Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 35)

Network Has a DHCP Server
NOTE: The system being used for the installation is not the DHCP server.
Requirements
Null-modem cable included with your NAS appliance.
Windows 2000 (Professional or Server Family) client system on the same subnet as the NAS appliance.
Resource CD included with your NAS appliance.
Reinstallation CD included with your NAS appliance.
Existing DHCP service in the LAN.
Procedure
To reinstall the main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0, perform the following steps:
1. On a Windows 2000 client system that is on the same network as the NAS appliance, log on as administrator.
2. Determine the name of the networked Windows 2000 client system, and then make a note of it for later use.
3. Create a new user with the name pv715 and the password set to password.
4. Create a reinstallation diskette from the Resource CD.
The Reinstallation Diskette utility is located in the Resources section of the Resource CD.
5. Right-click the go.bat file name on the Reinstallation diskette, and then select Edit to edit the file to the following
variable value for your environment:
a. SHARE, where SHARE is the share resource for the Reinstallation CD in the form
\\server_name\\share_name.
6. Install the Dell Reinstallation Console from the Resource CD by performing the following steps.
The Dell Reinstallation Console is located in the Resources section of the Resource CD.
a. Insert the Reinstallation diskette that you created in step 4 in the diskette drive of the networked Windows
2000 client system.
b. After finishing the installation, click the Start button and point to Programs—> Dell Reinstallation
Console—> Update boot image.
c. Reboot your system.
7. Insert the Reinstallation CD in the CD drive.
8. From Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the CD drive, select Share, type CD for the name of the
share, and then click OK to confirm the share settings.
9. Connect the null-modem cable between the COM ports in the NAS appliance and the networked Windows 2000
client system.
10. Start the Dell OpenManage Kick-Start utility and perform the following steps:
a. When prompted to Load, click Yes to confirm.
b. Do not click the Enable checkbox. If the Enable checkbox is selected, click it to deselect it.
11. Start the Intel PXE Server by performing the following steps:
a. Right-click the server name in the GUI, and then select Start/Stop Services....