Preparation Before Installation; Installation Steps - Inspur TS860 User Manual

configuration supports the version of the installed operating system.
3.1
Manually Installation of Windows Server 2012

3.1.1 Preparation before installation

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Windows Server 2012Installation CD
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Inspur driver CD
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external LSI 9271-8i SAS RAID card, no need of adding controller driver

3.1.2 Installation steps

1．Connect USB driver to the server, power up and start the server, insert Windows Server
2012 installation CD into optical drive, and select to boot from CD
2． Press any key if the system prompts to conform to press any key to boot from CD. If not,
the system will start the Windows installation program from CD automatically. In Windows Boot
Manager interface, press [enter] to continue.
3． In the language and other preferences settings interface, select and set to install the
language other preferences according to actual needs, then click<Next>to continue.
4．In the installation confirmation interface click<Install now >to continue.
5． In the interface of ""choose to install the operating system interface," according to your
CD versions to choose from the list. If you need a graphical interface, please choose GUI system
type
If it displays interface of inputting product key, then input your product key (25 characters)
according to actual needs, and then click <Next> to continue.
If you select the key below "automatically activated windows when online" item, then three
days after you first login, automatic activation begins trying to activate your windows; after
installing windows, you have a 30-day to activate windows be online (or by phone), if you haven't
completed the activation before the 30-day period, the windows will stop running.
6．The Microsoft software license clauses will be shown in the interface of "Please read the
license terms". Select "I accept the license terms" after reading, and click <Next> to continue.
7． Select the installation type, and here we default it is the first installation. Select "Custom"
mode to continue.
8． The system enters the interface of "Where do you want to install Windows?",
⊙If prompted "not found any drive" to indicate that the configuration you use need to load
the disk controller drivers program through Inspur driver U disk, operating as follows:
Using Inspur driver U disk to load driver:
①Please make the disk controller driver in the Inspur driver U disk [3.5 floppy disk (A :)]
partition.
② Please connect Inspur driver U disk to the USB interface of the server;
③ select <Load Driver> in the interface, in the pop-up prompts click [yes] to continue.
④The system will search the driver automatically. In the interface of "Choose to install the
（X86_64bit version）