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Asus RS920-E7/RS8 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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