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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
As requested, re-insert any manufacturer-supplied driver diskettes such as the
IBM PC ServeRAID Adapter diskette.
5.3.10 File Transfer
Windows NT Setup copies all required files from the CD-ROM to your hard disk.
A progress indicator shows the file copy operations. Once it completes, the
server reboots and the installation process continues.
As requested, remove both the diskette and the CD-ROM disk before pressing
Enter to reboot the server. If the server fails to reboot, power off the machine,
wait a couple of seconds and then power it back on again.
Once the server reboots, it will be in a graphical mode and the NT 4.0 Setup
Wizard will guide you through the software and network installation phases.
5.4 If Your Server Fails to Restart
If your server does not start at this point and keeps on entering the diagnostic
mode, also called the
blue screen of death
, you most probably have a device
driver that is failing.
Analyze any error messages to determine where to start checking for errors.
When the blue screen is displayed, it shows the order of device drivers loaded;
the last driver shown is probably the one that has failed. The adapter that uses
the failed driver is a good place to start checking hardware settings.
If you are convinced that your hardware settings are correct, download the latest
version of the driver in question from the hardware supplier. See Appendix A,
“Sources of Drivers and Information” on page 147 for sources of drivers on the
Web.
5.5 Gathering Information
After the computer restarts and setup initializes, you are asked to enter your
name, organization, and the CD key for the CD-ROM you have. You will then
select which licensing mode you wish to use.
If you have more than one server being accessed by the majority of the users,
the per seat licensing mode is possibly the more advantageous option. A typical
example would be where you have separate SQL, exchange, application, SMS
and data servers being accessed by 80% of your users concurrently. If you have
departmental or single multipurpose servers, you could gain a cost benefit by
using the per server licensing mode. With the per server mode you could limit
the amount of concurrent user access to the server.
Note: You have the option to change the mode later but you may only do this
once during the lifetime of the server.
If you used the default (per server), enter the required number of concurrent
connections to this server.
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