•
Language to install
•
Time and currency format
•
Keyboard or input method
4. Click
Install now
.
5. Read the license terms and click
I accept the license terms
. Then click
Next
.
6. Select
Custom (Advanced)
for fresh installation.
7. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do one of the following to select or
create a drive partition in which to install the operating system:
• Create a partition automatically: If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition,
select
Disk 0 unallocated space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system, and then click
Next
. A partition will be created automatically.
• Manually create a partition: If you want to create a new partition manually, do the following:
a. Select
Disk 0 unallocated space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system, click
Driver options (advanced)
, and then click
New
.
b. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click
Apply
.
c. Click
Next
.
The selected partition will be formatted and the applicable files will be copied to the drive partition. This
process takes several minutes. After that, the server will restart.
Note:
A message
No drives were found
might be displayed indicating that you do not have a mass
storage device driver installed. To install a mass storage device driver, connect the USB storage device
containing the RAID controller driver to your server, and then select
Load Driver
.
The installation process will continue after the server restarts.
8. When the Install Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard window opens, select a setup mode
and then click
Next
.
•
Clean Install
: Select this option if you do not have an existing Windows domain. A Windows domain
is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that
share a central directory database. Select this option to set up a full new installation of the Windows
Small Business Server 2011 Standard operating system.
•
Server Migration
: Select this option if you want to add this server to an existing Windows domain,
and then install the server applications. If you select this option, you can have only one server running
the Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system on your network, and that server must be
a domain controller of the network.
9. Click
Open Date and Time to verify the clock and time zone settings
to set your date and time.
Then, click
Next
.
10. Select one of the following methods for your server network configuration:
•
Automatically detect the network settings
: This option enables your server to automatically detect
the network settings of the network adapter. If you select this option, when the Get important updates
window opens, it is recommended that you select
Go online and get the most recent installation
updates
.
•
Manually choose the network settings as follows
: If you select this option, you will need to type
the corresponding information in the
Default Gateway
and
IP Address
fields.
Note:
A message
A network adapter was not found
might be displayed indicating that you do not have a
network adapter device driver installed. To install the device driver, click
Open Device Manager to
install drivers
. After the device driver is installed, the server will restart and the installation process
will continue.
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