Installation Requirements; Installing The Files - Intel SR870BN4 - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM Product Manual

Installation Requirements

Be sure to adhere to the following requirements when installing the service partition files:
The current ECO BIOS and FW are installed.
You must use the installation software on the current System Resource CD or software
downloaded from the Intel Business Link (IBL) to install the system partition files, thus
defining the service partition.
At least 125 MB or one percent of the selected drive must be available (as
un-partitioned space).

Installing the Files

Follow these steps to install the service partition files onto a managed server whose operating
system is already installed:
NOTE
You can also install the service partition directly from the Resource CD. For
information, see "The SR870BN4 Resource CD" on page 67.
1. Insert the System Resource CD into the managed server's CD-ROM drive before booting to
EFI Shell. Boot the system into EFI Shell, the EFI CD Menu program launches automatically.
If the EFI CD Menu program does not launch in the EFI Shell, mount and map to the CD drive
and type 'startup' and press <Enter> to launch the EFI CD Menu.
Alternatively, the user can log into the Intel Business Link (IBL) site and download the
software to install the service partition files. Follow the instructions from the downloaded
package to install the service partition.
2. From the menu tab, use the arrow keys to navigate over to the Utility menu and hit <Enter> or
the down arrow to expand the menu.
3. From the Utility menu, arrow down to "Install Service Partition" and hit <Enter> to launch the
Service Partition Administration menu.
4. Choose 3 and press <Enter> to install the service partition files.
5. The installation software reports whether a system partition has been found. If so, it is
recommended that the user choose to install the service partition files onto the existing system
partition. Do so by choosing 1 and pressing <Enter>.
6. Choose the number for the system partition on which to install the partition files and press
<Enter>.
7. After receiving the message indicating that all files were installed successfully, press any key.
8. Press <ESC> to exit the Service Partition Administration menu and return to the EFI CD menu.
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