About Express Setup - NEC Express5800 140Rd-4 User Manual

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About Express Setup

"Express Setup" contained in your EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM is intended for initial setup of the server. Its automatic
installation mode guides the user easily through the process by detailing specific hardware features and providing screen
prompts for software selection and configuration. The program loads the utilities and drivers, applies RAID settings, partitions
the disk, and installs the desired operating system.
IMPORTANT: Executing the Express Setup erases all data on the hard disk.
For Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Express Setup automatically configures your server and installs the operating system.
After a few tasks are completed, all that remains to be done is to remove the EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM and insert the
Windows CD-ROM, input a product ID number, and acknowledge the license agreement.
For the other operating systems, Express Setup initializes the target disk(s), creates the maintenance partition, and installs the
various maintenance utilities from the EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM to lead your server to ready-to-install for the desired
operating system.
You can also use "Configuration disk" at "Express Setup" in order to save or backup parameters for installation.
The Configuration disk is able to have has some parameter files that include the configuration information for the server setup.
If you want to set up the server as before, execute the Express Setup with the parameter file you have saved before.
NOTES:
The parameters file is not mandatory to set up the system.
If you want to create a parameters file, have a blank floppy disk (MS-DOS 1.44 MB format)
ready.
When using a floppy disk, a USB floppy disk drive is required.
If you want to use the drivers located on the "OEM-Disk for Mass Storage Device" that ships
with optional boards, a parameters file is mandatory.
You can create a parameters file in advance using "Configuration Diskette Creator" included
in EXPRESSBUILDER.