Intel SR9000MK4U - Server System - 0 MB RAM User guide

Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U

Operating System Installation Guide

Version 1.1

Intel Order Number D75226-003

Intel® Server System SR9000MK4U Operating System Installation Guide

Revision History

Date Revision

Number

Modifications

10/1/06 1.0 Initial guide

11/21/2006 1.1 Updated Windows installation procedure and added fix for stability issue.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1

2. Preconfiguration...................................................................................................................1

3. Installing Windows 2003* SP1 IA64 Server........................................................................4

3.1 Installating with setupldr ..........................................................................................4

3.2 Installing with ramdrive.efi .......................................................................................7

4. Installing Red Hat* Linux 4, Update 4...............................................................................10

5. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.....................................................................................11

Appendix A: Installation and Usage Tips ...............................................................................12

List of Figures

Figure 1. Select EFI Shell.............................................................................................................2

Figure 2. Select the Drive to Format.............................................................................................2

Figure 3. Select Format ................................................................................................................3

Figure 4. Device Mapping Table...................................................................................................5

Figure 5. System Block for ramdrive.efi........................................................................................7

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1. Introduction

This document helps you install specific operating systems on one hard drive that is attached to

the embedded SAS controller of your Intel®Server System SR9000MK4U.

This document is for these operating systems:

Microsoft Windows 2003* Enterprise Server SP1 (Intel®Itanium®2 processor family

edition)

Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 (RHEL4u4)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10)

This document is not your primary source of information about the server system hardware or

software. New and open issues will be published in the Intel®Server System SR9000MK4U

Specification Update, available at

http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sr9000mk4u.

Read this document and the specification update, and be familiar with the product guide before

configuring or operating the server.

2. Preconfiguration

Make sure your server system has these firmware revisions or later installed:

System BIOS / firmware: 03-12

BMC firmware: 03-14

Make sure that each memory box in your Intel®Server System SR9000MK4U is populated. Any

memory box that does not contain at least four DIMMs must be removed from the server system

for the system to boot properly.

Make sure your Intel®Server System SR9000MK4U boots to an EFI shell prompt.

Optional: Perform a low-level format of the hard drive. To do so:

1. Insert the SAS hard drive into the left drive bay.

2. Power on the server.

3. In the EFI Boot Manager select “EFI Shell [Built in]”.

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Figure 1. Select EFI Shell

4. Use the map command to verify that the hard drive is listed as a Block Device (blk).

5. Type drvcfg –s.

6. Select SAS1068.

7. Select SAS Topology.

8. Select the drive to format and press <D> for Device Properties.

Figure 2. Select the Drive to Format

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Note: The time to complete the format varies by drive size and the format process cannot be

stopped once started.

9. Select Format.

Figure 3. Select Format

10. After the format has completed, press <ESC> to exit the utility and restart the SAS

controller.

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3. Installing Windows 2003* SP1 IA64 Server

CAUTION: This process formats the media and deletes all content from the SAS drive.

Gather these items:

A supported USB floppy disk drive. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=916196.

A DOS-formatted diskette containing the LSI* SAS Windows 2003 IA64 drivers. You can

download the drivers from

http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sr9000mk4u. Extract the files to the

floppy disk, maintaining the file structure.

The Windows 2003 Server SP1 IA64 installation CD-ROM.

3.1 Installation with USB floppy drive

1. Attach the USB floppy drive to a front USB port.

2. Insert the floppy diskette that contains the LSI* SAS drivers.

3. Attach the SAS hard drive to the left drive bay.

4. Insert the Windows operating system CD.

5. Power on the server.

6. In the EFI Boot Manager select EFI Shell [Built in] and press <Enter>.

7. Use the map command to make sure the hard drive, USB floppy drive, and CD-ROM

drive are detected. If any of these is missing from the Device Mapping table check the

physical connections to the system and do this in the EFI Shell:

-Type: reconnect –r

-Type: map –r

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Figure 4. Device Mapping Table

8. Change to the Windows 2003 Server SP1 IA64 installation CD file system.

9. Type ls to view the contents.

10. Type setupldr to run the installation program.

11. When prompted to load additional drivers press <F6>.

12. Type Sto Specify Additional Device.

Note: The display may be slow because of console redirection to the serial port.

When prompted for the driver you should see

LSI Logic Fusion-MPT SAS Driver (Server 2003 IA64)

13. Press <Enter> to select the driver.

14. Press <Enter> to continue.

15. Continue with the Windows installation.

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After completing the Windows Server 2003 installation, disable Write Combining to improve

system stability:

1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display.

2. Select the Settings tab, Advanced button.

3. Select the Troubleshoot tab and uncheck Enable write combining.

4. Restart the system.

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