IBM 86884RX Installation Guide - Page 107

GUI setup, 4.2.8 Post-setup phase, Installing additional drivers

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Tip: Once created, the MSR partition is a reserved partition and cannot be deleted from the Disk partitioning menu. To delete the MSR partition, the entire disk can be deleted as described in "Deleting the disk content" on page 78. The sizes of the ESP and the MSR partition are calculated according to the rules described in 1.3.2, "EFI System Partition" on page 8 and 4.2.2, "Microsoft Reserved Partition" on page 88 respectively. Tip: Do not remove or resize the ESP and MSR partitions after they are created. The ESP partition appears as Partition1 [FAT] and MSR partition as Partition2 [Unknown] in the Disk partitioning menu during text-mode setup. Follow the instructions to complete the text-mode portion of the installation. At the end of the text-mode portion, a new Windows entry is added to the EFI Boot Manager menu. After you restart the system at the end of text-mode setup, the entry is launched automatically. (If Windows doesn't boot automatically, select it from the Boot Manager menu.) 4.2.7 GUI setup Complete the standard Windows Server 2003 installation per the instructions provided in the product documentation. Tip: The installation process may take significantly longer than shown by the countdown timer. 4.2.8 Post-setup phase Once Windows has been installed, you should perform the following steps. Installing additional drivers Specific device drivers are available for the x450 that are not included with the base operating system. Drivers that you should obtain separately from the operating system include: Broadcom Ethernet controller Remote Supervisor Adapter service processor Active PCI-X controller Chapter 4. Installation 93

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Chapter 4. Installation
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The sizes of the ESP and the MSR partition are calculated according to the rules
described in 1.3.2, “EFI System Partition” on page 8 and 4.2.2, “Microsoft
Reserved Partition” on page 88 respectively.
Follow the instructions to complete the text-mode portion of the installation.
At the end of the text-mode portion, a new Windows entry is added to the EFI
Boot Manager menu. After you restart the system at the end of text-mode setup,
the entry is launched automatically. (If Windows doesn’t boot automatically,
select it from the Boot Manager menu.)
4.2.7
GUI setup
Complete the standard Windows Server 2003 installation per the instructions
provided in the product documentation.
4.2.8
Post-setup phase
Once Windows has been installed, you should perform the following steps.
Installing additional drivers
Specific device drivers are available for the x450 that are not included with the
base operating system. Drivers that you should obtain separately from the
operating system include:
±
Broadcom Ethernet controller
±
Remote Supervisor Adapter service processor
±
Active PCI-X controller
Tip:
Once created, the MSR partition is a reserved partition and cannot be
deleted from the Disk partitioning menu. To delete the MSR partition, the
entire disk can be deleted as described in “Deleting the disk content” on
page 78.
Tip:
Do not remove or resize the ESP and MSR partitions after they are
created. The ESP partition appears as Partition1 [FAT] and MSR partition as
Partition2 [Unknown] in the Disk partitioning menu during text-mode setup.
Tip:
The installation process may take significantly longer than shown by the
countdown timer.