Setup and configuration overview, Typical operating system installation, Setup – IBM 206 User Manual

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v

Detects

installed

hardware

options

and

provides

updated

device

drivers

for

most

adapters

and

devices.

v

Provides

diskette-free

installation

for

supported

Windows

operating

systems.

v

Includes

an

online

readme

file

with

links

to

tips

for

your

hardware

and

operating

system

installation.

Setup

and

configuration

overview

When

you

use

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD,

you

do

not

need

setup

diskettes.

You

can

use

the

CD

to

configure

any

supported

IBM

server

model.

The

setup

program

provides

a

list

of

tasks

that

are

required

to

set

up

your

server

model.

On

a

server

with

a

ServeRAID

adapter

or

integrated

SCSI

controller

with

RAID

capabilities,

you

can

run

the

SCSI

RAID

configuration

program

to

create

logical

drives.

Note:

Features

and

functions

can

vary

slightly

with

different

versions

of

the

ServerGuide

program.

When

you

start

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD,

the

program

prompts

you

to

complete

the

following

tasks:

v

Select

your

language.

v

Select

your

keyboard

layout

and

country.

v

View

the

overview

to

learn

about

ServerGuide

features.

v

View

the

readme

file

to

review

installation

tips

for

your

operating

system

and

adapter.

v

Start

the

operating-system

installation.

You

will

need

your

operating-system

CD.

Typical

operating

system

installation

You

can

use

the

ServerGuide

program

to

shorten

your

installation

time.

The

ServerGuide

program

provides

the

device

drivers

that

are

required

for

your

hardware

and

for

the

operating

system

that

you

are

installing.

This

section

describes

a

typical

ServerGuide

operating-system

installation.

Note:

Features

and

functions

can

vary

slightly

with

different

versions

of

the

ServerGuide

program.

1.

After

you

have

completed

the

setup

process,

the

operating

system

installation

program

starts.

(You

will

need

your

operating-system

CD

to

complete

the

installation.)

2.

The

ServerGuide

program

stores

information

about

the

server

model,

service

processor,

hard

disk

drive

controllers,

and

network

adapters.

Then,

the

program

checks

the

CD

for

newer

device

drivers.

This

information

is

stored

and

then

passed

to

the

operating-system

installation

program.

3.

The

ServerGuide

program

presents

operating-system

partition

options

that

are

based

on

your

operating

system

selection

and

the

installed

hard

disk

drives.

4.

The

ServerGuide

program

prompts

you

to

insert

your

operating

system

CD

and

restart

the

server.

At

this

point,

the

installation

program

for

the

operating

system

takes

control

to

complete

the

installation.

Installing

your

operating

system

without

ServerGuide

If

you

have

already

configured

the

server

hardware

and

you

decide

not

to

use

the

ServerGuide

program

to

install

your

operating

system,

complete

the

following

steps

to

download

the

latest

operating-system

installation

instructions

from

the

IBM

Support

Web

page:

Chapter

2.

Configuring

your

server

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