Microsoft Windows Server Drivers - Cisco APIC M3 Installation And Service Manual

Microsoft Windows Server Drivers

g) Click Download to download the drivers' ISO file.
h) Verify the information on the next page, and then click Proceed With Download.
Step 2
Continue through the subsequent screens to accept the license agreement and then browse to a location where you want
to save the driver ISO file.
Microsoft Windows Server Drivers
Installing Microsoft Windows Server Drivers
The Windows Server operating system automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to
the appropriate directory.
Before you begin
Before you install this driver on an embedded controller, you must configure a RAID drive group on the
embedded controller for the drives where you will install the OS (pSATA and/or sSATA).
To access the configuration utility, open the BIOS Setup Utility, go to the Advanced tab, and then choose
the utility instance for the embedded controller:
• For pSATA, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (SATA)
• For sSATA, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (sSATA)
Step 1 Download the Cisco UCS C-Series drivers' ISO, as described in
Step 2
Prepare the drivers on a USB thumb drive:
a) Burn the ISO image to a disk.
b) Browse the contents of the drivers folders to the location of the embedded MegaRAID drivers:
/<OS>/Storage/Intel/C600-M5/
c) Expand the Zip file, which contains the folder with the MegaSR driver files.
d) Copy the expanded folder to a USB thumb drive.
Step 3 Start the Windows driver installation using one of the following methods:
• To install from local media, connect an external USB DVD drive to the server and then insert the first Windows
installation disk into the drive. Skip to Step 6.
• To install from remote ISO, log in to the server's Cisco IMC interface and continue with the next step.
Step 4
Launch a Virtual KVM console window and click the Virtual Media tab.
a) Click Add Image and browse to select your remote Windows installation ISO file.
b) Check the check box in the Mapped column for the media that you just added, and then wait for mapping to
complete.
Step 5 Power cycle the server.
Step 6
Press F6 when you see the F6 prompt during bootup. The Boot Menu window opens.
Step 7 On the Boot Manager window, choose the physical disk or virtual DVD and press Enter. The Windows installation
begins when the image is booted.
Step 8 Press Enter when you see the prompt, "Press any key to boot from CD."
Cisco APIC M3/L3 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Storage Controller Considerations
Downloading the MegaSR Drivers, on page 107.