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Chapter 2 Software Installation 2-19
■ A Windows 2003 CD (retail media only—not an OEM version)
To create a boot diskette for Windows 2003 32-bit and 64-bit, you need a Windows
system with a CD drive and a diskette drive.
1. On a Windows system, insert the Sun Fire X2100 Server Supplemental CD.
2. Change to the following directory on the CD:
D: \DRIVERS\WINDOWS\OS\CHIPSET
Where OS is 2003_32 or 2003_64.
3. Unzip the appropriate file under the CHIPSET directory and extract the files to a
local directory (for example C:\raid).
■ For 2003_32, unzip the NFref_*_w2k.zip
■ For 2003_64, unzip CK804_*_w64.zip
4. Insert a preformatted blank diskette into the server.
5. Change to the directory where the files were extracted (for example, C:\raid),
then open the appropriate directory for your OS.
For 2003_32, open IDE\WinXP\
For 2003_64, open IDE\Win2k\sataide
6. Select all files in the directory and copy them to the diskette drive (a:).
7. Configure RAID in the Sun Fire X2100 Server BIOS.
a. Reboot the server and press the F2 key when you see the Sun logo screen.
The BIOS Setup screen is displayed.
b. Select Integrated Peripherals from the main menu.
c. Select RAID config.
d. Under RAID, change the setting to Enable.
e. Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit.
8. When prompted by the NVRaid BIOS, press the F10 key.
a. Select the type of RAID (mirror or stripe).
b. Select the disk drives for the array.
c. Press the F7 key.
d. Select boot (B).
e. Exit the NVRaid BIOS.
f. Press Control-X to save and exit the NVRaid BIOS.