2 Sun Fire X4150, X4250 and X4450 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide • January 2009
Important Installation Considerations
Please note the following important considerations before beginning the Windows
Server operating system installation on your Sun Fire server:
■ When you install the Windows operating system, any data on the boot drive,
including any preinstalled operating system, will be overwritten.
■ If your server ships with an LSI™ SAS3081E-S RAID controller and you want to
include your boot drive as part of a RAID configuration, you will need to
configure a RAID volume(s) using the controller’s BIOS configuration utility
(accessible during server boot) before you install the Windows operating system.
Details on doing this can be found in Appendix C.
■ If you have an Sun StorageTek RAID controller (Adaptec™-based), you must
create an array volume using the controller’s configuration utility on any disk
you want Windows to be able to access. If you are performing an initial
installation of Windows and want to boot from mass storage connected to the
controller (even if you do not want it part of a RAID), use the controller’s BIOS
configuration utility (accessible during server boot) to create an array volume on
the disk before you install the Windows operating system. Details on doing this
can be found in Appendix B.
■ A primary consideration during installation is providing the mass storage drivers
for the disk controller. Windows Server 2008 provides the mass storage drivers
required to install the operating system. Windows Server 2003 media does not
contain the mass storage drivers needed to install the operating system.
■ If you install Windows using the Sun Installation Assistant, all required
drivers are supplied at the time of installation. SIA can install Windows via a
local or remote CD/DVD. For more about SIA, see “Assisted Installation Using
Sun Installation Assistant (SIA)” on page 4.
■ If you install Windows manually, using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003
installation media, the mass storage drivers must be delivered from a floppy
disk (or a remote floppy image file). The Windows Server 2003 installation
program can only read mass storage drivers from a floppy disk.
■ For a manual installation, there are three methods that can be used to deliver the
drivers for Windows Server installation:
■ Use a physical USB floppy drive connected to the Sun Fire server.
■ Use a remote KVMS (remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, Storage—allows
redirection of the server keyboard, video output, mouse and storage devices
via a networked system) to redirect the floppy drive to a physical floppy drive
on another system that is hosting the JavaRConsole (JavaRConsole system—a
remote console run from a networked system).
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