Chapter 2
Installation and BIOS Setup
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OS Reinstallation and Recovery
Caution
Recovering the OS using the hard drive-based recovery or the OS recovery
CD/DVD erases the contents of your hard disk. Before recovering the OS, back up any files
you want to keep.
The NI RMC-8355 includes a preinstalled OS from the factory. The
NI RMC-8355 also includes two methods of restoring/reinstalling the OS
to your system.
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Hard drive-based recovery stores a factory backup on a separate
portion of your hard drive, allowing you to restore your server without
additional media.
Note
The hard drive recovery hot key is <F4>. To access the hard drive-based recovery
tool, press and hold <F4> when video first appears during the boot process.
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The NI RMC-8355 also ships with an OS recovery CD/DVD you can
use to reinstall your operating system onto your hard drive.
If you need to reinstall your operating system, you can use the included
OS recovery CD/DVD. Boot the NI RMC-8355 using the OS recovery
CD/DVD to recover the OS.
Note
You also may need to update or reinstall software after using the OS reinstallation
CD/DVD to recover your OS. The OS reinstallation CD/DVD may contain drivers that are
older or newer than the factory-installed version of the OS and may not contain the latest
RAID drivers. To ensure you have the latest drivers, go to
www.intel.com
and install the
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) RAID software package.
Note
After you reinstall or recover your OS, you may find shortcuts on the desktop that
require you to install specific drivers or software (for example, video drivers). Due to driver
and software packaging, it was not possible to preinstall this software during the OS
installation.
Eight beeps
Display memory
read/write error
Video adapter is missing
or has faulty memory.
One high pitch and
one low pitch
(siren-like alarm)
System overheat
System is overheating.
Table 2-3.
BIOS Error Beep Codes (Continued)
Beep Code
Error Message
Description