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120Eg User Guide - Appendix D
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Microsoft Windows 2000
This subsection provides information on installing Microsoft® Windows® 2000 in the
server. Read instruction in this section before proceeding the installation.
Note: If you install Windows 2000 without using Express
Setup, see Appendix D.
Installation Notice
This section explains precautions and matters you should be aware of before beginning
installation in order to install Windows 2000 correctly.
Supported OS on this model
The server supports the following edition:
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
(hereinafter, referred to as "Windows 2000")
On installing other OS, contact sales dealer or the maintenance service representative.
Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver
To install optional mass storage driver, see "Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver"
of "Configuration Diskette Creator" in Chapter 6 to create setup inf file.
BIOS Specification
Before installing Windows 2000, confirm if the BIOS specification of the hardware is
correct. On BIOS specification, there are some items to specify for the new functions
provided from Windows 2000 (Plug and Play, support for USB interface and so on).
See
“BIOS Setup Utility” on page 3-3
to specify them.
NEC ESMPRO Agent
On Windows 2000 systems, the ESMPRO Agent needs the necras.sys driver. To install
the necras.sys, run the System update from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM.
Windows 2000
Express Setup can install Windows 2000 operating system. However, note the
following issue:
Caution
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Before starting the installation, complete all the process of
adding the optional device and the setup of Express server
mainframe (BIOS and optional board specification)