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Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide 

 

 

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Revision History 

 

Date  

Revision 

Number 

Modifications 

10/1/06 

1.0 

Initial guide  

11/21/2006 

1.1 

Updated Windows installation procedure and added fix for stability issue. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for SR9000MK4U - Server System - 0 MB RAM

Page 1: ...Intel Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide Version 1 1 Intel Order Number D75226 003...

Page 2: ...atent copyright or other intellectual property right Intel products are not intended for use in medical life saving or life sustaining applications Intel may make changes to specifications and product...

Page 3: ...4 3 1 Installating with setupldr 4 3 2 Installing with ramdrive efi 7 4 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 Update 4 10 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 11 Appendix A Installation and Usage Tips 12 List of Fi...

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Page 5: ...pecification Update available at http support intel com support motherboards server sr9000mk4u Read this document and the specification update and be familiar with the product guide before configuring...

Page 6: ...2 Figure 1 Select EFI Shell 4 Use the map command to verify that the hard drive is listed as a Block Device blk 5 Type drvcfg s 6 Select SAS1068 7 Select SAS Topology 8 Select the drive to format and...

Page 7: ...ion Guide 3 Note The time to complete the format varies by drive size and the format process cannot be stopped once started 9 Select Format Figure 3 Select Format 10 After the format has completed pre...

Page 8: ...floppy disk maintaining the file structure The Windows 2003 Server SP1 IA64 installation CD ROM 3 1 Installation with USB floppy drive 1 Attach the USB floppy drive to a front USB port 2 Insert the fl...

Page 9: ...setupldr to run the installation program 11 When prompted to load additional drivers press F6 12 Type S to Specify Additional Device Note The display may be slow because of console redirection to the...

Page 10: ...completing the Windows Server 2003 installation disable Write Combining to improve system stability 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel Display 2 Select the Settings tab Advanced button 3 Select th...

Page 11: ...oot Manager select EFI Shell Built in and press Enter 6 Use the map command to make sure the hard drive USB key and CD ROM drive are visible If any of these devices is missing from the Device Mapping...

Page 12: ...CD and insert the Windows 2003 SP1 IA64 installation CD 13 Type map r 14 Change to the Windows 2003 Server SP1 IA64 installation CD file system 15 Type ls to view the contents 16 Type setupldr to run...

Page 13: ...completing the Windows Server 2003 installation disable Write Combining to improve system stability 5 Select Start Settings Control Panel Display 6 Select the Settings tab Advanced button 7 Select th...

Page 14: ...t from the attached SAS drive 1 Attach the SAS hard disk drive to the left drive bay 2 Insert the Red Hat Linux operating system CD 3 Power on the server 4 Boot to the EFI Shell Built in 5 Use the map...

Page 15: ...from the EFI Boot Manager 5 Select the Boot from File 6 Select the Removable Media Boot option representing the CD ROM drive 7 Type textmode 1 and press Enter 8 Select the appropriate options 9 After...

Page 16: ...hoot tab and uncheck Enable write combining 4 Restart the system Install the following Windows hot fixes to improve system stability KB899416 Not available for download Contact Microsoft for this hot...

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