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12 BP1043 | Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 for iSCSI SAN Boot with EqualLogic Storage

3 Extracting drivers for a Windows 2008 R2 installation

Before you begin the installation steps, download and extract the latest network adapter drivers from

http://support.dell.com

. Copy the extracted drivers to a USB flash drive so that they can be easily accessed

during the Windows 2008 R2 installation.

Choose the appropriate Intel, QLogic, or Broadcom drivers for your configuration. The following steps

provide detail on how to extract the drivers for each specific network adapter.

3.1 Extracting Intel NIC drivers (Optional)

1. Download Intel NIC drivers from http://support.dell.com.

2. Download the latest Intel_LAN_*.exe file and double click it to unpack the driver set. Select the

location for the files.

3. Open the command prompt with administrator rights. (Right click cmd.exe and select “Run as

administrator”.)

4. Change directory in the command prompt to the location of the unpacked driver files.

5. Run this command to extract the drivers:

Setup.exe -a

6. Choose a location to extract the files. You can extract the files to a USB drive so that they can be

easily mounted on the system when needed.

7. The drivers for installation can be found at the following location: \production\W2K8R2-

x64\<NIC-Folder>.

3.2 Extracting QLogic NIC drivers (Optional)

1. The following steps should be done on a compatible system. (i.e, a Windows 2008 R2 system)

2. Download Qlogic NIC drivers from http://support.dell.com

3. Download the Qlogic_LAN_*.exe file and double click it to unpack the driver installation files.

Select the location for the files.

4. Open the command prompt and change directory to the location of the unpacked driver files.

5. Choose a location to extract the driver files. Run this command to extract the drivers:

Setup.exe /z“/extractdrivers=\”<location-for-files>””

Example:

Setup.exe /z"/extractdrivers=\"C:\temp\””

6. Proceed with the installation, accept the license terms, and choose “Drivers only” when prompted

to select the feature you want to install. Do not select “Install VLAN/TeamingDriver”.

7. Unzip the driver package (i.e., >/production/Win2008R2-x64/p3p_nic_win2k8r2_x64.zip).

8. The drivers for installation can be found in the unzipped folder.