Dell Microsoft Windows 2012 Server Installation Instructions and Important Information

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 For Dell PowerEdge
Systems

Installation Instructions And Important Information

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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Contents

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5

Setting Up The Preinstalled Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System....................................................5

Setting Up Windows Server 2012 Operating System For Datacenter, Standard and Foundation Edition.........5

Setting Up Windows Server 2012 Operating System For Essentials Edition......................................................6

2 Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 For Datacenter, Standard, Foundation

and Essentials Edition....................................................................................................................7

Pre-Installation Requirements..................................................................................................................................7

Using The Dell Systems Management Tools And Documentation Media................................................................7

Using The Operating System Media.......................................................................................................................10

Creating A Device Driver Media......................................................................................................................10

Using The DRAC Diskette Image......................................................................................................................10

Creating USB Drive Driver Disk To Auto Load All Drivers................................................................................10

Partitioning A Drive.................................................................................................................................................12

Master Boot Record Scheme...........................................................................................................................12

GUID Partition Table Scheme..........................................................................................................................12

Choosing Between Partition Schemes.............................................................................................................12

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