Setup and Install

Table 1 Pre-installation checklist (continued)
DecisionAcknowledgmentResourcesDescriptionStep
For more information about
Microsoft Exchange licensing
requirements, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/
exchange/en-us/
licensing-exchange-server-email.aspx
Standard Edition is limited
to five databases. As a
result, it is not compatible
with some E5000 models.
During installation, you
will enter the license key
Ensure that you have
two legally licensed
copies of Exchange
2010 (either Standard
or Enterprise Edition).
for each server in the
E5000.
On your AD server, use
Exchange setup, which takes
approximately 20–30 minutes:
“setup.exe /p /
on:<your_org_name>”
Exchange 2010 requires
certain updates to your
Active Directory that if not
completed will complicate
or block a successful
Exchange 2010
installation.
Ensure that Active
Directory is prepared.
• setup /pl: Use for
Legacy interoperability
only.
• setup /ps: Prepares
schema, which is included
in prepareAD.
• setup /pd: Prepare a
local domain but only when
setting up child domain. (or
run setup /pad).
Microsoft Technet article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/
en-us/library/bb125224.aspx
Network planning
The E5000 Configuration Wizard will request information about your network preferences, but there
is some additional planning before using the wizard:
• MAPI (static or DHCP): Static addressing is recommended for this client access network.
• EMU/iLO (static or DHCP): Determined by your approach for remote server management.
• EMU to server connectivity: The E5000 Configuration Wizard will request that this connectivity
exist and will ask for the EMU password. EMU connectivity is necessary for E5000 monitoring
and maintenance.
You will need to select a physical network port from each server (see Figure 1 (page 6) and
Figure 2 (page 6)) that will be used to provide this connectivity. This network port will then need
to be configured (using the E5000 Configuration Wizard or standard Windows networking
configuration tools) to match the network you assigned to the EMU.
• If you purchased an E5300, be aware that it has fewer NIC ports for network connectivity than
the E5500 or E5700 (see Figure 1 (page 6) and Figure 2 (page 6) for comparison). If you
require more network connectivity for the E5300, you must purchase additional hardware, which
consists of two (2) NC382m mezzanine NICs and two (2) Ethernet 1 GbE I/O modules (BV897A).
Before you begin 5