Making Backup Copies Of System Information; Installing With The Oem-Fd For Mass Storage Device - NEC Express5800 120Rj-2 User Manual

User Guide

Making Backup Copies of System Information

The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific
information for the server.
Save the information after completing the system setup.
Without the backup data, you will not be able to recover the information.
You can save the information as described in the following procedure:
1. Insert the NEC ExpressBuilder DVD into the optical disc drive and reboot the
system.
2. Select [Maintenance Tools (Normal mode)].
3. Select [English].
4. Select [Maintenance Utility].
5. Select [System Information Management].
6. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
7. Select [Save].

Installing with the OEM-FD for Mass Storage Device

This section explains how to setup with the OEM-FD. This is not a standard procedure.
The detailed information is provided by the manual of the Mass Storage Device.
Installation of a Mass storage device not supported by Express Setup
If you would like to install or re-install the OS when the system has a new mass storage
device not supported by the NEC ExpressBuilder, you have to set as follows.
1. Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the
server.
2. If the mass storage device is a RAID Controller, configure the RAID system
before running the NEC ExpressBuilder.
3. Boot the system from the NEC ExpressBuilder DVD.
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5. Copy the driver for the mass storage device in the Express Setup.
Insert the floppy disk attached to the mass storage device into the floppy disk
drive.
Follow the on-screen messages to continue the Express Setup.
When the "Use Existing Array" dialog box appears, check "Skip
Creating a Virtual disk".
Check "Apply OEM-FD for Mass storage device".
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