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Hardware setup, BIOS update, Installing Microsoft Windows NOS, Pre-installation instructions

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Hardware setup Prepare the server following the instructions in the HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Installation Sheet. It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation. Your ProLiant server comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. However, if you install additional used hard disk drives in your new server: • Note that most NOS installations remove all data from the hard disk on which they are installed. If you want to use additional hard disk drives to access existing data in the new server, HP recommends that you install and configure any of these hard drives after completing the NOS installation. • If you want to recycle used hard drives, use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from that particular hard drive. BIOS update HP recommends that you update the server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to take advantage of the most recent compatibility fixes. You can download the latest HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 server BIOS at www.hp.com. NOTE: For ease of reading, the HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Support CD will be simply referred to as the "Support CD." Installing Microsoft Windows NOS The procedures in this section apply to all Microsoft Windows NOS versions supported by your ProLiant server. Refer to Table 18 for a list of these NOS versions. CAUTION: If you install the default ATA driver from the installation CD, you must change the SATA mode setting in the Serial ATA submenu from SATA to PATA; otherwise, the operating system kernel will hang. Pre-installation instructions 1. Complete the NOS pre-installation procedures. 2. Have the following installation requirements on hand: ○ HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Support CD ○ The applicable Microsoft Windows NOS CD-ROM(s) ○ Six blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskettes ○ A Windows PC that has a Floppy drive Optical media drive Browser that supports HTML ○ Two or more clients for testing purposes (optional) System BIOS configuration 38

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System BIOS configuration 38
Hardware setup
Prepare the server following the instructions in the HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Installation
Sheet.
It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP
equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.
Your ProLiant server comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. However, if
you install additional used hard disk drives in your new server:
•
Note that most NOS installations remove all data from the hard disk on which they are installed.
If you want to use additional hard disk drives to access existing data in the new server, HP
recommends that you install and configure any of these hard drives after completing the NOS
installation.
•
If you want to recycle used hard drives, use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions
from that particular hard drive.
BIOS update
HP recommends that you update the server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to take
advantage of the most recent compatibility fixes. You can download the latest HP ProLiant DL160
Generation 5 server BIOS at www.hp.com.
NOTE:
For ease of reading, the HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Support CD will be simply
referred to as the “Support CD.”
Installing Microsoft Windows NOS
The procedures in this section apply to all Microsoft Windows NOS versions supported by your
ProLiant server. Refer to
Table
18
for a list of these NOS versions.
CAUTION:
If you install the default ATA driver from the installation CD, you must change the SATA
mode setting in the Serial ATA submenu from SATA to PATA; otherwise, the operating system kernel
will hang.
Pre-installation instructions
1.
Complete the NOS pre-installation procedures.
2.
Have the following installation requirements on hand:
○
HP ProLiant DL160 Generation 5 Server Support CD
○
The applicable Microsoft Windows NOS CD-ROM(s)
○
Six blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskettes
○
A Windows PC that has a Floppy drive Optical media drive Browser that supports HTML
○
Two or more clients for testing purposes (optional)