Installing Windows Server Operating System; Before You Begin - Sun Microsystems X3-3L Installation Manual

Installing Windows Server
Operating System
This section provides instructions for installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2008
(SP2 and R2 SP1) and Windows Server 2012 (R2) operating systems.
Description
Before you begin the OS install.
Using Oracle System Assistant to install
the Windows operating system.
Using media to install the Windows
operating system.

Before You Begin

Ensure that the following requirements are met:
If you want to configure RAID (redundant array of independent disks) on the
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server's storage drives, you must do so before you install the operating system.
For instructions for configuring RAID, see the
"Configuring Server Drives for OS Installation" on page
Note – If the server is equipped with the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID, Internal
HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z), you must create RAID volume and make it bootable
before installing the operating system; otherwise, the HBA will not be able to identify
the server's storage drives.
Verify that the BIOS settings are set to the defaults. For instructions on how to
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verify and, if necessary, set the BIOS settings, see
Defaults" on page
Links
"Before You Begin" on page 23
"Installing Windows Server on a Single
System Using Oracle System Assistant" on
page 24
"Installing Windows Server on a Single
System Using Media" on page 27
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Sun Server X3-2L Installation Guide,
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"Verify the BIOS Factory
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