Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 40)

d. Click OK.
13. On the Intel PXE server software, configure the system to listen to the DHCP port by performing the following steps:
a. Right-click proxyDHCP Server Name, and select Configure proxyDHCP Server.
b. In the Configure proxyDHCP Server window, click the Use DHCP Port for Listening check box.
c. Close and re-open the PXE server software.
14. Turn on your NAS system.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. When the screen warns that you are going to reinstall and that it will erase data, type y .
18. 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.
During the reinstallation, do not attempt to connect to your NAS system.
19. After the NAS system shuts down, reconfigure the system.
See " Configuring Your NAS System for the First Time " in "Initial Configuration."
Using an Existing PXE Server
If your network has a PXE server, you need the following to reinstall the operating system:
l Windows 2000 (Professional or Server Family) client system on the same subnet as the NAS system
l Resource CD included with your NAS system
l Reinstallation CD included with your NAS system
l An existing PXE server on the same network
To reinstall the main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0 from an existing PXE server, perform the following steps:
1. Shut down the NAS system, and do not turn it back on until instructed.
See " Shutting Down the NAS System " in "NAS Manager."
2. Insert the Reinstallation CD in to the CD drive on the PXE server.
3. 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.
4. 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.
A 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 DOS screen closes after the reinstallation diskette is made.
5. 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
NOTE: This procedure resets your NAS system to the Dell default settings. Before performing this procedure, attempt to boot from the operating system
image on the mirrored hard drives. See " Booting From the Recovery Operating System Mirror Hard Drives ."