Installation guide

Installing the Windows operating system

Installation and Configuration

Installing the Windows operating system

This section provides procedures for installing Windows 2000/2003

and Windows 2008 operating systems.

◆ “Windows 2000/2003 internal or external boot disk installation,”

◆ “Windows 2008 internal or external boot disk installation” on

page 63

Windows 2000/2003 internal or external boot disk installation

This section is a step-by-step procedure for installing Windows

2000/2003 Operating System to either an internal or external boot

device.

After you have your adapter(s) installed in your server, and

configured for external boot if necessary, the next step is to install the

Windows operating system. If you intend to boot to an external

device please refer to “Booting from the external storage array” on

page 26 for setting the boot BIOS for external boot and selecting the

external boot lun. If your system is EFI-based refer to “Installing a

RAMDISK under the EFI shell” on page 53. Also refer to your

server’s documentation for preparing your server for external boot.

QLogic provides a minimal driver installation kit for boot from SAN

installations. This kit includes an adapter driver that is small enough

to fit on a floppy disk. Be sure to download the correct kit in order to

install Windows on your external boot LUN.

Note: If you intend to boot to an external disk, only present the LUN that you

intend to boot from. All additional luns can be added after the installation.

This will eliminate any confusion on selecting the correct partition for

installation and eliminates any problems that the Operating System could

encounter on reboot during the installation. Also confirm there is only one

path to the storage array. Having more than one path can cause the operating

system to fail during the installation.

You need the following materials to install Windows:

◆ A Windows CD-ROM for the Windows version you wish to

install

◆ AN EMC-approved boot driver on diskette, or an EFI RAMDisk if

it is an EFI based install