Asus ESC4000/FDR G2 Owner's manual

Brand: Asus

Model: ESC4000/FDR G2

Type: Owner's manual

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ASUS Server AUTO INSTALL DVD

The ASUS Server AUTO INSTALL DVD provides you the following solutions

that allow you to accelerate the installation for the Microsoft

Windows

Server

operating system:

• RAIDcongurationandautomaticOSinstallationwhileanoptionalPIKE

RAID card is installed.

• Automatic OS installation in one hard disk drive whileanoptionalPIKERAID

card is not installed.

1. RAID conguration and partitioning

volumes

• TheASUSServerAUTOINSTALLDVDsupportsthePIKERAIDcards

(PIKE2008,PIKE2108,PIKE2208)only.VisittheASUSwebsiteatwww.

asus.com for the latest support lists.

• BeforeusingtheASUSServerAUTOINSTALLDVD,settheopticaldrive

astheprimarybootdeviceintheBIOSsetuputility.

       

AfterinstallingthePIKERAIDcard,poweronyoursystemandplacetheASUS

ServerAUTOINSTALLDVDintotheopticaldrive.Thesytembootsfromthe

optical drive and enters the Main menu.

1. Selectyourpreferredlanguagefortheinstallationprocesses,andthenclick



Thesysteminformationshownonthesetupscreensvariesbymodels.

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2. ThesetupreturnstotheMainmenuwhileaRAIDsetiscreated.Fromthe

Mainmenu,youcanseetheRAIDsetinformationandavailablediskfor

installing the OS.

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 

Logical drives for the hard disk drive after creating a RAID set.

1. Click



in the Main menu.

2. Setthesizefortherstpartition.Click



to continue.

3. Click



to start OS installation. Refer to next section for OS installation.

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2. Installing Microsoft

Windows

operating system

ASUSServerAUTOINSTALLDVDallowsyoutoconguretheinstallationfor

the following operating systems: Microsoft

Windows

Server2008Editionsand

Microsoft

Windows

Server2012Editions.

 







PreparetheinstallationDVDandserialnumberfortheMicrosoft

Windows

Server

2008StandardR2/2008EnterpriseR2Editions,andthenfollowbelowinstructions

to complete the OS installation:

1. Select  or 

,andthenclick.

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2. Keyinthenecessaryinformation,andthenclick to continue.

Awarningmessageappearsifyoudonotkeyintheserialnumber.

3. Keyinthecomputername,andselecttojoinaWorkgroup.Click to

continue.

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4. Allowsyoutoreviewthecongurationsyou'vemade.Click to

returntothepreviousmenus,orclickFinishtoconrmthesettings.

5. Awarningmessageappears,remindingyouthattheharddiskdrivewillbe

formatted. Click  to continue.

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 









PreparetheinstallationDVDandserialnumberfortheMicrosoft

Windows

Server

2008/2008x64Editions,andthenfollowbelowinstructionstocompletetheOS

installation:

1. Select  or 

or

,andthenclick.

2. Keyinthenecessaryinformation,andthenclick to continue.

Awarningmessageappearsifyoudonotkeyintheserialnumber.

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4. Allowsyoutoreviewthecongurationsyou'vemade.Click to

returntothepreviousmenus,orclickFinishtoconrmthesettings.

5. Awarningmessageappears,

reminding you that the hard

diskdrivewillbeformatted.

Click  to continue.

3. Keyinthecomputername.Click to continue.

EnsurethatyouhavecreatedanAdministratorpasswordbeforeinstalling

WindowsServer2012.

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6. Starts preparing the target partition for the OS installation.

7. Thetargetdiskhasbeenformattedandpreparationisdone.Thesystemwill

restartafter10seconds.Oryoumaypress<Enter>torestartthesystemim-

mediately.

8. Theinitializationscreenappearsafterrestartingthesystem.Waituntilthe

next screen appears.

9. Insert the Windows

Server2012installationDVDwhenthisscreenappears.

Thenpress<Enter>tocompletetheOSinstallationautomatically.

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Asus ESC4000/FDR G2 Owner's manual

Asus ESC4000/FDR G2 Owner's manual

Asus ESC4000/FDR G2 Owner's manual

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