Step 2: Prepare For Ft Series Setup; 2-1: Initialize Hard Disks - NEC Express5800/340Hb-R N8800-047F User Manual

4-6 Windows Setup

Step 2: Prepare for ft series Setup

Before starting ft series setup, be sure to do the following. If these preparations are not done, setup
cannot be performed properly.
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Initialize hard disks
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Prepare disk expansion unit
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Prepare NEC Express5800/ft series main unit

2-1: Initialize Hard Disks

To use used hard disks for ft server setup, initialize the following hard disks:
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Hard disk to be inserted into the Slot1 of the PCI module (for Group1)
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Hard disk to be inserted into the Slot1 of the PCI module (for Group2)
To perform ft series setup to Disk Expansion Unit, initialize the following disks:
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Disk to be inserted into the Slot1 of the Disk Expansion Unit
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Disk to be inserted into the Slot8 of the Disk Expansion Unit
<Procedure for initializing hard disks>
Initializing hard disk drives which had been mirrored by the RDR function:
Physically format hard disk drives.
Refer to sections from "System Configuration" to "SCSI BIOS~Fast!UTIL~" in the separate
volume of User's Guide, and perform "Low-Level Format" by SCSI Disk Utility.
IMPORTANT:
Initializing hard disk drives which had been mirrored by Disk Management:
Use the fdisk command to format hard disk drives.
1. Create a ROM-DOS startup disk.
For creating a ROM-DOS startup disk, see "Installing and Using Utilities" - "NEC
EXPRESSBUILDER" – "NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Top Menu" – "Tool Menu" –
"ROM-DOS Startup FD" in the separate volume of User's Guide.
2. Insert only the hard disks to initialize into the slots.
IMPORTANT:
module for Group1.
3. Insert the ROM-DOS startup disk into the floppy disk drive and start the machine.
4. When ROM-DOS starts and prompt "A:\" is displayed, run FDISK command.
5. When the message "Do you wish to enable large disk support? [Y]:" appears, press Y.
6. Press A and delete all partitions. (A: Delete all partitions)
Physical formatting takes about 10 minutes for an 18GB-disk.
When initializing a hard disk, insert it into the Slot1 of the PCI