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Appendix B. Installing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition as the
host OS
Creating the RAID group for the host OS
Allow at least 16 minutes to complete the creation of the RAID
groups on the PowerEdge R610.
1. Turn on the server.
2. During the boot sequence, the message Press
<Ctrl><R> to Run Configuration Utility appears.
Press <Ctrl><R>.
NOTE: You have only a few seconds to do this.
3. Configure the RAID 10 for the OS and VMs.
Select the controller for the internal drives, which
is the PERC 6/i, and press Enter.
4. While highlighting Controller 0, press F2, and
select Create New VD.
5. While highlighting the RAID level field, press
Enter to open the drop-down list, and select RAID
10.
6. Using the Tab key to navigate, move to the
Physical Disks section, and use the space bar to
select all six drives. Then tab to highlight OK, and
press Enter.
7. A message box appears telling you that
initializing the RAID is highly recommended, but
destructive. Press Enter to clear the message.
8. Press <Ctrl><P> to navigate back to the Virtual
Disk Management screen. Highlight the Virtual
Disk, and press F2. Select Initialization, and then
select Fast Init. Accept Yes when the system
prompts you with a warning. After you select Fast
Init, a progress bar appears briefly, and then
disappears.
9. Exit the RAID utility, and reboot the server.
Installing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition by
following these steps. We provide approximate times for each
group of steps in the first step of that group.
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