Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Servers

Steps

Revision: 3.00
Updated: 9/11/2000

Supported systems
All Netfinity Servers

Follow the network operating system (NOS) installation instructions provided in this document in sequential order unless you are instructed differently. The windows and messages might differ from those in this document. Throughout this document the term "Select" is used to denote the use of arrow keys to highlight and choose a menu item.

Sections within this document
1.0 Before installing Microsoft Windows 2000
2.0 Installation instructions
3.0 Installing unknown drivers
3.1 Advanced System Management Processor (Service Processor)
3.2 Installing ActivePCI
4.0 Appendix
4.1 ServeRAIDTM
4.2 Installing IBM ServeRAID-3L, 3H or 4H device drivers
4.3 Installing IBM ServeRAID-4L and 4M device drivers
4.4 Installing ServeRAID Manager
4.5 Installing Service Pack
4.6 Where to download device drivers and files
4.7 Known issues

1.0 Before installing Windows 2000

This document provides Netfinity system users with the installation instructions for a basic Windows 2000 Server installation process. Windows 2000 Server presents many different installation options. You might install or uninstall options that will allow maximum performance from your Netfinity server. This might result in windows and messages that will differ from those in this document. Be sure to follow these instructions for installing Windows 2000 precisely to ensure that you install Windows 2000 correctly. Windows 2000 allows you to install components after you have completed the installation process. Determine if the system is equipped with an IBM ServeRAID card. If you have equipped the systems, please review the Appendix before you proceed with the installation instructions in section 2.0.

NOTE: If you have a system that is equipped with a ServeRAID card, you must perform additional procedures.

2.0 Installation instructions

1. Insert the Windows 2000 Setup CD into the CD-ROM drive and reboot system. The system will boot from the Windows 2000 Setup CD.
2. The Windows 2000 setup screen will appear after a short delay. The Windows 2000 setup will take a few minutes to load The "Welcome to Setup" message will appear at the top right corner of the window. Press Enter to install the Windows 2000 Server.
3. The Windows 2000 licensing agreement will appear. Read the licensing agreement and press the Page Down key to scroll to the bottom of the screen. Then select I Agree by pressing F8.
4. The Windows 2000 Setup window will show all hard disk storage available on the system.
5. You may choose or create a partition to install Windows 2000 Server. Select one of the following three options:
   • Allow setup to create a partition – Press Enter when you highlight non-partitioned space on your hard drive. Setup will partition the entire disk as one primary partition.
   • Create a Partition – To create a partition, highlight the non-partitioned space on the hard drive. Press the C key; you will be prompted to indicate how much available space to allocate from the non-partitioned drive. Type the amount of space (in megabytes) and press Enter.
   • Delete a Partition – Do not use this option; new systems are shipped unpartitioned.
6. After you select a drive to partition, setup will prompt you to choose a file system. Select the NTFS file system is used (unless you dual boot with an operating system that does not support NTFS).
7. Windows setup will begin to format the selected partition and copy the appropriate files onto the selected partition. This process will take several minutes.
8. The system restarts to the graphical portion of setup (Windows 2000 setup wizard). Windows setup will create a Welcome window when Windows 2000 is fully loaded. Click Next to continue.
9. Windows setup will automatically install and configure devices in the computer. This process will take several minutes.
10. The Regional Settings window will default to U.S. settings. Make changes if you do not install the system in the U.S. Click Next to continue.

    NOTE: You may modify the regional settings, after you have installed Windows 2000, by using Regional Options in the Control Panel.

11. Setup will display the Personalize Your Software window which will prompt you for your name and organization name. In the Name field, type your name, and in the Organizations field, type the organization's name. The names selected will be used as default computer names. Applications that you install on the system later will use this information for the product registration and document identification. Click Next to Continue.
12. Setup will prompt you for the Windows 2000 Setup CD-Key. Type the Windows 2000 Setup CD-Key in the appropriate fields. Click Next to proceed.
13. Setup will display the Licensing Modes window with two choices of licensing modes. Select the appropriate licensing mode for your organization. Click Next to continue.
14. The system Name and Administrator Password window will appear. You will be prompted for an administrator password and computer name. (Notice that Setup uses the organization name (entered earlier) as a suggested name for the computer.) Type your desired computer name and password. Click Next to continue.

    NOTE: Passwords are case sensitive. Be sure to use a combination of upper and lower case letters with at least one number for your password.

15. From the Name and Administrator Password window, select or deselect components for the installation process. To install a component, select the box next to the component. Components that you do not select will not be installed. Click Next to continue.
16. At the Time Zone window, set the current time for Windows 2000. To change the date, click the button to the right of the date. To change the time, highlight the value you want to change and enter the correct values by using the keyboard, or by using the up and down arrow keys. Click Next to continue.

    NOTE: Windows 2000 services perform many tasks that are dependent on the successful completion of the computer’s time and date settings. Be sure to select the correct time zone for the systems location to avoid subsequent problems.

17. From the Networking Settings window, select either typical or custom settings. If you are prompted, enter the appropriate network information. Click Next to install Windows networking components.
18. From the Workgroup or Computer Domain windows, select one of the following options:
    • No, this computer is not on a network, it is a network without a domain.
    • Yes, make this computer a member of the following domain box. Type a workgroup name in the Yes, make this computer a member of the following domain box.Type the workgroup or domain name in the appropriate fields.
    Click Next to continue.
19. Setup will display the Installing Component screen, and it will display the status as setup installs and configures the remaining operating system components according to the options you specified. This step will take several minutes.
20. Setup displays the Performing Final Tasks window, which shows the status as setup finishes copying the appropriate files.
21. This process might take several minutes.
22. Remove the Windows Server CD from the CD-ROM drive and click Finish. (Windows 2000 restarts and runs the newly installed version of Windows 2000 Server).
23. After the Windows 2000 Server has finished booting up, Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to logon. When the desktop appears, you will see Windows 2000 configure your server wizard. The server wizard will assist in the set up of any additional Windows 2000 components on your server. This wizard will help configure the additional components that you selected during the installation process.

3.0 Installing additional drivers

1. Open Device Manager by right clicking My Computer, selecting Manage, and clicking Device Manager once. There might be up to two unknown devices. One unknown device might be the Service Processor. The other unknown device might be the ActivePCI interface. However, certain servers might display "other PCI Bridge" or "unknown device" for the Active PCI interface.
2. Not all servers have an ActivePCI or an Advanced System Management Processor (service processor). Please view Servers - Supported ActivePCI Adapters for Windows 2000 and Servers - File and device driver downloads to see if the server is equipped with these components.
   

3.1 Advanced System Management Processor (service processor)

1. To install the Advanced System Management Processor (service processor) device driver, insert the Advanced System Management Processor driver diskette into the diskette drive.
2. Right click one of the unknown devices. A pull down menu will appear. Select Properties and click Update Driver.
3. A Welcome to Upgrade Device driver Wizard window will appear. Click Next.
4. An Optional Search Location menu will appear. Deselect everything but the Floppy Disk Drive. Click Next.
5. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears, click Next to install the driver.
6. You will now be prompted to restart the computer. Select Yes if you do not have any more unknown devices to install and No if you still have an unknown device.

3.2 Installing ActivePCI

1. To install the ActivePCI device driver, insert the ActivePCI driver diskette into the diskette drive.
2. Right click one of the unknown devices. A pull down menu will appear. Select Properties and click Update Driver.
3. The Welcome to Upgrade Device driver Wizard window will appear. Click Next.
4. An Optional Search Location menu will appear. Unselect everything except the floppy disk drive. Click Next.
5. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears, click Next to install the driver.
6. When you are prompted to restart the computer, select Yes if you do not have any more unknown devices to install, and select No, if you still have an unknown device.

4.0 Appendix

4.1 ServeRAID

The installation instructions for installing the ServeRAID controller card as the primary controller are listed below. The instructions vary depending on the type of ServeRAID you install. Please view section 4.2 for installation processes that involve ServeRAID 3L, 3H, 4H, and view section 4.3 for installation processes that involve 4L and 4M.

NOTE: You should set configurations for the IBM ServeRAID card before you install Windows 2000.

4.2 Installing IBM ServeRAID-3L, 3H or 4H device drivers

1. Insert the ServeRAID CD into the CD-ROM drive immediately after the system has booted.
2. Shortly after you insert the ServeRAID CD, an IBM ServeRAID window will appear followed by a window that displays the current BIOS and firmware levels. If they need to be updated, then click Update, if not, skip to step 4.
3. When the system has completed updating its files, you will be prompted to reboot the system. Keep the ServeRAID CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system.
4. The system will boot off the IBM ServeRAID CD again; however, this time, ServeRAID utilities will start and will be used to create and initialize the ServeRAID logical disks.
5. You must create and initialize the ServeRAID disks in order for partitions to be visible to Windows 2000. Click here for instructions, click Server, and select ServeRAID for the family. The ServeRAID Support web page appears.
6. After you have created and initialized the ServeRAID disks, remove the ServeRAID CD and insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. Reboot the system and continue with step 2 under section 2.0 Installation instructions. After you install the Windows 2000 Server, scroll to the 4.2 Installing IBM ServeRAID-3L, 3H or 4H Device Drivers, step 6, to update the ServeRAID-3x or 4H driver.
7. The ServeRAID Driver on the IBM ServeRAID CD-ROM might not have a digital signature. To insure that a digitally signed driver is installed, click here to download the latest digitally signed driver.

   NOTE: Drivers that are not digitally signed will be overwritten by the installation of the Windows 2000 service pack. ServeRAID will not function without a digitally signed driver.

8. After you download the ServeRAID driver from the web, update the ServeRAID driver on the system. If you run Windows 2000, insert the diskette that contains the IBM ServeRAID driver into the diskette drive.
9. From the Desktop, right click My Computer and select Manage to display the Computer Management window.
10. From the Computer Management window, click Device Manager. A list of devices installed on the system will appear. From this list, double click SCSI and RAID controllers to expand.
11. Double click IBM ServeRAID Adapter to display the properties window for the IBM ServeRAID adapter.
12. From the IBM ServeRAID properties window, click the Driver tab. The following list of details will appear:
    • Driver provider
    • Driver date
    • Driver version
    • Provider of digital signature
13. Please make a note of these details. You should later use the note to see if the driver was updated and to see if the updated driver has a digital signature.
14. To start the upgrade device driver wizard, click the Update Driver button.
15. The Welcome to the upgrade device driver wizard window will appear. Click Next to continue.
16. The Wizard should display the IBM ServeRAID adapter as its hardware device to upgrade. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next.
17. The Wizard will prompt you for a search location. Insert the floppy disk that contains the driver, select the search location (location of driver), and click Next. The Wizard will now perform a search for the driver from the selected location.
18. The Wizard will indicate that it has found a driver that is a closer match for the device (IBM ServeRAID Adapter) than the current driver. Click Next to install the updated driver.
19. After the Wizard has completed installing the driver, click Finish. Refer back to the IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-3H or 3L Controller Properties window. Click here to compare the driver version displayed with the version and use the most current version.
20. Reboot after the driver update has been completed.

4.3 Installing ServeRAID-4L and 4M device drivers

NOTE: Device drivers for the ServeRAID-4M and 4L controllers are installed while you install Windows 2000.

13. Insert the ServeRAID CD into the CD-ROM drive immediately after the system has booted.
14. Shortly after you insert the ServeRAID CD, an IBM ServeRAID window will appear followed by a window that displays the old BIOS and Firmware. Click Update.
15. When the system has completed updating its files, you will be prompted to reboot. Keep the ServeRAID CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system.
16. The system will boot off the IBM ServeRAID CD again; however, this time, the ServeRAID utilities will be used to create and initialize the ServeRAID disks.

    NOTE: You must create and initialize the ServeRAID disks for a boot partition to be visible to Windows 2000. Click here for instructions, click Server, and select ServeRAID for the family. This step will lead you to the ServeRAID Support web page.

17. After you have created and initialized the ServeRAID disks, remove the ServeRAID CD, and insert the Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM Drive and press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart the server.
18. After you reboot the server, the "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver" message will appear.
19. Press F6.

    NOTE: This message will appear immediately after the screen changes from black to blue. You have only a few seconds to press F6.

20. After Windows 2000 loads the appropriate files, Windows 2000 will display a screen where you can manually specify a controller. When this screen appears, press the S key to specify additional devices.
21. When you are prompted to insert the Manufactures – supplied hardware support disk, insert the IBM ServeRAID Device Drivers diskette into the diskette driver, and press Enter.

    NOTE: The driver that you installed might not have a digital signature. A digitally signed driver will be posted on the IBM Web site as soon as it is available. A non-digitally signed driver will be overwritten by the installation of a Windows 2000 service pack. ServeRAID will not function without the digitally signed driver.

22. You will be prompted to select a ServeRAID controller. Select IBM Netfinity ServeRAID- 4M or 4L Controller (Windows 2000), and press Enter. The "Setup is loading files (IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-4M or 4L Controller (Windows 2000)" message will appear.
23. When you are prompted, press Enter to continue.
24. You may now continue the Windows 2000 Server installation process by scrolling to step 4 under 2.0 Installation Instructions.

4.4 Installing ServeRAID Manager

1. Be sure that the IBM ServeRAID Manager is installed on the Windows 2000 Server to maximize the performance of the IBM ServeRAID card installed.
2. From Windows 2000 Server, insert the IBM ServeRAID CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. A Welcome window will appear which will give you a warning to exit all windows programs before you run the setup program.
4. Exit all Windows programs and click Next.
5. The Licensing Agreement window will appear. After you read the license agreement, click Yes to continue.
6. Select the operating system you will use on the server, if you run Windows NT or Windows 2000. Click Next to continue.
7. The option to install the ServeRAID Manager Agent will appear. Select Yes, install service and click Next to continue.
8. Click Next again to install ServeRAID Manager.
9. From this window, you must choose the location to which you will install ServeRAID. ServeRAID is defaulted to setup in the c:\ Program Files\Raidman directory. If this directory is your desired location, click Next and setup will install ServeRAID Manager.

4.5 Installing Service Pack

After you complete the Windows 2000 installation process, be sure to install the latest operating system service pack. Click here to download the operating system service pack. Review the accompanying instructions and warnings to install the operating system service pack.

WARNING: Before you install the Windows Service Pack, make sure that the driver for the ServeRAID device is digitally signed. A non-digitally signed driver will be overwritten by the installation of a Windows 2000 service pack. ServeRAID will not function if this step happens. Click here to download the latest IBM ServeRAID device drivers.

1. Change to the directory to where the Service Pack files reside (hard disk or CD).
2. Run Setup.
3. Click the agree box to accept the licensing agreement.
4. Click Install.
5. After the installation process is complete, reboot the system.

• Click here to download the Active PCI.
• Click here to download the Advanced System Management Processor (service processor).
• Click here to download the ServeRAID drivers.
• Click here to download the Operating System (OS) Service Pack.

4.7 Known issues

WARNING: Before you install the Windows Service Pack, ensure that the driver for the ServeRAID device is digitally signed. A non-digitally signed driver will be overwritten during the installation of Windows 2000 Service Pack. If the non-digitally signed driver is overwritten, ServeRAID will not function. Click here to download the latest IBM ServeRAID device drivers.

Click here to view the Netfinity servers hints and tips for Windows 2000 and click Servers. Under family, select All and click Hints and Tips inside the left blue margin. After you click hints and tips, under category, select Windows 2000. This step will lead you to a window that provides helpful information and some trouble-shooting tips for installing Windows 2000.

If your server uses the integrated AMD Ethernet adapter, click here to review the applicable service hint and tip document prior to upgrading your system to Windows 2000.