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18 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009
Downloading Server-Specific Drivers
This section describes how to download the server-specific driver packages needed
for Windows Server installations.
Note – The Sun Blade X6275 Tools and Drivers DVD contains all of the server-
specific drivers required for Windows Server installations. If you are using the Tools
and Drivers DVD, you can you can skip this section and proceed to
“Installing
Server-Specific Device Drivers” on page 19 . You can also obtain the latest version of
the Tools and Drivers DVD for the Sun Blade X6275 Server Module by downloading
the updated Tools and Driver DVD image at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp
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To Download the Server-Specific Drivers
1. Download the drivers for the Sun Blade X6275 Server Module at:
http://www.sun.com/servers/blades/downloads.jsp
2. Choose one of the following download options:
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If you are installing the server-specific drivers using media, download
Sun_Blade_X6275_Windows_SW x.x.x _ build# .zip
to a hard drive
location or media that will be accessible during the installation. Extract the
following sub-packages contained in
Windows.zip
:
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InstallPack
_x_x_x
.exe
for Windows Server 2008 installations —
Contains a program to install all server-specific device drivers after
installing Windows Server 2008. You will use this file to install all post
installation server-specific drivers.
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DriverPack
_x_x_x
.zip
for expert Windows Server WIM users only —
Contains server-specific driver archive for Windows Server, English. You
can use the contents of this zip file if you want to incorporate Sun server
drivers into a Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image. For instructions, see
Appendix A .
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OptPack
_x_x_x
.zip
for PXE expert users only — Contains supplemental
software archive. Download this zip file if you want to incorporate the
supplemental software into a PXE installation.
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If you are installing server-specific drivers using a PXE server (advanced
installation), extract the contents of the
DriverPack_
x_x_x
.zip
file on to
the PXE server.