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- Page 1 Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Version 1.1 D75226-003 Intel Order Number...
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Page 2: Revision History
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................... 1 2. Preconfiguration........................1 3. Installing Windows 2003* SP1 IA64 Server................ 4 Installating with setupldr ..................4 Installing with ramdrive.efi ..................7 4. Installing Red Hat* Linux 4, Update 4 ................10 5. -
Page 5: Introduction
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) This document is not your primary source of information about the server system hardware or ® software. New and open issues will be published in the Intel Server System SR9000MK4U Specification Update, available at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sr9000mk4u. -
Page 6: Figure 1. Select Efi Shell
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Figure 1. Select EFI Shell 4. Use the map command to verify that the hard drive is listed as a Block Device (blk). 5. Type drvcfg –s. 6. Select SAS1068. 7. Select SAS Topology. -
Page 7: Figure 3. Select Format
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Note: The time to complete the format varies by drive size and the format process cannot be stopped once started. 9. Select Format. Figure 3. Select Format 10. After the format has completed, press <ESC> to exit the utility and restart the SAS... -
Page 8: Installing Windows 2003* Sp1 Ia64 Server
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Installing Windows 2003* SP1 IA64 Server CAUTION: This process formats the media and deletes all content from the SAS drive. Gather these items: A supported USB floppy disk drive. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=916196. A DOS-formatted diskette containing the LSI* SAS Windows 2003 IA64 drivers. You can download the drivers from http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sr9000mk4u. -
Page 9: Figure 4. Device Mapping Table
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Figure 4. Device Mapping Table 8. Change to the Windows 2003 Server SP1 IA64 installation CD file system. 9. Type ls to view the contents. 10. Type setupldr to run the installation program. - Page 10 Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide After completing the Windows Server 2003 installation, disable Write Combining to improve system stability: 1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display. 2. Select the Settings tab, Advanced button. 3. Select the Troubleshoot tab and uncheck Enable write combining.
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Page 11: Installing With Ramdrive.efi
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Installation with USB key 1. Attach the USB key that contains the LSI* SAS drivers to a front USB port. 2. Attach the SAS hard drive to the left drive bay. ®... - Page 12 Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Note: If the block device is present but there is no corresponding file system, type: mount blk# where blk# is the ramdrive block device ( blk0 in the screen sample). Type map –r to regenerate the mapping table.
- Page 13 Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide After completing the Windows Server 2003 installation, disable Write Combining to improve system stability: 5. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display. 6. Select the Settings tab, Advanced button. 7. Select the Troubleshoot tab and uncheck Enable write combining.
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Page 14: Installing Red Hat* Linux 4, Update 4
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Installing Red Hat* Linux 4, Update 4 CAUTION: This process formats the media and deletes all content from the attached SAS drive. 1. Attach the SAS hard disk drive to the left drive bay. -
Page 15: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10
The graphical user interface (GUI) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is not supported on the Intel Server System SR9000MK4U. These instructions install the operating system using the text user Interface (TUI). The GUI will be supported in a future release of SUSE. -
Page 16: Appendix A: Installation And Usage Tips
Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Appendix A: Installation and Usage Tips Following the Windows Server 2003 installation, disable Write Combining to improve system stability: 1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display. 2. Select the Settings tab, Advanced button.