10 Sun Fire X4150, X4250 and X4450 Servers Windows Operating System Installation Guide • January 2009
Select a Mass Storage Drivers Method
Select a method listed in TABLE 3-1 that meets the need of your environment for
providing the appropriate drivers for Windows Server operating system installation.
Make note of the method you have selected.
Note – If you are installing Windows Server 2008 on your Sun Fire server, the
required mass storage drivers are included with the Windows distribution media.
TABLE 3-1 Delivery Methods for Mass Storage Drivers During Windows 2003 Install
Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method Additional Requirements
Ease of Configuration and
Installation
Floppy Disk Local: Uses a physical
USB floppy drive directly
connected to one of the server’s
USB ports.
• External USB floppy drive listed as
“Designed for Windows”
*
on the
Windows Marketplace site:
http://www.windowsservercata
log.com/marketplace/
• Floppy disk
* If you do not use a USB floppy drive designed for Windows, it might appear that the drivers are installed during the OS installation,
but when you reboot the system, the graphical part of the Windows setup will be unable to find the drivers again and the installation
will fail with an error message.
Easy
Floppy Disk Remote: Uses a
remote KVMS to redirect to a
physical floppy drive on the system
hosting the JavaRConsole.
• JavaRConsole system with network
access to your Sun Fire server’s
network management port and an
attached floppy drive
• Floppy disk
Medium:
Installation time will be
minimally increased over the
Floppy Disk Local method.
Floppy Image: Uses a remote
KVMS to redirect to a floppy image
file on the system hosting the
JavaRConsole.
• JavaRConsole system with network
access to your Sun Fire server’s
management network port
• Floppy image file
Medium:
Installation time will be
minimally increased over the
Floppy Disk Local method.
Windows Server 2003 media CD
created using Sun reburn script.
This method creates a Windows
media CD that includes all required
mass storage drivers.
• System with CD/DVD burner
• Tools and Drivers CD/DVD
Easy
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