NEC Express5800-R120d-2M, Express5800-R120d-1M Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Installing Windows
10.021.01-102.01
Express5800/R120d-1M, R120d-2M
EXP291, EXP292
Installation Guide (Windows)
Model Number: R120d-1M N8100-1794F
NEC Express Server
Express5800 Series
R120d-2M N8100-1793F
Chapter 2 Installing the Bundled Software
April 2012, First Edition
© NEC Corporation 2012
Documents Provided with This Product
2
PDF
Precautions for Use
Describes points of caution to ensure the safe use of this server.
Getting Started
Describes how to use this server, from unpacking to operations.
PDF
options, connection of peripheral devices,
PDF
important information for
ESMPRO and
PDF
PDF
Provides the detail of NEC ESMPRO, Universal RAID Utility, and the other features.
Documents Provided with This Product
Documents for this product are provided as accompanying booklets ( ) and as electronic manuals (
within EXPRESSBUILDER DVD (
EXPRESSBUILDER
User’s Guide
Chapter 1: General Description Overviews, names, and functions of the server’s parts
Chapter 2: Preparations Installation of additional
).
Read these cautions before using this server.
Refer to this guide as you begin for an overview of this server.
and ideal location for this server
) stored
Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Server System BIOS configurations and summary of EXPRESSBUILDER
Chapter 4: Appendix Specifications and other information
Installation Guide (Windows)
Chapter 1: Installing Windows Installation of Windows and drivers, and
installation
Chapter 2: Installing the Bundled
Software
Maintenance Guide
Chapter 1: Maintenance Server maintenance and troubleshooting
Chapter 2: Convenient Features Useful features and the detail of system BIOS settings, RAID
Chapter 3: Appendix Error messages and Windows Event Logs
Other documents
Installation of bundled software, such as NEC
Universal RAID Utility
Configuration Utility, and EXPRESSBUILDER
Express5800/R120d-1M, R120d-2M Installation Guide (Windows)
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Contents
Documents Provided with This Product ................................................................................................................. 2
Contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Notations Used in This Document ......................................................................................................................... 6
Notations used in the text .............................................................................................................................. 6
Optical disk drives ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Hard disk drives ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Removable media ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Abbreviations of Operating Systems (Windows) ........................................................................................... 7
Trademarks ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Regulatory Notices ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Warnings and Additions to This Document .......................................................................................................... 10
Latest editions ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Contents
Installing Windows ............................................................................................................................................... 11
1.
Before Starting Setup .................................................................................................................................. 12
1.1
Starting EXPRESSBUILDER ........................................................................................................... 12
1.2
Supported Windows OS................................................................................................................... 13
1.3
Service Pack Support ...................................................................................................................... 14
1.4
Mass Storage Controllers Supported by EXPRESSBUILDER ......................................................... 15
1.5
When Using a Mass Storage Controller Not Supported by EXPRESSBUILDER ................................................... 16
2.
Setting Up the Operating System ................................................................................................................ 17
3.
Setting Up Windows Server 2008 R2 .......................................................................................................... 18
3.1
Before Starting Setup ....................................................................................................................... 18
3.2
Setting Up of Pre-installed Model .................................................................................................... 22
3.2.1 Before Starting Setup (Status at purchase) ........................................................................ 22
3.2.2 Setup Procedure ................................................................................................................ 23
3.3
Setup with EXPRESSBUILDER ....................................................................................................... 26
3.3.1 Setup flow .......................................................................................................................... 27
3.3.2 Requirements for Setup ..................................................................................................... 28
3.3.3 Setup procedure ................................................................................................................ 29
3.4
Setup with OS Standard Installer ..................................................................................................... 41
3.4.1 Setup flow .......................................................................................................................... 42
3.4.2 Requirements for Setup ..................................................................................................... 43
3.4.3 Setup procedure ................................................................................................................ 44
3.5
Installing Starter Pack ...................................................................................................................... 57
3.5.1 When using EXPRESSBUILDER DVD .............................................................................. 57
3.5.2 When using Internal Flash Memory ................................................................................... 59
3.6
Setting Up Device Drivers ................................................................................................................ 65
3.6.1 Installing the LAN and BACS (teaming) drivers ................................................................. 65
3.6.2 Setting up LAN drivers ....................................................................................................... 66
3.6.3 Setting up team/LiveLink ................................................................................................... 67
3.6.4 Graphics accelerator driver ................................................................................................ 78
3.6.5 When using a SCSI controller (N8103-107) ....................................................................... 79
3.6.6 When using a SAS controller (N8103-104A/142)............................................................... 79
3.6.7 When using a RAID Controller (N8103-160) ...................................................................... 79
3.6.8 When using a Fibre Channel controller (N8190-153/154) .................................................. 79
3.7
Installing the Bundled Software ....................................................................................................... 80
3.8
License Authentication ..................................................................................................................... 81
3.9
Applying Service Pack ..................................................................................................................... 83
3.10
Installation When Multiple Logical Drives Exist ................................................................................ 84
Express5800/R120d-1M, R120d-2M Installation Guide (Windows)
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