Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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2.
Insert the Reinstallation CD in to the CD drive on the PXE server.
3.
Turn on the client system running Windows 2000.
4.
Log in to the client system with an account that has administrator privileges.
5.
Create a share for the CD drive on the client system:
a.
Double-click My Computer.
b.
Right-click the CD drive, and select Sharing.
c.
Type CD for the name of the share, and then click OK to confirm the share settings.
6.
Create a reinstallation diskette from the Resource CD:
a.
Insert the Resource CD into the CD drive of your client system.
b.
When the Resource CD Main Menu window displays, click Resources.
c.
On the Resources window, click Reinstallation Diskette.
d.
When the File Download window displays, click Run this program from its current location, and then click OK.
e.
Click Yes if you receive a security warning.
An MS-DOS screen appears and prompts you to insert a diskette into the diskette drive of the client system.
f.
Insert a formatted diskette into the diskette drive of your client system, and then press <Enter>.
The MS-DOS screen closes after the reinstallation diskette is made.
7.
Edit the reinstallation diskette for your environment:
a.
From the client system, browse to the reinstallation diskette.
b.
Right-click the file named go.bat on the reinstallation diskette, and then select Edit to edit the file to the following variable values for your
environment:
l
SHARE, where SHARE is the share resource for the Reinstallation CD in the form \\pxe_server_name\cd_share_name
l
USER, where USER is the Windows user who is to access the share resource
l
PASSWD, where PASSWD is the password for the user who is to access the share resource
8.
Install the customized reinstallation diskette image, which you just created on your client system, on your PXE server.
For more information, see your PXE server documentation.
9.
Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the NAS system.
For information about system connectors, see your User's Guide.
10.
Turn on your NAS system.
11.
On the keyboard connected to the NAS system, press <F2> immediately after you see the following message:
Press <F2> to enter the Function Select menu.
12.
From the menu, select option 4, Reinstallation, and then type y to confirm the selection.
The NAS system automatically reboots and begins the reinstallation process, which restores the NAS system back to the Dell default settings.
13.
When the screen warns that you are going to reinstall and that it will erase data, type y
.
14.
Press y again to confirm the selection.
Depending upon your configuration, this process could take several hours to complete. When the reinstallation completes, the NAS system shuts down.
15.
After the NAS system shuts down, reconfigure the system.
See "
Configuring Your NAS System for the First Time
" in the "Initial Configuration" section of this guide.
NOTE:
During the reinstallation, do not attempt to connect to your NAS system.