Installing The Service Partition (Recommended); Installing The Operating System; The System Resource Cd-Rom - Intel SPSH4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

Installing the Service Partition (Recommended)

When you are setting up your server system, you can install a service partition on your hard drive.
The service partition, in conjunction with Intel
emergency remote management and remote server setup. The service partition lets you remotely
access a local partition on the server and identify and diagnose server health issues by using either a
modem or network connection. The service partition uses approximately 30 to 40 MB of hard disk
space.
NOTE
Intel strongly recommends that you install the service partition before
installing an operating system. If you skip this step now, and later decide to
install a service partition, any operating system or other data on the drive will
be lost. For more information, see the "Service Partition" section in the
Installation Guide for Intel Server Management, which is contained on the
System Resource CD.
To create and format the service partition:
1. Boot the server to the System Resource CD.
2. From the menu, select Utilities and press the <Enter> key.
3. Select Run Service Partition Administrator and press the <Enter> key.
4. From the list of available items, select Create Service Partition-first time.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. These instructions prompt you to reboot the
server. It will reboot from the CD-ROM.
6. After the system reboot, select the Utilities menu and press the <Enter> key.
7. Select Run Service Partition Administrator and press the <Enter> key.
8. Select Format Service Partition and Install Software.
9. Remove the System Resource CD from the CD-ROM drive and exit from the menu screen.
You can now install the operating system.

Installing the Operating System

The System Resource CD contains a limited operating system with enough functionality to boot the
server and to copy and use the utilities and other files from the CD. This limited operating system
is not intended to be used to run applications. To run your server and applications, you must install
the operating system of your choice on the server. Follow the installation instructions that came
with the operating system.

The System Resource CD-ROM

Earlier sections of this product guide referred to the System Resource CD-ROM. The CD contains
documentation, device drivers, utilities, Intel Server Management, and other useful information and
software. Most of the documentation is in Adobe
Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing the files.
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Server Management (ISM) software, provides
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Acrobat format (PDF) and the CD includes the
Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide