NEC Express5800-R120e-2M, Express5800-R120e-1M Installation Guide
NEC Express Server
Express5800 Series
Express5800/R120e-1M, R120e-2M
EXP291, EXP292
Installation Guide (Windows)
Chapter 1 Installing Windows
Chapter 2 Installing the Bundled Software
10.102.01-102.01
July 2013, First Edition
© NEC Corporation 2013
Documents Provided with This Product
Documents Provided with This Product
Documents for this product are provided as accompanying booklets ( ) and as electronic manuals (
within the EXPRESSBUILDER DVD (
Precautions for Use
Getting Started
EXPRESSBUILDER
PDF
User’s Guide
Chapter 1: General Description Overviews, names, and functions of the server’s parts
Chapter 2: Preparations Installation of additional options, connection of periphera l devices,
).
Describes points of caution to ensure the safe use of this server.
Read these cautions before using this server.
Describes how to use this server, from unpacking to operations.
Refer to this guide as you begin for an overview of this server.
and ideal location for this server
PDF
) stored
Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Server System BIOS configurations and summary of EXPRESSBUILDER
PDF
Installation Guide (Windows)
Chapter 1: Installing Windows Installation of Windows and drivers, and important information for
Chapter 2: Installing the Bundled
PDF
Maintenance Guide
Chapter 1: Maintenance Server maintenance and troublesho oting
Chapter 2: Convenient Features Useful features and the detail of system BIOS settings, RAID
PDF
Other documents
Provides the detail of NEC ESMPRO, Universal RAID Utility, and the other features.
Chapter 4: Appendix Specifications and other information
installation
Installation of bundled software, such as NEC ESMPRO and
Software
Chapter 3: Appendix Error messages and Windows Event Logs
Universal RAID Utility
Configuration Utility, and EXPRESSBUILDER
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Contents
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
License Notification ...............................................................................................................................................9
Regulatory Notices..............................................................................................................................................10
Warnings and Additions to This Document..........................................................................................................13
Latest editions.............................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 1 Installing Windows............................................................................................................................14
1. Before Starting Setup..................................................................................................................................15
1.1 Starting EXPRESSBUILDER...........................................................................................................15
1.2 Supported Windows OS...................................................................................................................16
1.3 Service Pack Support ......................................................................................................................17
1.4 Mass Storage Controllers Supported by EXPRESSBUILDER .........................................................18
1.5 Using a Mass Storage Controller Not Supported by EXPRESSBUILDER.......................................19
2. Setting Up the Operating System................................................................................................................20
3. Setting Up Windows Server 2012 ...............................................................................................................21
3.1 Precautions for Windows Server 2012 Installation...........................................................................21
3.2 Setup with EXPRESSBUILDER.......................................................................................................26
3.2.1 Setup flow..........................................................................................................................27
3.2.2 Requirements for Setup.....................................................................................................28
3.2.3 Setup procedure................................................................................................................29
3.3 Setup with Windows Standard Installer............................................................................................44
3.3.1 Setup flow..........................................................................................................................45
3.3.2 Requirements for Setup.....................................................................................................46
3.3.3 Setup procedure................................................................................................................47
3.4 Installing Starter Pack......................................................................................................................62
3.4.1 Installing Starter Pack Using EXPRESSBUILDER DVD....................................................62
3.4.2 Installing Starter Pack Using Internal Flash Memory.........................................................65
3.5 Setting Up Device Drivers................................................................................................................70
3.5.1 Installing the LAN drivers...................................................................................................70
3.5.2 Setting up LAN drivers.......................................................................................................71
3.5.3 Graphics accelerator driver................................................................................................73
3.5.4 Using a SAS Controller(N8103-142)..................................................................................75
3.5.5 Using a RAID Controller (N8103-161) ...............................................................................75
3.5.6 Using a Fibre Channel controller (N8190-153/154) ...........................................................75
3.6 License Authentication.....................................................................................................................76
3.7 Installing the Applications.................................................................................................................79
3.8 Installing With Multiple Logical Drives..............................................................................................81
3.9 Setting up for Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming (LBFO).............................................................83
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4. Setting Up Windows Server 2008 R2..........................................................................................................84
4.1 Before Starting Setup.......................................................................................................................84
4.2 Setup with EXPRESSBUILDER.......................................................................................................90
4.2.1 Setup flow..........................................................................................................................91
4.2.2 Requirements for Setup.....................................................................................................92
4.2.3 Setup procedure................................................................................................................93
4.3 Setup with Windows Standard Installer..........................................................................................109
4.3.1 Setup flow........................................................................................................................110
4.3.2 Requirements for Setup................................................................................................... 111
4.3.3 Setup procedure.............................................................................................................. 112
4.4 Installing Starter Pack....................................................................................................................127
4.4.1 When using EXPRESSBUILDER DVD............................................................................127
4.4.2 When using Internal Flash Memory .................................................................................130
4.5 Setting Up Device Drivers..............................................................................................................135
4.5.1 Installing the LAN drivers and BACS (teaming utility)......................................................135
4.5.2 Setting up LAN drivers.....................................................................................................136
4.5.3 Setting up team/LiveLink(BACS) .....................................................................................138
4.5.4 Setting up team (PROSet)...............................................................................................149
4.5.5 Graphics accelerator driver..............................................................................................151
4.5.6 When using a SAS controller (N8103-142)......................................................................151
4.5.7 When using a RAID Controller (N8103-161)....................................................................151
4.5.8 When using a Fibre Channel controller (N8190-153/154)................................................151
4.6 License Authentication...................................................................................................................152
4.7 Applying Service Pack...................................................................................................................155
4.8 Installing the Applications...............................................................................................................155
4.9 Installation When Multiple Logical Drives Exist..............................................................................157
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5. Setting Up Windows Server 2008 .............................................................................................................159
5.1 Before Starting Setup.....................................................................................................................159
5.2 Setup with EXPRESSBUILDER.....................................................................................................164
5.2.1 Setup flow........................................................................................................................165
5.2.2 Requirements for Setup...................................................................................................166
5.2.3 Setup procedure..............................................................................................................167
5.3 Setup with Windows Standard Installer..........................................................................................183
5.3.1 Setup flow........................................................................................................................184
5.3.2 Requirements for Setup...................................................................................................185
5.3.3 Setup procedure..............................................................................................................186
5.4 Installing Starter Pack....................................................................................................................202
5.4.1 When using EXPRESSBUILDER DVD............................................................................202
5.4.2 When using Internal Flash Memory .................................................................................205
5.5 Setting Up Device Drivers..............................................................................................................210
5.5.1 Installing the LAN drivers and BACS (teaming utility)......................................................210
5.5.2 Setting up LAN drivers..................................................................................................... 211
5.5.3 Setting up team/LiveLink (BACS) ....................................................................................214
5.5.4 Setting up team (PROSet)...............................................................................................224
5.5.5 Graphics accelerator driver..............................................................................................226
5.5.6 When using a SAS controller (N8103-142)......................................................................227
5.5.7 When using a RAID Controller (N8103-161)....................................................................227
5.5.8 When using a Fibre Channel controller (N8190-153/154)................................................227
5.6 Specifying PAE Option...................................................................................................................228
5.7 License Authentication...................................................................................................................229
5.8 Applying Service Pack...................................................................................................................232
5.9 Installing the Applications...............................................................................................................232
5.10 Installation When Multiple Logical Drives Exist..............................................................................234
6. Setup for Solving Problems.......................................................................................................................236
6.1 Specifying Memory Dump Settings (Debug Information) ...............................................................236
6.1.1 For Windows Server 2012...............................................................................................236
6.1.2 For Windows Server 2008 R2..........................................................................................243
6.1.3 For Windows Server 2008...............................................................................................244
6.2 How to Create a User-mode Process Dump File...........................................................................246
6.2.1 For Windows Server 2012...............................................................................................246
6.2.2 For Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008...............................................247
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