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Post-installation
The key points to the installation are as follows:
After installation, install additional drivers. Consult the post-install steps in the
installation instructions (guides listed in "Prerequisites" on page 286). In
addition, install:
– The OSA IPMI driver (for the BMC)
– The RSA II driver
– Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 drivers
– Drivers and firmware updates for additional adapters you might have
installed, such as Fibre Channel HBAs, Network Adapters, and others.
If you are installing the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 and you have
more than 4 GB of RAM installed, you should add the /PAE switch to the
boot.ini file after installation is complete, so that the operating system can
access the memory about the 4 GB line (see the last line in Example 5-4).
Example 5-4 boot.ini for accessing more than 4 GB memory
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /PAE
5.4.5 Installing Windows Server 2008
This section describes the key aspects of installing Windows Server 2008 on the
x3950 M2.
Prerequisites
Before you install and configure Windows Server 2008:
Configure any RAID arrays using the MegaRAID Manager tool.
Ensure you have local or remote (through RSA II remote control) video and
keyboard console access to the server you will be installing onto.
Download the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation instructions:
– Installing Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) on x3950 M2 and x3850 M2:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074895
– Installing Windows Server 2008 x64 on x3950 M2 and x3850 M2:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074896
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