NEC Express5800/320Fc-LR/MR, Setup Manual

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Windows Setup
Step 4: Start the Express Setup
Set up with the Express Setup functions of NEC EXPRESS BUILDER.
“Express Setup” is a setup method for NEC Express5800/320Fc system that allows configuration of
hardware internal parameters and status and installation of OS (Windows Server 2003) and various
utilities in seamless manners by using the startup CD-ROM and “NEC EXPRESSBUILDER” CD-
ROM which comes with the server. Use the “Express Setup” to install the OS. It performs
complicated setups automatically.
Express Setup edits the information required for the setup, saves it to a floppy disk before the setup,
reads the information one by one at the setup and automatically performs a series of setup processes.
The floppy disk used here is called [Configuration diskette].
TIPS:
[Configuration diskette] is a setup disk that stores the information set/selected
during Express Setup.
Express Setup executes all the setup process automatically, based on this
information. It is not necessary to sit by the system and check the status, during the
setup. Also, if you use the Configuration diskette that has been used last time, you
can create the same setup condition as the previous one.
You can create a parameter file in advance, by using “Configuration Diskette
Creator®” in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
If you create [Configuration diskette] in advance, you can skip the options that need
to be entered or selected during Express Setup. (You can create or modify the setup
information in the Configuration diskette, during Express Setup). If any computer
that is running on Windows XP/2000/Windows Server 2003 is available, it is
recommended to edit the setup information with Configuration Diskette Creator in
advance.
This device does not include the FD drive by standard. To use Configuration
diskette, customers need to prepare an optional FD drive.
For the procedure to create a parameter file with Configuration Diskette Creator, refer to User’s
Guide.
Reinstalling the OS to the hard disk drive that has been upgraded to dynamic disk
You cannot reinstall Windows Server 2003 if the existing partition of the hard disk drive that
has been upgraded to dynamic disk is still there.