the T860 E1 and R480 E1. Caution The installation procedures vary by server model. For the BULL NovaScale/T850 E1, BULL NovaScale R440 E1, or R460 E1 1. Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager. 2. Diagnostics > Device Manager.
User Guide www.bull.com 5. Click Have Disk.... 6. Select the path to the folder in which the driver is stored (e.g. your storage media storing the Driver Set) and click Open. 7. On the Install From Disk screen, click OK. 8. Back to the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware screen, click Next. The driver installation starts. 9. Click Close, and restart the computer if prompted to do so. The driver update is complete.
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