10. Click
Next
to install the driver.
11. In the “Update Driver Software-Intel... Connection” window, click
Close
. The driver installation is
completed.
12. Go back to the “Errors occurred during installation” window, and click
Restart
to restart your server.
13. When the “Windows Small Business Server 2011 window” is displayed, configure the language and
other options as you need, and then click
Next
.
14. In the “Verify the date and time settings” window, click
Change system date and time settings
to
configure the date and time. Then, click
Next
.
15. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license
. Then, click
Next
.
16. Type your product key and then click
Next
.
17. Personalize the server by typing the user name, and then click
Next
.
18. In the “Provide your administrator information (account 1 of 2)” window, type your user name and
password. Then, click
Next
.
Note:
The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower
case letters, and numbers.
19. In the “Provide your administrator information (account 2 of 2)” window, type your user name and
password, and then click
Next
.
Note:
The password must contain at least eight characters and consist of upper case letters, lower
case letters, and numbers.
20. In the “Keep your server up-to-date automatically” window, configure the settings as you need. Your
server restarts several times.
21. When prompted, click
Close
. The installation is completed.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Standard operating system.
Note:
Before you install this operating system, connect your server to the network.
To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
Note:
If the message
Press any key to boot from cd or dvd
is displayed, press any key. If the message
Windows Setup [EMS Enabled]
is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load
the files.
2. In the Installing Windows window, select the language and other options. Then, click
Next
.
3. Click
Install now
.
4. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license terms
. Then, click
Next
.
5. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that
Custom
(Advanced)
is selected in this step.
6. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, depending on the SATA configuration on
your server, do one of the following:
• If your SATA configuration is set as
RAID
(both
onboard SATA software RAID
and
RAID card
):
do the following:
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