NEC 42U Setup Guide

Software Notes

Windows® 2000

Server/Advanced Server Setup

PN: 455-01595-000

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First Issue — March 2000

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Introduction

Your system is preloaded with the Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server
operating system (OS), ready for setup on your system. Windows 2000 Server
or Advanced Server includes the drivers to support devices in your system, the
TCP/IP network protocol, and Internet Explorer.

Before starting the setup procedure, you need to obtain certain information for
use during setup. The information you need in advance is shown in the
following table. NECC recommends that you obtain the information from your
server administrator and record it in the table before starting.

After completing setup, you might want to use the Windows 2000 Control Panel
to configure additional devices or Windows 2000 services and facilities.

Item Information Required Enter Your Information Here

1 Name of the Windows 2000 user.

2 Name of the licensed

organization.

3 OEM License Key number for

MS 2000 Server Software. This
number is on the Certificate of
Authenticity in the documentation
pack included with your server.

4 Name that you assign to the

server.

5

Obtain your network
configuration information. For
example: TCP/IP Configuration
values such as IP address
values, DNS and WINS address
resolution facilities, DHCP Relay
and Routing configuration
values.

Setup Procedure

Use the following procedure to set up Windows 2000 on your server.

Power up your server (for power up procedures, see the “Getting Started”

1.

sheet that came with your server).

The server goes through its Power-On-Self-Test (POST). POST displays a

2.

series of screens that do not require user intervention.

At completion of POST, a series of “Windows 2000 Setup: setup is

3.

initializing” screens and progress bars display. Again, user intervention is
not required.

Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Setup Software Notes 3