
Restoring Your Operating System 39
Preinstallation Requirements
Listed below are the preinstallation requirements:
• Read the Microsoft
Getting Started
document that is included with your operating system documentation.
• Download the latest BIOS, firmware, and driver updates for the target system from the Dell Support
website at
support.dell.com
.
See
Microsoft
Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 Editions With SP2 Important Information
at
www.dell.com/ostechsheets
for information on the minimum supported BIOS, system firmware, and
RAID controller driver versions for R2.
• Create a device driver diskette.
Creating a Device Driver Diskette
If you use the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 media to install the operating system,
you must install the latest device drivers located either on the Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility
media or on the Dell Drivers and Downloads website at support.dell.com/support/downloads.
To determine which devices require drivers, boot your system from the Installation and Server Management
media. In the Welcome to Dell OpenManage Server Assistant window, select View Hardware. The devices
installed on your system appear on your screen.
To create a device driver diskette, perform the following steps:
1
Insert the
Dell OpenManage Server Update Utilities
media into another system running the Windows
operating system.
The
Server Update Utilities
media starts automatically.
If the media
does not
start automatically:
a
Open Windows Explorer.
b
Locate the CD/DVD drive.
c
Right-click the CD/DVD drive and click
AutoPlay
.
The
Dell Service and Diagnostic Utilities
window appears.
2
In the
Please Select A Server
drop-down menu, select the name of your system.
3
In the
Select Drivers/Utilities Set
box, select
System Utilities
and click
Continue
.
The
Utilities and Drivers Page
window appears.
4
Click the appropriate file for your operating system.
5
Follow the prompts on the screen to download the file.
6
Save the self-extracting zip file to the local hard drive and then extract the file to a diskette.
7
Close the
Dell Service and Diagnostic Utilities
window.
8
Remove the
Service and Diagnostic Utilities
media from the CD/DVD drive.
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