File name: readme.txt ****************************************************************** | | | IBM(R) ServerGuide(TM), Version 9.20 | | | | | | (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation | | 1996-2012. All rights reserved. | | | | US Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication | | or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with | | IBM Corp. | | | | Notes: | | o Before using this information and the product it supports, | | read the general information under "NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS"| | in this document. | | o Check the ServerGuide Web site for the latest version of | | readme. See "SUPPORT WEB SITES" for more information. | | | | Updated 11 May 2012 | | | ****************************************************************** CONTENTS 1.0 About this readme file 2.0 ServerGuide Architecture versions 3.0 Remote Installs Support 4.0 Supported hardware and operating systems 5.0 Packaged Device Driver 6.0 Limitations 7.0 Support Web sites 8.0 Notices and trademarks 9.0 Other vendor software 1.0 ABOUT THIS README FILE --------------------------- IBM ServerGuide reduces the complexity of server deployment by detecting installed options and providing device drivers. The ServerGuide wizard detects the server model and installed adapters; then, the wizard guides you through setup, configuration, and network operating system (NOS) installation. 2.0 ServerGuide Architecture versions -------------------------------------- There are two versions of IBM ServerGuide available from the WEB: o IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation i386 - Supports the installation of 32bit Windows Server operating systems to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers. - Supports the installation of 64bit Windows Server 2008 that is on a special disc containing both 32bit and 64bit Windows Server 2008 images. o IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation x86-64 - Supports the installation of 64bit Windows Server operating systems in either legacy or native uEFI mode to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers. - Automatically detects whether to install in legacy mode or native uEFI mode depending on the server's settings. Note: The correct architecture version of ServerGuide must be used to install the desired architecture version of the Windows Server operating systems. The supported systems for both versions of IBM ServerGuide are listed in section 4 of this readme. 3.0 Remote Installs Support ---------------------------- o Remote Installs are supported using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA II), Integrated Management Module (IMM), BladeCenter Management Module (MM), and BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM). o Remote Install Limitations: - For MM only, the left button mouse function doesn't work with a single click. The workaround is to use double click to to do selections in ServerGuide graphical user interface. - The same CD/DVD Drive used for ServerGuide CD needs to be use for Windows CD/DVD. o Instructions for running ServerGuide via remote disk feature: NOTE: These directions are written for RSAII/AMM/MM. Steps to install via recently updated AMMs and iMMs may differ slightly. 1 Install Java(TM) Plug-in and disable cache for Web Browser Java plug-in to enable remote console to work. 2 Connect to the RSAII,MM,or AMM Web Management Interface (via Web browser) 3 Click on Task "Remote Control" 4 Start Remote Control, it will open second Web Browser Window 5 Make sure the target System is Powered Off 6 Make sure the target System's CD/DVD drive is empty 7 Mount the ServerGuide CD Click "Select File..." to load the IBM ServerGuide ISO image. or Click CD/DVD Drive to use IBM ServerGuide CD. 8 Add to the list of Devices with button ">>" 9 Select ServerGuide ISO Image or CD/DVD drive 10 Check box "Write Protected" 11 Push button "Mount Drive" 12 Power on the System 13 When the system is booting up, place the mouse in the center of the screen until ServerGuide's Language selection screen comes up. If you have mouse synchronization problems, move the mouse to one of the corners. 15 Follow IBM ServerGuide prompts 16 When asked to insert the Windows OS CD/DVD, unmount the remote disk drive, insert Windows CD/DVD, click "Mount Drive" and then click Next. NOTE: Windows 2008 ISO images are not supported at this time. 17 When the IBM ServerGuide process finishes, unmount the Windows OS CD/DVD and click Next. 4.0 SUPPORTED HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS --------------------------------------------- This section contains information about ServerGuide support for hardware and operating systems. The following table lists all supported IBM eServer, xSeries, System x, and BladeCenter servers and the latest version of ServerGuide that supports each server: 4.1 ServerGuide Setup and Installation (both i386 and x86-64) *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Server model, machine type ServerGuide | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | xSeries 100, machine type 8486 7.4.16 | | xSeries 205, machine type 8480 7.3 | | xSeries 206, machine types 8482,8487 7.4 | | xSeries 206m, machine types 8485,8490 7.4.16 | | xSeries 225, machine types 8647,8649 7.4 | | xSeries 226, machine types 8488,8648 7.4.16 | | xSeries 236, machine type 8841 7.4.16 | | xSeries 255, machine type 8685 7.4 | | xSeries 260, machine type 8865 8.41 | | xSeries 305, machine type 8673 7.3 | | xSeries 306, machine types 1878,8836,8489 7.4 | | xSeries 306m, machine types 1887,8491,8849 7.4.16 | | eServer 326m, machine types 7969,7992 7.4.16 | | xSeries 335, machine types 8676,8830 7.4 | | xSeries 336, machine types 1879,8837 7.4.16 | | xSeries 346, machine types 1880,8840 7.4.16 | | xSeries 360, machine type 8686 7.2.03 | | xSeries 365, machine types 8861,8862 7.4 | | xSeries 366, machine type 8863 8.41 | | xSeries 440, machine type 8687 7.2.03 | | xSeries 445, machine type 8870 7.4 | | xSeries 460, machine type 8872 8.41 | | BladeCenter HS20, machine type 8678 7.2.03 | | BladeCenter HS20, machine types 1884,7981 7.4.16 | | BladeCenter HS40, machine type 8839 7.4.16 | | System x iDataplex dx360 M2, machine types 6380,7321,7323 9.20 | | System x iDataPlex dx360 M3, machine type 6391 9.20 | | System x iDataPlex dx360 M4, machine types 7912,7913,7918,7919 9.20 | | System x3100, machine type 4348 8.43 | | System x3100 M4, machine type 2582 9.20 | | System x3105, machine type 4347 8.41 | | System x3200, machine types 4362,4363 8.43 | | System x3200 M2, machine types 4367,4368 9.20 | | System x3200 M3, machine types 7327,7328 9.20 | | System x3250, machine types 4364, 4365,4366 8.43 | | System x3250 M2, machine types 4190,4191,4194,7657 9.20 | | System x3250 M3, machine types 4251,4252,4261 9.20 | | System x3250 M4, machine type 2583 9.20 | | System x3350, machine types 4192,4193 8.43 | | System x3400, machine types 7973,7974,7975,7976 9.20 | | System x3400 M2, machine types 7836,7837 9.20 | | System x3400 M3, machine types 7378,7379 9.20 | | System x3455, machine types 7940,7941,7984,7986 8.41 | | System x3500, machine type 7977 9.20 | | System x3500 M2, machine type 7839 9.20 | | System x3500 M3, machine type 7380 9.20 | | System x3500 M4, machine type 7383 9.20 | | System x3530 M4, machine type 7160 9.20 | | System x3550, machine types 1913,7978 9.20 | | System x3550 M2, machine types 4198,7946 9.20 | | System x3550 M3, machine types 4254,7944 9.20 | | System x3550 M4, machine type 7914 9.20 | | System x3610, machine type 7942 8.41 | | System x3620 M3, machine type 7376 9.20 | | System x3630 M3, machine type 7377 9.20 | | System x3630 M4, machine type 7158 9.20 | | System x3650, machine types 1914,7979 9.20 | | System x3650 M2, machine types 4199,7947 9.20 | | System x3650 M3, machine types 4255,5454,7945 9.20 | | System x3650 M4, machine type 7915 9.20 | | System x3650 T, machine type 7980 8.43 | | System x3655, machine types 7943,7985 8.41 | | System x3690 X5, machine types 7147,7148,7149,7192 9.20 | | System x3750 M4, machine types 8722,8733 9.20 | | System x3755, machine types 7163,8877 8.41 | | System x3755 M3, machine type 7164 9.20 | | System x3800, machine type 8865 8.41 | | System x3800, machine type 8866 8.41 | | System x3850, machine type 7362 8.41 | | System x3850, machine types 7365,8864 8.41 | | System x3850 M2 / x3950 M2, machine types 7141,7144,7233,7234 9.20 | | System x3850 X5 / x3950 X5, machine types 7143,7145,7146,7191 9.20 | | System x3950, machine type 8872 8.41 | | System x3950, machine types 7363,7366,8878 8.41 | | Smart Analytics System, machine types 7949 9.20 | | BladeCenter LS20, machine type 8850 8.41 | | BladeCenter HS12, machine types 1916,8014,8028 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS20, machine types 1883,8843 8.43 | | BladeCenter HS21 XM, machine types 1915,7995 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS21, machine types 1885,8853 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS22, machine types 1911,1936,7809,7870 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS22V, machine types 1949,7871 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS23, machine types 1929,7875 9.20 | | BladeCenter HS23E, machine types 8038,8039 9.20 | | BladeCenter HX5, machine types 1909,1910,7872,7873 9.20 | | BladeCenter LS21, machine type 7971 9.20 | | BladeCenter LS22, machine type 7901 9.20 | | BladeCenter LS41, machine type 7972 9.20 | | BladeCenter LS42, machine type 7902 9.20 | | IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node, machine types 2585,7906 9.20 | | IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node, machine types 7863,8737,8738 9.20 | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* 4.2 RAID adapters supported by ServerGuide The following list of RAID adapters are supported for installation with ServerGuide: - ServeRAID 6M Ultra320 SCSI - ServeRAID 7t - ServeRAID 7e SATA - ServeRAID 7e SCSI - ServeRAID 8i SAS - ServeRAID 8k - ServeRAID 8k-l - ServeRAID 8e SATA - ServeRAID 8e SAS - ServeRAID 8s - ServeRAID BR10i - ServeRAID BR10il - ServeRAID H1110 - ServeRAID H1115 - ServeRAID M1015 - ServeRAID M1015-R5 - ServeRAID M5014 - ServeRAID M5015 - ServeRAID M5025 46M0830 - ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key 46M0930 - ServeRAID M1110 - ServeRAID M1115 - ServeRAID M5110 - ServeRAID M5016 - ServeRAID M5110 - ServeRAID M5110e - ServeRAID M5115 - ServeRAID M5120 - ServeRAID MR 10i - ServeRAID MR 10ie - ServeRAID MR 10il - ServeRAID MR 10is - ServeRAID MR 10k - ServeRAID MR 10M - ServeRAID C 100 - ServeRAID C 105 - ServeRAID-B5015 SSD 46M0969 - MegaRAID 8480 SAS - LSI SAS 1078IR - LSI SAS 2004 - LSI IDEal RAID - LSI Integrated SAS RAID (1064/1064E/1068) - LSI Integrated SCSI RAID - IBM 6Gb SAS HBA Controller 46M0907 - IBM 6Gb SSD Host Bus Adapter 46M0914 4.3 Fibre adapters supported by ServerGuide The following lists of Fibre adapters are supported by ServerGuide. BladeCenter: - 2Gb (26K4841) BladeCenter SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card - 4Gb (26R0890) QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter - 4Gb (41Y8527) QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter - 4Gb (39Y9306) QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter - 2Gb (13N2203) IBM HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card - 2Gb (48P7061) IBM HS20 Fibre Channel Expansion Card - 4Gb (26R0884) QLogic 4Gb Standard Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter - 4Gb (46M6065) QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter - 8Gb (44X1945) QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter - 8Gb (44X1940) QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter - 8Gb Emulex FC (CIOv) DC 2-port - 8Gb Emulex FC Single/Dual-port HBA System x: - 2Gb (13N1873) IBM SMB 2-Gbps Fibre Channel HBA - 2Gb (24P0960) DS4000 Host Bus Adapter - 4Gb (39M5894) DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Single Port HBA - 4Gb (39M5895) DS4000 FC 4Gbps PCI-X Dual Port HBA - 4Gb (39R6525) QLogic 4Gb FC Single-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x - 4Gb (39R6527) QLogic 4Gb FC Dual-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x - 8Gb (42D0501) QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x - 8Gb (42D0510) QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x - 8Gb (46M6049) Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x - 8Gb (46M6050) Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x - 8Gb (69Y1938) Qlogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA - 8Gb (95Y2375) Emulex 8Gb FC Mezz card - 16Gb (81Y1655) Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x - 16Gb (81Y1662) Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port for HBA IBM System x - 16Gb (81Y1668) Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port for IBM System x - 16Gb (81Y1675) Brocade 16Gb FC Dual-port for IBM System x - 16Gb (88Y6370) Brocade 16Gb FC Dual-port Mezz card You can use ServerGuide to deploy the English, (Simplified) Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish language versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. 5.0 Packaged Device Driver --------------------------- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* | Driver Description Driver Package OS Arch | | Broadcom NXII NIC - Overall SW Release brcm_dd_nic_t7.0.4.4_anyos_32-64.zip all all | | Broadcom NX NIC - Overall SW Release brcm_sw_nic_v15.2.4.1_anyos_32-64.zip all all | | IBM HBA/LSI Onboard 6Gb SAS/SATA/SSD ibm_dd_mpt2sas_2.00.45_windows_32-64.exe all all | | Intel NIC - Overall SW Release intc_sw_nic_v16.8.1-cd_anyos_32-64.zip all all | | Emulex FC elx_dd_fc_4.0-2.70.018_win2k8_32-64.exe all all | | Emulex CNA elx_dd_ucna_4.0.1-27_windows_32-64.zip all all | | Brocade FC/10GB CNA brcd_dd_cna_3.0.3.0_windows_32-64.exe all all | | LSI SAS driver ibm_dd_mptsas_1.31.02.00_windows_32-64.exe all all | | ServeRAID M Series and MR10 SAS Controller Driver ibm_dd_sraidmr_5.2.116_windows_32-64.exe all all | | LSI SCSI lsi_dd_mptscsi_1.25.10.00_win2k3_32-64.exe all all | | HostRAID SATA ibm_dd_hradpxx_1.5.11685.0_windows_32-64.exe all all | | HostRAID SAS ibm_dd_adpahci_1.2.5576.0_windows_32-64 all all | | QLogic StorPort Win 2003/2008 Device Driver qlgc_dd_fc_stor-9.1.9.25_windows_32-64.exe all all | | Qlogic FC STOR Device Drivers for FLEX Systems qlgc_dd_fc_flex-stor-9.1.9.48_win2k8_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Qlogic iSCSI qlgc_dd_nic_6.0_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Brocade 10 Gb Ethernet brcd_dd_cna_stor-2.3.0.2_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | ServeRAID SAS ibm_dd_aacraid_5.2.0.12913_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | ServeRAID SATA ibm_dd_aarich_2.0.0.201_windows_x64 2008 all | | HostRAID SCSI ibm_dd_a320raid_2.0.0.205_windows_x86-64.exe 2008 all | | Broadcom HT1000 SATA brcm_dd_sata_1.1.8049.1_win2k8_32-64 2008 all | | IBM iMM LAN over USB driver ibm_fw_imm_yuoo32i_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | LSI MegaRAID Software RAID 5 driver ibm_dd_megasr_15.0.208.2012_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | AMD Radeon Display amd_dd_video_8.24.50.3_win2k8_32-64.exe 2008 all | | ATI Radeon Driver ati_dd_video_8.24.50.2_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Active PCI driver ibm_dd_apci_6.0.0.0_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | RAID SAS Controller ibm_dd_mptsas_1.31.02.00_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Intel Chipset Driver intel_dd_inteldp_9.1.1.1014-rev3_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Intel Chipset Inf(Cougar Point) intel_dd_inteldp_9.2.0.1019_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Matrox G200eV video driver for uEFI systems matrox_video_dd_1.03.001_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Matrox G200eR (Renesas) video driver mtrox_dd_video_2.03.003_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | OSA IPMI device driver osa_dd_ipmi_jap410a_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Intel Xeon E5/Core i7/C600/X79 series chipset intel_dd_inteldp_9.2.3.1020_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all | | Intel Drivers for Intel-based Ethernet intc_sw_nic_v16.8.1-cd_anyos_32-64.zip 2008 all | | OSA IPMI Mapping Layer x64 ibm_lib_mlayr_vap919a_winsrvr_x86-64.exe 2008 x64 | | RSA II Daemon ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp922a_winsrvr_x86-64.exe 2008 x64 | | OSA IPMI Mapping Layer 32-bit ibm_lib_mlayr_vap419a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 | | RSA II Daemon ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp422a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 | | Automatic Server Restart Applicatio ibm_utl_asr_wap901a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 | | Intel 8 Series Chipset Driver intel_dd_inteldp_8.3.1.1008_windows_i386.exe 2008 x86 | | Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System X brcd_dd_cna_stor-2.3.0.2_windows_32-64.exe 2003 all | | v15.1 Drivers Sw Release for Intel-based Ethernet intc_dd_nic_v15.1-cd_anyos_32-64 2003 all | | IBM 10 GbE SR Server Adapter Drivers Sw Release vS2IO10 2003 all | | QLogic 10Gb Converged Network Adapters qlgc_dd_nic_qlge-1.0.1.2_windows_32-64.exe 2003 all | | Qlogic CNA Fibre Over Ethernet qlgc_dd_fc_qlfcoe-9.1.8.17_windows_32-64.exe 2003 all | | Active PCI driver ibm_dd_apci_5.2.1.0_windows_32-64.exe 2003 all | | Intel 5000 Chipset Driver intel_dd_dma_1.00_win2k3_32-64.exe 2003 all | | ServeRAID SCSI ibm_dd_ips_7.12.11_win2k3_i386.exe 2003 x86 | | ServeRAID SATA ibm_dd_aacraid_7t-5.2.0.15317_win2k3_i386.exe 2003 x86 | | HostRAID SATA ibm_dd_aarich_4.00.414_windows_i386 2003 x86 | | HostRAID SCSI ibm_dd_a320raid_3.00.00.63_windows_i386.exe 2003 x86 | | MegaRAID IDE lsi_dd_megaide_456062006_windows_i386 2003 x86 | *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* 6.0 LIMITATIONS ---------------- The following limitations are applicable to this version of IBM ServerGuide: o One final reboot is recommended to finish hardware installation after the Windows installation completes . For instance, yellow exclamation marks may be present on the Intel(R) Ethernet Mezzanine Adapter due to the device driver being unable to start. This issue is resolved by a reboot. o A yellow exclamation mark may be present next to the Microsoft ISATAP adapter or 6TO4 adapter after installing Windows Server 2008. Despite the warning, the device is still functioning properly. Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932520 for more information. o When using ServerGuide in a multi-node server configuration, the server summary report screen does not indicate a multi-node configuration. However, the number of processors reported will be consistent with the hardware. o When using ServerGuide on an xSeries 460 two node configuration with a ServeRAID 8i adapter present in one node and not in the other, a NMI error will occur. The workaround is to boot the xSeries 460 as a single node, install the operating system with ServerGuide and then boot the configuration as multi-node. o Using ServerGuide on an xSeries 460 two node configuration with a ServeRAID 8i adapter present in both nodes is not supported. The workaround is to start the ServerGuide setup in standalone mode by pressing Esc to bypass partition merge during machine boot. When the Windows files are finished copying to the hard drive and the ServerGuide setup is finished, then the system can be booted in multinode. NOTE: During installation, ServerGuide may reboot the system in the middle of the setup process. If the system reboots, press Esc to bypass the partition merge and boot standalone. Repeat this step each time the system reboots until the Windows files are copied to the hard drive. o ServerGuide does not support the use of the following IBM Ultra 320 Controller 2 adapters (13N2249, 39R8743, 43W4324, 43W4325). o ServerGuide does not support installing to any USB storage device or running from a USB flash memory drive. o When using a MegaRAID controller in System x3850 M2/System x3950 M2 for the onboard drives, all RAID configurations need to deleted before any attempt to use the LSI SAS 1078 onboard controller with the same onboard drives. o When installing to drives attached to an IBM iSCSI Server TX adapter (30R5201), you may not be able to create a 100 GB partition. The workaroud is to create a partition of a different size (eg 110 GB). o On x3850 M2 and x3950M2, the Microsoft IPMI device driver is required and is the only supported IPMI driver. In Windows 2003, the Microsoft IPMI device driver is only supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2. To install the Microsoft IPMI driver on an installation of Windows Server 2003 R2: 1) In Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs. 2) Select Add/Remove Windows Components. 3) Select Management and Monitoring Tools and press the Details button. 4) Choose the Hardware Management option. 5) Press the OK button to select the Hardware Management Component, and then press the Next button. o All iSCSI adapters require Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or higher for the driver to function properly. o All Fiber channel adapters require Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 or higher for the driver to function properly. o Service Pack 1 or higher is recommended for Windows Server 2003 installs on System x3105. Installs done without a Service Pack will complete, but two yellow warnings are in the Device Manager under 'Other Devices': PCI Memory Controller SM Bus Controller o Partitioning screen appears to hang When using ServerGuide to partition disks of 300 GB or larger, the partitioning may take 15-20 minutes for the process to complete. o RAID configuration for LSI-SAS adapters For LSI 1064/1064e/1078 SAS controllers or an IBM SAS HBA controller and LSI 1020/1030 SCSI ServerGuide is unable to remove any logical volumes including RAID arrays on the adapters due to the limitation of the adapters. To avoid any problems with RAID configuration, use the Ctrl+C menu on system POST prior to using ServerGuide to remove all logical volumes. o Critical Error during RAID Configuration of adapter LSI 1078 SAS IR on the x3850 M2/x3950 M2 For the LSI 1078 SAS IR controller, the total number of disks in a RAID array cannot exceed six. To avoid any problems with RAID configuration of the LSI 1078 SAS IR controller, reduce the number of disks to six or select the RAID Defaults option of ServerGuide instead of a specific RAID level. o Critical Error during RAID Configuration While performing RAID configuration on adapters with previous raid configurations, the process may fail with a critical error. To resolve this problem, click back and retry the RAID configuration or click Exit to restart the server and retry ServerGuide installation. o "No operating system found" during Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 installation When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows to the first disk on the system presented by the diskpart command line utility. Due to limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the first disk on the system. To avoid this problem, please remove any or all storage adapters that are not required for the Windows installation. o "Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer file's setting" during Windows 2008 installation When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows to the first disk on the system presented by the diskpart command line utility. Due to limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the first disk on the system. To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters or disks that are not required for the Windows installation. o "Windows can not prepare the computer to boot to the next phase of the installation" during Windows 2008 installation When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows to the first disk on the system presented by the diskpart command line utility. When multiple storage adpaters are present on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the first disk on the system. To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters or disks that are not required for the Windows installation. o Installing any Windows Server 2003 64-bit version with Service Pack 2 to SATA drives connected to IBM SAS HBA on x3455 or performing Windows Server 2003 64-bit version with Service Pack 2 installation on x3655 To install any Windows Server 2003 64-bit version with Service Pack 2 to SATA drive(s) connected to SAS HBA part number 25R8060 on a System x3455, the planar SATA controller must be disabled in the BIOS. Likewise, to install one of these Operating Systems on System x3655 the onboard SATA controller must be disabled. To do this: 1) Boot into BIOS Setup by pressing F1 2) Go into the "Devices and I/O Ports" menu 3) Set "Planar SATA" to disabled 4) Save the changes and exit After the OS is installed, you may reenable the SATA controller, but in order for it to work you will need to install the drivers found in the C:\drv\SATA directory. Note: Installing an OS to external storage is not supported with this adapter. o Windows Server 2008 x64 requires 1024 MB or greater of system memory. o Windows 2008 Japanese keyboard information: The Windows 2008 unattended install process does not properly set the keyboard type to the Japanese (106/109 key) keyboard type, even if it was selected in the Windows 2008 install screen. To set the keyboard type to Japanese (106/109 key) keyboard in Windows 2008 after installation has completed, run C:\jpkbd106.reg and then reboot the system. o When installing Windows 2003 with an IBM 10GbE PCIe SR Server Adapter (P/N 42C1760) in the system, you may find a yellow bang in Device Manager under "Other Device" for the "Ethernet Controller" To resolve this problem, 1) Create an account at: http://www.netxen.com/support/downloads/drivers_software.asp 2) Log into the account with the OEM set to 'IBM'. 3) Once you have logged on, download the zip file containing the driver. 4) Unzip the driver package. 5) To install the driver, right click on the "Ethernet Controller" in Device Manager and select "Update Driver..." 6) On the first screen of the wizard select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)". 7) On the next screen click the checkbox "Include this location in the search:" and use the browser button to navigate to the unzipped driver directory. 8) The correct subdirectory will either be win2k3\x64 or win2k3\x86 depending on if you are running a 64-bit or 32-bit version of Windows respectively. 9) After you have selected the correct driver directory then continue to s elect next to navigate through the rest of the Hardware Update Wizard. o ServerGuide does not support the use of the following iSCSI Server Adapter (73P3601). o The Brocade 8Gb Single and Dual Port fibre adapters (46M6049 and 46M6050) are only supported as data drives. OS installations through these adapters are not supported. o A yellow exclamation mark may be present on a "Memory Module" in the Device Manager after installing Windows Server 2008 when using the maximum amount of memory supported with that version of Windows. This occurs as a result of memory mapped devices. Refer to the Cause section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605 for more information. Despite the warning, the device is still functioning properly. o When performing a Windows 2008 installation, the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen may appear during the Windows Setup portion of the installation. Press "Next" on this screen to continue with the installation since ServerGuide has already formatted and partitioned the drives. Performing any formatting or partitioning at this screen could cause the OS installation to fail. o 3GB SAS expander kit may cause "IBM ESXS SAS EXP BP SCSI Enclosure Device" to show up in Windows Server 2003 Device Manager with a yellow question mark if the firmware is lower than revision 0.58. Please run the latest UXSP for your system, or at minimum install the firmware found at the following link so the expansion adapter shows properly in Device Manager: https://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5079655&brandind=5000008 o Installing Windows Server 2003 to a system with a fibre adapter installed fails. When installing Windows Server 2003 to a system with a fibre adapter, the installation may fail with the error message "QL2300.sys is corrupted." or "elxstor.sys is corrupted." To sucessfully install Windows Server 2003 to a system with a fibre adapter, you must use Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2. o When performing a Windows Server 2008 installation, ServerGuide does not distinguish between a Windows Server 2008 x86 disc and a Windows Server 2008 x64 disc during the "Search OS Media" step. If the wrong version of Windows Server 2008 is inserted then ServerGuide will attempt to perform the installation and fail. o When installing to a drive that previously used GPT partitioning the operating system installation may fail. This failure is caused by an incomplete cleanup of the drive by Diskpart. To resolve this issue restart the system and retry the Windows installation. o A popup may be displayed while ServerGuide is running stating "You must restart your computer to apply these changes. Before restarting, save any open files and close all programs." If this occurs, click the button labeled "Restart Later" and continue the installation with ServerGuide. o Windows Server 2003 Installs with a 49Y4220 or 42C1780 iSCSI adapter will fail without one of the following Microsoft hotfixes: 1) Hotfix for x86 32-bit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957910 2) Hotfix for x86 64-bit : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943295 When installing with the iSCSI adapter present but not intended as the boot device, the hotfix can be run after the Windows installation to allow the device driver to start, and remove the yellow exclamation marks in device manager. If the Windows installation will be done to storage connected to the 49Y4220 or 42C1780, the hotfix must be slipstreamed into your OS files or the installation will not complete. Please refer to the following knowledge base article for slipstream help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814847 Hints and tips for this hotfix: 1) Use the entire contents of the Windows Server 2003 disc, rather than copying just the i386 directory. 2) In step 9 it is recommended that you add to the new information to the existing svcpack.in_ rather than deleting it and creating a new file. If you choose to create a new file, it must be name svcpack.in_, not svcpack.ini. The information in the [Version] field must also match the version of Windows you are using for your installation, not the information shown in the article. 3) The article pertains to Windows 2000 Server and Server 2003 32-bit installations, so the steps are slightly different for the 64-bit slipstream process. For instance, substitute the AMD64 directory wherever the article uses the i386 directory. o When installing Windows 2003 without Service Pack 2 included, the "Everyone" group does not have the same permissions it would have if a retail install was performed. To grant the "Everyone" group the same permissions as a retail install, perform the following steps: 1) Open Windows Explorer, right click on the C:\ drive, and select "Properties" from the drop down menu 2) Select the "Security" tab in the "Properties" window and click the "Add..." button 3) In the field to enter the object name enter "Everyone" and click OK 4) Click the "Advanced" button on the "Security" tab in the "Properties" window 5) In the "Advanced Security Settings" window, select the "Everyone" group and click the "Edit..." button 6) In the "Permission Entry" window select the option "This folder only" in the drop down menu for the "Apply onto" field 7) Click the "OK" button in each window to apply the new security settings o ServerGuide may present a message stating that there was an internal error with "savestat /reset" on some uEFI systems with older uEFI versions. To prevent this, make sure your uEFI levels are updated to the latest version. If the error is displayed on the last screen of ServerGuide before the reboot into the unattended portion of the OS installation, it will not have any adverse effects on the completion of the OS installation. o When using ServerGuide to perform RAID configuration, a best practice is to ensure that all the disks connected to the RAID controller are the same size. o While performing a Windows installation you might encounter the following error message: "Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer file's setting". This error can occur for different reasons including the installation drive having previously been formatted as a GPT drive or having a different OS previously installed on the system. To resolve this issue, first restart the system and retry the Windows installation. If this does not resolve the issue then delete all partitions and formatting on the drives in the system and retry the Windows installation. If this does not resolve the issue, and the system has multiple storage adapters, please see the next limitation for additional steps to try. o When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows on the first disk of the system presented by Microsoft's diskpart utility. Due to the limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the the first disk on the system. To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters and/or disks that are not required for the Windows installation. o When installing Windows 2008 with Director Agent 6, you might encounter the error message "wscancfg.exe has stopped working". This error can occur when any service program needed by Director Agent 6 is not active. At that time, you can close the error message box directly to continue installing Windows 2008 & Director Agent 6. o Lan Over USB device will always be enabled after the Windows 2008 x64 version, which is on a disc containing both Windwos 2008 x64 and Windows 2008 x86 images, is installed by SG x86. If needed you can disable it in device manager. o Since ServerGuide 8.50, a new feature Flexible Machine Type support provided: when target system has a supported Platform ID but a unsupported Machine Type, after boot up with SG, you will be have a warning that their system has unsupported machine type but still can proceed the deployment. However, you need to reselect Machine Type after reboot the system using Flexible Machine Type feature. o After Windows 2008 os installation completing on system x iDataPlex dx360 M3 Type 6391 with an NVIDIA Graphics Adapter, there might be one yellow warning in the Device Manager under 'Display adapters': Standard VGA Graphics Adapter you can install the driver found at the following link to remove the yellow warning: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes?parent=ibm~SystemxiDataPlexdx360M3server&product=ibm/systemx/6391&&platform=All&function=all#Video o After Windows 2008 os installation completing on System x3755 M3 Type 7164,there might be one yellow warning in the Device Manager under 'Other devices': PCI Device you can install the driver found at the following link to remove the yellow warning: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Systemx3755M3&product=ibm/systemx/7164&&platform=All&function=all#CHIPSET-INF o After installing Windows Server 2003 to a system with Emulex fibre adapters, such as 46M6140, there might yellow exclamation marks in the Device Manager under 'SCSI and RAID controllers', To remove the yellow exclamation marks and install Emulx StorPort driver successfully, you will need to intall the Microsoft QFE update KB932755,please reboot after installing the QFE update. For more information about the Microsoft QFE update,please refer to the following link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932755 o A warning might be shown "administrator pwd needs to be modified" in the dash board after the Windows 2011 SBS deployment finished. It won't affect the usage because the Windows 2011 SNS will ask the user to create a new administrator account during the installation. o You might need to change the Lun discovery at Brocade bios (Ctrl+b or Alt+b) to "Flash Values" or "FirstLUN" first when deploying Windows OS in legacy boot mode to external storage device connected via Broadcade 16Gb Fibre Channel Mezz card. o ServerGuide only can support 'United States' keyboard layout, even if you select other keyboard layout in the step 'Localization'. 7.0 SUPPORT WEB SITES ---------------------- The following Web pages provide resources for understanding, using, and troubleshooting IBM deployment and systems-management software: o IBM Remote Deployment Manager page http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ ibm_director/extensions/rdm.html This Web page provides an overview of IBM Remote Deployment Manager. o IBM ServerGuide page http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE This Web page provides an overview of ServerGuide. o IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit page http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT This Web page provides an overview of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit. o IBM ServerProven(R) page http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ This Web page provides compatibility information about hardware, software, and middleware. o IBM Support page http://www.ibm.com This is the IBM Support Web site for IBM hardware and systems-management software. o IBM Systems Management Software: Download/Electronic Support page http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/systems_management/dwnl.html Use this Web page to download IBM systems-management software. o IBM UpdateXpress page http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/xpress.html This Web page provides an overview of UpdateXpress. It also contains links to pages from which you can download UpdateXpress, order an UpdateXpress CD, or purchase a subscription from a vendor other than IBM. o Electronic Service Agent? www.ibm.com/support/electronic The Electronic Service Agent?is a "no-charge" software tool that resides on your IBM xSeries?systems to monitor hardware events and transmit system inventory information to IBM. With these functions, this software can proactively monitor, track and capture system inventory and hardware errors. Follow the link below to download the IBM xSeries?Electronic Service Agent?. 8.0 NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS --------------------------- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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