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    Sun Microsystems, Inc. www .sun.com Submit comments about this document by clic king the Feedbac k[+] link at: http://docs.sun.com Sun Blade ™ X6275 Ser v er Module Windo ws Operating System Installation Guide P ar t No . 821-0081-10 September 2009, Revision A[...]

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    Copyright © 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Cir cle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. This distribution may include materials developed by third parties. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Blade, Sun Blade X6275 Server Module and Sun company logo are trademarks or r egistered trademarks of Sun Microsystems[...]

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    iii Contents Preface v 1. Overview 1 Installing the Windows OS onto a Sun Blade X6275 Server Module 1 Prer equisites 2 Things Y ou Must Decide 2 What to Do Next 2 Using a Remote Control Application (RKVM) 3 ▼ T o Mount a DVD or Equivalent ISO Image 3 Dongle Cable Connections 4 ▼ T o Connect the Dongle for a Local Installation 4 2. Installing W [...]

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    iv Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 3. Post Installation 17 Downloading Server-Specific Drivers 18 ▼ T o Download the Server-Specif ic Drivers 18 Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers 19 ▼ T o Install the Server-Specif ic Device Drivers 20 Installing Supplemental Software 22 ▼ In[...]

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    v Pr eface This guide contains instructions for installing the W indows Server 2008 64-bit Service Pack 2 (SP2) onto the Sun Blade X6275 Server Module. Pr oduct Updates For product updates that you can download for the Sun Blade™ X6275 Server Module, visit the following web site: http://www.sun.com/download/ Find the Hardwar e Drivers section and[...]

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    vi Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Title Content Part Number Format Sun Blade X6275 Server Module Product Notes Late-breaking information about the server module 820-6853 PDF HTML Sun Blade X6275 Server Module Getting Started Guide Basic installation information for setting up the server [...]

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    Preface vii T ranslated versions of some of these documents are available at the web site described above in French, Simplif ied Chinese, and Japanese. English documentation is revised mor e frequently and might be more up-to-date than the translated documentation. Documentation, Support, and T raining Sun W elcomes Y our Comments Sun is interested[...]

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    viii Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009[...]

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    1 CHAPTER 1 Overview This chapter provides instructions for tasks you must complete before you begin installing the W indows Server 2008 64-bit operating system onto a Sun Blade X6275 server module. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “Installing the W indows OS onto a Sun Blade X6275 Server Module” on page 1 ■ “Prer equisites?[...]

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    2 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Pr er equisites Complete the following tasks before you begin the installation. ■ Install the server hardwar e. ■ (Optional) Configur e the service processor . ■ Gather needed information, such as IP address and netmask. Things Y ou Must Decide ■ [...]

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    Chapter 1 Overview 3 Using a Remote Contr ol Application (RKVM) The Sun Blade X6275 server module supports industry-standard RKVM with devices connected to it through the service pr ocessor . This ability allows you to mount and boot from a r emote DVD, or an ISO file image. ▼ T o Mount a DVD or Equivalent ISO Image 1. Locate your installation DV[...]

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    4 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Dongle Cable Connections If you choose to do a local installation, you must connect a dongle cable directly to the server module. ▼ T o Connect the Dongle for a Local Installation 1. Connect a USB hub to one of the USB connectors on the dongle. See FIGU[...]

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    Chapter 1 Overview 5 Figure Legend 1 Dual USB connectors . 2 RJ-45 connector . This connector provides serial access to the ILOM. 3 VGA video connector .[...]

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    6 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009[...]

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    7 CHAPTER 2 Installing W indows Server 2008 Operating System This chapter provides information about installing the W indows Server 2008 Operating System (OS). This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “T ask Map for the W indows Server 2008 Installation” on page 8 ■ “Installing W indows Server 2008 Using Local or Remote Media” on p[...]

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    8 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 T ask Map for the W indows Server 2008 Installation Use T ABLE 2-1 to preview the installation process defined as a series of tasks. The table defines the r equired tasks, describes them, and provides pointers to the instructions for performing that task.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 9 Installing W indows Server 2008 Using Local or Remote Media The following procedur e describes how to boot the W indows Server 2008 operating system from local or r emote media. It assumes you are booting the W indows installation media from one of the following sources: ■ W indows 2008 [...]

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    10 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ■ From the ILOM web interface , select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab. ■ From the local server , pr ess the Power button on the front panel of the server to power off the server , then press the Power button again to power-on server . ■ From[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 11 6. In the Installation T ype dialog, click Custom (advanced). The Where Do Y ou W ant to Install W indows dialog appears: 7. In the Where do you want to Install W indows dialog, do one of the following: ■ If you do not want to override the W indows Default partition information, click N[...]

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    12 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ■ If you do want to override the W indows default partition information, click the Driver Options (advanced) option and proceed to Step 8. Caution – Formatting or re-partitioning a pre-existing partition will destr oy all data on the partition. The W[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 13 8. In the Where to Install W indows dialog, do the following: a. Click Delete to delete the existing partition. A confirmation window appears. b. Click OK to conf irm the partition deletion. c. Click New to create the new partition. d. Change partition size settings as needed, and then cl[...]

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    14 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Installing W indows Server 2008 Using a PXE Network This section explains the initial information you will need to install the W indows Server 2008 operating system over an established PXE-based network via a customer-pr ovided W indows Deployment Servic[...]

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    Chapter 2 Installing Windows Server 2008 Operating System 15 ▼ T o Install W indows Server 2008 Using PXE 1. Reset or power on the server , for example: ■ From the ILOM web interface, select Reset on the Remote Power Control tab. or ■ Press the Power button (appr oximately 1 second) on the front panel of the blade to turn off the blade, then [...]

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    16 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 The Boot Agent dialog appears: 4. Continue the normal W indows Server 2008 WDS network installation. For additional information, consult Microsoft’ s W indows Deployment Services product documentation. 5. Proceed to “Post Installation” on page 17 .[...]

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    17 CHAPTER 3 Post Installation After completing the W indows Server installation and rebooting the operating system, you should review the following post installation tasks and, if necessary , perform the tasks that are applicable to your system. ■ “Downloading Server-Specific Drivers” on page 18 ■ “Installing Server-Specif ic Device Driv[...]

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    18 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Downloading Server -Specific Drivers This section describes how to download the server-specific driver packages needed for W indows Server installations. Note – The Sun Blade X6275 T ools and Drivers DVD contains all of the server- specific drivers r e[...]

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    Chapter 3 P ost Installation 19 Note – The _x_x_x number identifies the version of the package (for example, FloppyPack_1_1_4.zip ). 3. Proceed to “Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers” on page 19 . Installing Server -Specific Device Drivers Sun provides a wizar d to install Sun server-specific device drivers and supplemental software. T[...]

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    20 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ▼ T o Install the Server -Specif ic Device Drivers 1. Start the Sun Installation Package software using one of the following methods: ■ Access the T ools and Drivers DVD or ISO using RKVM, remote DVD drive, or a USB DVD drive. The DVD will automatica[...]

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    Chapter 3 P ost Installation 21 3. In the Install Pack notice dialog box, read the message then click Next. 4. In the End User License Agreement page, select “I accept this agreement”, and then click Next. The platform-specific drivers ar e installed. A green check mark verif ies that each driver has been successfully installed. 5. In the Drive[...]

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    22 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 Note – If you plan on installing Supplemental Software (highly recommended), do not restart your system at this time. Once the Supplemental Softwar e has been installed, you will be prompted to restart the system. 6. Perform one of the following: ■ I[...]

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    Chapter 3 P ost Installation 23 ■ If you did select Supplemental Software at the Sun Server Installation Package dialog box in Step 2 of “Installing Server-Specif ic Device Drivers” on page 19 , and selected No in Step 6 , the supplemental software dialog box appears. Proceed to the next step. 2. In the Install Pack Supplement Software dialog[...]

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    25 APPENDIX A Incorporate Sun Blade Server Drivers Into WIM This appendix is intended for advanced system administrators who need to incorporate the server-specif ic drivers into a W indows Imaging Format (WIM) image. ■ WIM files ar e installed using W indows Deployment Services (WDS). For more information on WDS, refer to Micr osoft documentatio[...]

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    26 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 ▼ T o Add Drivers to the WIM Image 1. Extract the contents of W indows Server 2008 DriverPack_ x _ x _ x .zip to a network share (for example: yourshare share DriverPack ), making sure to maintain the directory structure. 2. Select the service i[...]

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    Appendix A Incorporate Sun Blade Ser ver Drivers Into WIM 27 8. Save the answer f ile and exit W indows SIM. The answer f ile must be similar to the following sample. The sample assumes the architecture is 64-bit. 9. Use Package Manager to apply the unattended installation answer f ile to the mounted W indows image. Specify a location for the log f[...]

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    28 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009 a. If the W indows Deployment Services snap-in is not running, click Start, click Administrative T ools, and then click W indows Deployment Services. b. Locate the image to service. Right-click the image and select Replace Image. Follow the W izard direc[...]

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    29 Index D dongle cable, 4 driver updates, v DVD ISO image, 3 F firmware updates, v I installation task map W indows 2008, 8 installing an operating system overview, 1 ISO image, 3 L Local Media, Install Using, 9 P prer equisites for OS installation, 2 product updates, v R remote access via RKVM, 2, 3 Remote Media, Install Using, 9 RKVM, 2, 3 U US[...]

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    30 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009[...]