10 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2008
Select a Mass Storage Drivers Method
Select a method listed in TABLE 3-1 that meets the need of your environment for
providing the appropriate mass storage drivers for Windows Server 2003
installation. Make note of the method you have selected
Note – For Windows Server 2008, the Windows distribution media includes all
drivers necessary to install Windows on the Sun Blade X6250 server module. If you
are installing Windows Server 2003, you will need to supply mass storage drivers
during the installation using one of the methods described below.
TABLE 3-1 Delivery Methods for Windows 2003 Mass Storage Drivers
Mass Storage Drivers Delivery Method Additional Requirements
Ease of Configuration and
Installation
Floppy Disk Local: Uses a physical
USB floppy drive externally
connected to a USB port on the
server module dongle cable. Do not
connect it to a hub, as this could
cause the installation to fail. You
can use a hub on the other dongle
USB connector to connect
additional devices, such as a
keyboard and mouse.
• External USB floppy drive listed as
“Designed for Windows”
*
on the
Windows Marketplace site:
http://www.windowsservercata
log.com/marketplace/
• Floppy disk
• Server module dongle cable
* If you do not use a USB floppy drive designed for Windows, it might appear that the drivers are installed during the OS installation,
but when you reboot the system, the graphical part of the Windows setupwill be unable to find the drivers again and the installation
will fail with an error message.
Easy
Floppy Disk Remote: Uses a
remote KVMS to redirect to a
physical floppy drive on the system
hosting the JavaRConsole.
• JavaRConsole system with network
access to your Sun Blade server
module’s network management port
and an attached floppy drive
• Floppy disk
Medium:
Installation time will be
minimally increased over the
Floppy Disk Local method.
Floppy Image: Uses a remote
KVMS to redirect to a floppy image
file on the system hosting the
JavaRConsole. Only available for
server modules supporting ILOM.
This method can not be used for
server modules using ELOM.
• JavaRConsole system with network
access to your Sun Blade server
module’s management network port
• Floppy image file
Medium:
Installation time will be
minimally increased over the
Floppy Disk Local method.
