Os Information Required For Customized Installations - HP ProLiant Gen8 User Manual

4. Enter and re-enter an Administrator password, if preferred. This step is optional.
5. Click the Continue right arrow to proceed to Step 4: Review on page 27.

OS information required for customized installations

If you selected a Windows-based OS and a Customized installation method on the OS Selection screen
(Step 2: OS Selection on page 19), additional screens are displayed for you to enter custom operating
installation and monitoring management protocol information.
Microsoft Windows configuration information for a Customized installation
Depending on the type of Microsoft OS you are installing, you may be prompted to enter the following
information:
Procedure
1. Select the OS family and edition.
When installing Windows 2012 Hyper-V, you must select the Windows 2012 OS family and the Hyper-
V OS. If a different OS family is selected, the installation will fail, generating the following error
message: Unattended settings error.
NOTE:
When installing Windows 2012 R2, you must select Windows 2012 R2 as the OS family and an
appropriate OS must be selected.
2. Select the OS and keyboard language.
IMPORTANT:
The HPE SD and microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media cards are the only SD cards that
currently support the SD Boot option. Windows and Linux OS families support the SD Boot
option for Recommended installations. See Available install methods, source media types,
and formats supported for each OS family for more information.
3. Select a partition size.
This is the size of the partition to create as the C: drive and in which to install the OS.
By default, the value is set to the maximum-allowed size (the size of the logical drive.) The minimum-
allowed size varies and is determined by the selected OS.
• To change the size of the partition from the default, slide the bar above the field left or right to
reduce or increase size. This option is not available when installing Microsoft Windows Essentials
OSs, because custom partitioning is not supported in the Essentials OSs.)
• To create a partition size based on the provided default, but reducing it by the amount set aside for
the swap space (pagefile), select Disallow swap space (not recommended). Select this option
only when the pagefile is located elsewhere.
4. Enter the product key.
This is the Microsoft Product Identification (Product ID) number. (Not displayed for all OSs).
5. Enter the computer name and an administrator password (optional).
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