HP ProLiant DL140 G3 Server - Manual (Page 34)

Network operating system (NOS) installation 34
Phase 2 - Installing the HP LAN driver
During the Windows NOS installation, the OS may not detect the embedded HP network interface card. The
following procedure will help you install the LAN driver using the Support CD.
1.
Insert the Support CD in the server’s optical media drive.
By default, the Support CD will automatically run displaying the Welcome page. Close this window.
However, if this does not occur, double-click the Startup.htm file located on the root directory of the
Support CD.
2. Click HP ProLiant DL140 server drivers for chipset, Network, and Video.
3. Select the embedded LAN driver option for Windows [NOS version].
4. Click Open on the File Download dialog box to download the HP network driver.
5. Click Yes on the Security Warning dialog box.
6. Insert a blank floppy diskette on the server’s floppy drive.
7. Unzip the HP network driver to the floppy diskette.
8. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Hardware | Device Manager.
9. Open the yellow question marked Other Devices tree and double-click on the appropriate Ethernet
Controller option to display its menu.
10. Follow the installation wizard for additional configuration.
11. Wait for the system to display the embedded LAN driver saved on the floppy drive, and then click Next.
12. Click Finish once the LAN driver has been loaded.
13. Repeat steps 2 through 12 to install the second HP LAN driver.
14. Close all open windows and restart the server in order to properly initialize the LAN adapter.
15. After restarting Windows, configure the network settings for the LAN card in order to connect to your
network. Verify connectivity.
Phase 3 - Installing the embedded video driver
1. Insert the Support CD in the server’s optical media drive.
By default, the Support CD will automatically run displaying the Welcome page. However, if this does not
occur, double-click the Startup.htm file located on the root directory of the Support CD.
2. Click the HP ProLiant DL140 server drivers for chipset, Network, and Video link.
3. Select the embedded VGA driver for the Windows [NOS version].
The File Download dialog box displays.
4. Click Open to download the driver.
The Security Warning dialog box displays.
5. Click Yes.
The installation menu for the selected driver will be displayed.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the embedded VGA driver.
7. After completing the installation, reboot the server.
Section 4. Configuring the system
Phase 1 - Performing a hardware status check
In this section you will run the Windows NOS Device Manager tool to identify any issues with the installed
devices or resource conflicts.
1. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel | System | Hardware | Device Manager.
2. Verify that no devices have either a yellow exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) symbol next to it.
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Exclamation mark (!) means that there is a resource issue with the device.
• Question mark (?) means that the device is unknown.
If (!) or (?) symbols are reported then double-click on each of the devices with (!) or (?). Refer to the
“Device Status” message for troubleshooting. Or if a printer is available, use the View | Print
command from the menu to get a report.