Installing windows server with local disk, Crash dump support, Installing windows server – Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters User Manual
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Installing Windows Server with Local Disk
After the Option Rom is installed, if you wish to install Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012 with local disk, do the
following:
1. Follow the instructions for installing Windows Server and the
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2. Verify that the FCoE boot disk is available in the Fabric View tab of Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager and
verify that the FCoE Target LUN has been recognized as a disk by Windows Disk Management and is online.
3. Open a command prompt, run the fcoeprep.bat batch file. The batch file is located in \Program
Files\Intel\Umb\Win32\FCOEBOOT or \Program Files\Intel\Umb\Winx64\FCOEBOOT.
4. Shut Windows down and capture the OS image to a local disk partition.
The image file must be on a separate local disk other than the operating system boot disk. The OS may have an
additional system reserved partition that needs to be included in the image file. Thus, it is advisable to image the OS
disk rather than just the OS partition. For more information, see
Detailed Instructions for Installing Windows Server
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5. Copy the image from the local hard drive to the FCoE target, making sure that the FCoE target LUN is larger than the
image size. This may be done from within the local Windows installation after the image files was created.
6. For Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or later: Run bcdboot.exe from the local Windows installation to make the FCoE disk
bootable.
If a System Reserved partition exists on the FCoE disk, type: bcdboot F:\Windows /s E:
where E: is the FCoE System Reserved partition and F: is the FCoE partition with the Windows directory.
If a System Reserved partition does not exist, type: bcdboot E:\Windows /s E:
where E: is the FCoE partition with the Windows directory.
7. Shut down and remove the local disk.
8. Configure the system BIOS to boot from the FCoE disk and boot.
Crash Dump Support
Crash dump file generation is supported in this release.
NOTE: Crash dumps will work with up to 8 GB of system memory.
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