Microsoft Windows 2000; Installation Notice - NEC N8100-1005F User Manual

Microsoft Windows 2000

This subsection provides information on installing Microsoft® Windows® 2000 in the server.
Read instruction in this section before proceeding the installation.
NOTE: If you install Windows 2000 without using Express Setup, see
Appendix D.

Installation Notice

This section explains precautions and matters you should be aware of before beginning installation
in order to install Windows 2000 correctly.
Supported OS on this model
The server supports the following edition:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (hereinafter, referred to as "Windows 2000")
On installing other OS, contact sales dealer or the maintenance service representative.
Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver
To install optional mass storage driver, see "Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver" of
"Configuration Diskette Creator" in Chapter 6 to create setup inf file.
BIOS Specification
Before installing Windows 2000, confirm if the BIOS specification of the hardware is correct. On
BIOS specification, there are some items to specify for the new functions provided from Windows
2000 (Plug and Play, support for USB interface and so on). See Chapter 4 to specify them.
NEC ESMPRO Agent
On Windows 2000 systems, the ESMPRO Agent needs the necras.sys driver. To install the
necras.sys, run the System update from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM.
Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER
The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM attached to your system supports the following optional
boards;
Raid Controller and SCSI Controller
– N8103-65F SCSI Controller
– N8103-75 SCSI Controller
– N8103-78F Disk Array Controller
– N8103-80F Disk Array Controller
– S-ATA HostRAID
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