Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with
Service Pack 1
To install the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. When the message
Press any key to boot from cd or dvd...
is displayed, press any key. If the message
Windows Setup [EMS Enabled]
is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load
the files.
3. When the “Enter your language and other preferences” window is displayed, configure the language
and other required options and then click
Next
.
4. Click
Install now
.
5. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click
Next
.
6. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license terms
. Then, click
Next
.
7. Select the type of installation you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that
Custom:
(Advanced)
is selected in this step.
8. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click
Load driver
.
9. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then go to the folder
where the driver is stored.
10. Click
OK
. The “Select the driver to install” window is displayed.
11. Select
Hide drivers that aren’t compatible with this computer’s hardware
, and then select the driver
that you want to install on your server. Click
Next
.
12. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click
Drive options (advanced)
.
13. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click
New
.
14. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click
Apply
. Click
OK
if prompted.
15. Select the drive partition on which you want to install the operating system, and then click
Next
. The
installation begins.
Note:
Your server will restart several times during the installation.
16. Change your password when prompted.
Note:
The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
17. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system when prompted.
Installing drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with
Service Pack 1
To install drivers for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service Pack 1, refer to the related
topics.
•
“Installing the driver for the chipset” on page 5
•
“Installing the driver for an Ethernet card” on page 5
•
“Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card” on page 5
•
“Installing the driver for a discrete graphics card” on page 6
•
“Installing the driver for an HBA card” on page 6
•
“Installing the driver for Intel Management Engine Interface” on page 7
•
“Installing the driver for a CNA card” on page 7
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