Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - IBM eServer xSeries 345

Steps

Revision: 1.00
Updated: 8/1/2002 

Supported systems
8670 - IBM eserver xSeries 345

Follow the eServer xSeries network operating system (NOS) installation instructions provided in this document in sequential order unless these instructions advise you differently. 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 or the mouse to make a selection from a menu.

Sections within this document

1.0 Before installing Windows 2000

This document provides xSeries 345 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 facilitate tuning the xSeries 345 server to meet your individual needs. Doing 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.

1.1 ServeRAID

Determine if the system is equipped with an IBM ServeRAID card. If you have equipped your xSeries 345 with a ServeRAID card, please review section 4.0 Appendix before you proceed with the installation instructions in section 2.0 Installation instructions.

NOTE: If you have a system that is equipped with a ServeRAID card, you must perform additional procedures that are described in section 4.0 Appendix.

2.0 Installation instructions

1. Insert the Windows 2000 Setup CD into the CD-ROM drive and restart the system. The system will start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD. A few seconds after the Windows Setup screen appears, the message "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration" appears.
2. Press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Windows 2000 Setup displays a window to manually specify a controller. 
3. Select S to specify additional devices.Windows Setup will prompt you to insert the manufacturer's supplied hardware support disk.
4. Insert the IBM ServeRAID Device Driver disk if installing an IBM ServeRAID card or insert the diskette that contains the LSI SCSI device driver if installing the onboard LSI SCSI controller. After inserting the correct disk, press Enter. For information on downloading either the IBM ServeRAID device driver or the LSI Logic PCI SCS/FC driver, proceed to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
5. Select the appropriate IBM ServeRAID controller driver if installing a ServeRAID device. If installing the onboard LSI SCSI device, select the LSI Logic PCI SCSI/FC MPI Miniport driver. After making a selection, press Enter.
6. After Setup finishes copying files that support the IBM ServeRAID controller or the LSI Logic PCI SCSI/FC controller, you have the option to specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows 2000. If there are no more additional mass storage devices to specify, press Enter. The Windows 2000 setup window appears after a short delay. The Windows 2000 setup will take a few minutes to load. The "Welcome to Setup" message appears at the top right corner of the window.
7. Press Enter to install the Windows 2000 Server. The Windows 2000 licensing agreement appears.
8. Read the licensing agreement and press the Page Down key to scroll to the bottom of the window.
9. Then select I Agree by pressing F8. The Windows 2000 Setup window will show all hard disk storage available on the system. You might select or create a partition to install Windows 2000 Server.
10. 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: Use this option only if there are partitions that need to be permanently deleted to allow enough room to create new partitions. 
      
11. After you select a drive to partition, setup will prompt you to select a file system. Select the NTFS file system (unless you dual start with an operating system that does not support NTFS.) The system restarts to the graphical portion of setup (the Windows 2000 setup wizard appears). Windows setup will create a Welcome window when Windows 2000 is fully loaded.
12. Click Next to continue. Windows setup will automatically install and configure devices in the computer. This process will take several minutes.
13. 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 might modify the regional settings, after you have installed Windows 2000, by using the menu option Regional Options in the Control Panel.
    
    
14. Setup will display the Personalize Your Software window that 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.
15. 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 continue.
16. 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.
17. The system Name and Administrator Password window appears. 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. 
    
    
18. 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.
19. 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. 
    
    
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Type the workgroup or domain name in the appropriate fields. Click Next to continue.Setup will display the Installing Component window, 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.Setup displays the Performing Final Tasks window, which shows the status as setup finishes copying the appropriate files. This process might take several minutes.
23. 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).
24. After the Windows 2000 Server has finished starting up, Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to log on. When the desktop appears, you will see Windows 2000 Configure your server wizard. The server wizard will assist in the setup 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 unknown drivers

The following sections describe how to install additional unknown drivers.

3.1 Remote Supervisor Adapter (optional adapter for xSeries 345)

NOTE: Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter driver will also install the following drivers: Remote Keyboard + Mouse, Remote Supervisor, and Remote Serial Port. 

1. To install the Remote Supervisor Adapter device driver, insert the Remote Supervisor Adapter Support CD into the CD-ROM drive on the Server. The Remote Supervisor Adapter driver can also be downloaded from the web onto a diskette. For information on downloading the Advance System Management Processor driver, refer to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
2. On the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage.
3. Click Device Manager. The Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware is detected automatically as and unknown device under other devices. Right click other PCI device and select Properties.
   
   NOTE: If there is no unknown device called other PCI bridge device, right click one of the unknown devices and a pull down menu will appear. Select Properties. Look under Location and it should say "on PCI standard ISA Bridge". If it does not, click Cancel and right click the next unknown device. 
   
   
4. Click Update Driver and the Welcome to Upgrade Device driver Wizard window appears. Click Next.
5. Under Optional search locations, select CD-ROM Drives if using the Remote Supervisor Adapter Support CD or select Floppy Disk Drives if using a driver download from the Web.  Click Next.The Hardware Wizard locates the appropriate drivers for the Remote Supervisor Adapter hardware, and then installs them from the CD or floppy disk.
6. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears respectively, click Next to install the driver.
   
   NOTE: The driver that will be installed at this point is the Remote Supervisor. The Remote Supervisor contains the Remote Serial Port and Remote Keyboard/Mouse drivers. The hardware wizard will detected these two drivers after the Remote Supervisor has been installed. 
   
   
7. After installing the Remote Supervisor, the hardware wizard will detect the Remote Keyboard/Mouse device. A New Hardware Found window is displayed alerting you that there is additional new hardware to install drivers for. Click Next.
8. The install hardware device driver window prompts the user that the Multi-function device (Remote Supervisor Adapter + Mouse Keyboard) driver will be installed. Click Next. 
   
   NOTE: Although Windows shows that the Remote Supervisor Adapter + Mouse/Keyboard driver is being installed at this point, it is really only the Remote Mouse/Keyboard driver that is being installed. The Remote Supervisor Adapter shows up here again because it contained the Remote Mouse/Keyboard driver and the Remote Supervisor Adapter driver acts as a parent driver. 
   
   
9. An Optional Search Location menu appears. Deselect everything but the Floppy disk drive. Click Next.
10. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears respectively, click Next to install the Remote Keyboard/Mouse driver.
11. You will now be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes.
12. When the system has rebooted into Windows, the hardware wizard will prompt you that a new hardware device has been found. This device is the Remote Serial Port. Click Next.
13. Follow the same instructions used to install the previous Multifunction drivers. If there are additional unknown devices to install continue, if not reboot the system. 

3.2 Installing the Intel-based 10/100 & Gigbit Ethernet Driver 

1. To install the Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet driver, insert the CD-ROM or diskette that contains the Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet Application into the CD-ROM or diskette drive. This application contains the drivers for the Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet device. For information on downloading the Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet Application, refer to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
2. Open the application; the InstallShield Wizard welcome windows appears. Click Next.
3. Enter the location of the folder to which the files are to be saved. Remember or record this location because later you will need to point to this location when installing the driver. Click Next.
4. On the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage. InstallShield Wizard will now extract the files needed to install all Intel-Based 10/100 Gigabit Ethernet Drivers on the system.
5. When InstallShield is finished, click Next.
6. Click Device Manager. The Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet device is detected automatically as an Unknown Device under Other Devices.
7. Right click one of the unknown Ethernet devices and a pull-down menu appears.
8. Select Properties.
9. Click Reinstall Driver and a Welcome to Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window is displayed.
10. Click Next.
11. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device.
12. Click Next. An Optional Search Location menu appears.
13. Select Specify a location.
14. Click Next.
15. Enter the location of the Ethernet device drivers that were extracted in previous steps. Click OK.
16. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears respectively, click Next to install the driver.You will now be prompted to restart the computer.
17. Select Yes if you do not have any more unknown devices to install; select No if you still have an unknown device. 

3.3 IBM Alert Standard Format Update 

NOTE: The IBM Alert Standard Format Update will be installed to eliminate one of the standard Unknown Devices seen in the Windows Device Manager. This INF will not install any device drivers. The performance of the machine will not be affected. 

1. To install the IBM Alert Standard Format Update file (ASF.inf), insert the CD-ROM or diskette that contains the IBM Alert Standard Format Update file into the CD-ROM/diskette drive. For information on downloading the IBM Alert Standard Format Update file, refer to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
2. On the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage.
3. Click Device Manager.
4. Right click one of the unknown devices and a pull-down menu appears.
5. Select Properties. Look under Location and it should say "Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System". If it does not, click Cancel and right click the next unknown device. 

   NOTE: If the installation of the IBM Alert Standard Format Update file does not work with the initial Unknown Device chosen, try the other unknown device. 

6. Click Update Driver and the Welcome to Upgrade Device driver Wizard window appears.
7. Click Next. An Optional Search Location menu appears.
8. Deselect all but the drive location of the driver. Click Next.
9. When the "System found a driver for device" prompt appears respectively, click Next to install the driver.
10. You will now be prompted to restart the computer. Select Yes if you do not have any more unknown devices to install; click No if you still have an unknown device.

3.4 Updating the ATI Rage XL PCI Video Driver

1. To update the ATI Rage XL PCI Video driver, insert the CD-ROM or diskette that contains the ATI Rage XL PCI Video driver into the CD-ROM or diskette drive. For information on downloading the ATI Rage XL PCI Video driver, proceed to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
2. On the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Manage.
3. Expand the Display Adapters field, right click ATI Technologies Inc. RAGE XL PCI and a pull-down menu appears.
4. Select Properties.
5. Click Reinstall Driver and a Welcome to Upgrade Device driver Wizard window appears. Click Next.
6. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device.
7. Click Next. An Optional Search Location menu appears.
8. Deselect all but the drive location of the driver. Click Next.
9. When the "System found a driver for device prompt" appears respectively, click Next to install the driver. You will now be prompted to restart the computer.
10. Select Yes if you do not have any more unknown devices to install; select No if you still have an unknown device. 

4.0 Appendix

The following sections provide additional information:

4.1 Installations involving ServeRAID

The installation instructions for installing the ServeRAID controller card as the primary controller are listed below. Installations involving 4Mx/4Lx/5i will require the ServeRAID drivers be available on a floppy disk during installation.ServeRAID 4H has drivers on the Windows CD.

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

4.2 Initializing ServeRAID Disks

1. Insert the ServeRAID CD into the CD-ROM drive immediately after the system has started.
2. Shortly after you insert the ServeRAID CD, an IBM ServeRAID window appears followed by a window that displays the current BIOS and firmware levels currently installed on your ServeRAID card. 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 restart the system. Keep the ServeRAID CD in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
4. The system will start 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.  

   NOTE: You must create and initialize the ServeRAID disks for a boot partition to be visible to Windows 2000. For documentation on how to do this, please click ServeRAID - IBM ServeRAID-4 Ultra 160 SCSI Controller user's reference.

5.  After you have created and initialized the ServeRAID disks, remove the ServeRAID CD and insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. Restart the system and continue with step 2 under section 2.0 Installation instructions.
6. After Windows is installed, confirm that The ServeRAID Driver on the system have a digital signature. To insure that a digitally signed driver is installed, proceed to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files and download the latest digitally signed driver. 

   Warning: Drivers that are not digitally signed will be overwritten by the installation of the Windows 2000 service pack. This could result in an unusable configuration.  Be sure to use the digitally signed drivers.

4.3 Updating ServeRAID 4Lx/4Mx/4H/5i drivers 

1. Insure that you have the latest digitally signed ServeRAID.  For more information about this, click 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.
2. After you download the ServeRAID driver from the Web, update the ServeRAID driver on the system. Insert the diskette that contains the IBM ServeRAID driver into the diskette drive.
3. From the Desktop, right click My Computer and select Manage to display the Computer Management window.
4. At the Computer Management window, click Device Manager. A list of devices installed on the system appears. From this list, double click SCSI and RAID controllers to expand.
5. Double click IBM ServeRAID Adapter to display the properties window for the IBM ServeRAID adapter.
6. From the IBM ServeRAID properties window, click the Driver tab. The following list of details appears:
   • Driver provider
   • Driver date
   • Driver version
   • Provider of digital signature
7. Please make a note of these details.You should later use the note to see if the driver was updatedand to see if the updated driver has a digital signature.
8. To start the upgrade device driver wizard, click the Update Driver button.
9. The Welcome to the upgrade device driver wizard window appears. Click Next to continue.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. After the Wizard has completed installing the driver, click Finish. Refer to the IBM ServeRAID-4H Controller Properties window. Click ServeRAID - Software Matrix to compare the driver version displayed with your version; use the most recent version.
14. Restart the system after the driver update has been completed.

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. A Welcome window displays the message "Warning, exit all windows programs before you run the setup program".
3. Exit all Windows programs and click Next. The Licensing Agreement window appears.
4. After you read the license agreement, click Yes to continue. Select the operating system you will use on the server, if you run Windows NT or Windows 2000. Click Next to continue. The option to install the ServeRAID Manager Agent appears.
5. Click Yes, install service and click Next to continue.
6. Click Next again to install ServeRAID Manager. 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.
7. If this directory is your desired location, click Next and setup will install ServeRAID Manager.  

4.5 Installing the Service Pack

After you have completed the Windows 2000 installation process, be sure to install the latest operating system service pack. Click Microsoft Windows 2000 Service packs to download the latest operating system service pack. Review the accompanying instructions and warnings to install the operating system service pack. 

Attention: 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 happens. For information on downloading the IBM ServeRAID Device Drivers diskette, refer to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files. 

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, restart the system.  

4.6 Where to download device drivers and files

• Click Servers - File and device driver downloads to download the Remote Supervisor Adapter.
• Click Servers - File and device driver downloads to download the ATI Rage XL PCI Video Driver.
• Click Servers - File and device driver downloads to download the LSI Logic PCI SCS/FC Driver.
• Click IBM eServer xSeries - IBM Alert Standard Format Update to download the IBM Alert Standard Format Update version 1.00 or later.
• Click Servers - File and device driver downloads to download the ServeRAID drivers.
• Click Servers - File and device driver downloads   to download the Intel-based 10/100 and Gigbit Ethernet Driver.
• Click Microsoft Windows 2000 downloads to download the Operating Systems (OS) Service Pack.

4.7 Known issues

Attention : 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. For information on downloading the IBM ServeRAID Device Drivers diskette, proceed to section 4.6 Where to download device drivers and files.

Go to Servers - Hints and tips for Microsoft Windows 2000 or IBM eServer xSeries - Configuration, installation and planning support to view the eServer/Netfinity hints and tips for Windows 2000.This will lead you to a window that provides helpful information and some trouble-shooting tips for installing Windows 2000.