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Installing microsoft windows 2003 – NEC 1080Xd User Manual

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C-2 Windows 2003 Installation

This appendix provides information for installing Microsoft

®

Windows

®

2003

on the Express5800/1000 series server and for creating a mirrored drive of
Windows 2003. Follow the procedures in sequence.

Installing Microsoft Windows 2003

Use the following procedure to install Microsoft Windows 2003 on the NEC
Express5800/1000 series server.

Use a disk drive that does not contain any system partitions. A newly-formatted
disk is best.

1. Set Virtual DIPSW to 00003102 (see “BIOS Virtual DIP Switch” in

Chapter 4).

2. Set Shrink Interrupts in BIOS (see “Shrink Total Number of Interrupt

Vectors Submenu” in Chapter 4).

!

For Enterprise Edition, set to

ON

.

!

For Datacenter, set to

OFF

.

3. Check that the SCSI board is Adaptec ASC39160 (firmware version 3.20

only). You can find the board type/version during the Power-On Self-Test
(POST).

4. At the EFI prompt, select the EFI Shell (see “Booting the OS” in Chapter 2).

Enter

fs0:setupldr

to boot from CD.

5. Select

Automatic install

. The software automatically installs.

During the installation, the monitor displays: “EMS Connection Detected.”

Note: EMS (Emergency Management System) allows

remote management and recovery without a network in the
event of system/software problems.

EMS opens the Special Administration Console (SAC) on the remote
terminal (displays text only, no graphics).


Computer is booting, SAC started and initialized.

Use the “ch -?” command for information about using channels.
Use the “?” command for general help.

SAC>
EVENT: The CMD command is now available.