Install Windows Server 2003 using F6

To install a Windows operating system directly to an iSCSI target from a Windows CD-ROM, create standard DOS-formatted (FAT) diskettes with files from the SoftPaq located in the apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x86 and apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x64 folders. To create F6 diskettes, navigate to the appropriate folder and copy the contents to the top level folder of a formatted MS-DOS bootable diskette.

When attempting to install Windows 2003, ensure that the iSCSI target contains no previously installed operating system images and that the disk contains a zero Master Boot Record (MBR).

1. Create Windows_F6 Diskette 1:
   • For a Windows 2003 x86 operating system, navigate to the apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x86\disk1 directory and copy the files to the root directory of disk 1.
   • For a Windows 2003 x64 operating system, navigate to the apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x86\disk1 directory and copy the files to the root directory of disk 1.
2. Create Windows_F6 Diskette 2:
   • For a Windows 2003 x86 operating system, navigate to the apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x86\disk2 directory and copy the files to the root directory of disk 2.
   • For a Windows 2003 x64 operating system, navigate to the apps\bcm_iscsi\nc382\x64\disk2 directory and copy the files to the root directory of disk 2.
3. Customize the Windows 2003 SP2 installation CD by creating a slipstream version that includes the Microsoft Storport hotfix KB943295.
   1. See the Microsoft article KB814847 for details about how to create a Microsoft slipstream CD.
4. Insert the slipstream Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 CD and press F6.

   

5. Select drivers from the disk 1 and disk 2 diskettes when prompted. DO NOT insert disk 1 into drive A until prompted. After disk 1 is inserted, the following window appears.

   

6. Enter an S to select Specify Additional Device. The following window appears.

   

7. Press Enter to continue. The following window appears.

   

8. Complete the following steps to install the files.
   1. Select Install 1st: MS Windows wdfldr and then press Enter.
   2. Select Install 2nd: MS Windows wdf01000 and then press Enter.
   3. Select Install 3rd: HP NCXXX Virtual Bus Driver and then press Enter.
9. Insert disk 2 and press Enter when the following window appears.

   

10. Press Enter to load the HP iSCSI HBA Driver.

    

11. A Windows setup screen shows the iSCSI Target.

    

12. Windows formats the iSCSI target and then begins copying files to the iSCSI target.

    During this phase a secondary setup may appear prompting for disk 1 and disk 2 again.

13. If the following window appears, insert disk 1 and press Enter.

    

14. If the following window appears, insert disk 2 and press Enter.

    

Windows Server 2003 continues installing on the iSCSI target.

Before the GUI installation begins, it may be necessary to configure the option ROM setting "BOOT TO ISCSI" to Enabled.