
Contents
Installation Guide (Windows Server 2016)
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Contents
Contents................................................................................................................................................................2
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................4
Conventions Used in This Document ....................................................................................................................5
Notations used in the text ...................................................................................................................5
Optical disk drive.................................................................................................................................5
Hard disk drive ....................................................................................................................................5
Removal Media ...................................................................................................................................5
Abbreviations of Operating Systems...................................................................................................6
About description of model names......................................................................................................6
Trademarks ...........................................................................................................................................................7
License Notification ...............................................................................................................................................8
License sentence ......................................................................................................................8
Warnings and Additions to This Document.......................................................................................................... 11
Latest editions................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 1 Installing Windows ...........................................................................................................................12
1. Information of Windows Installation ................................................................................................................13
1.1 Starting EXPRESSBUILDER .....................................................................................................14
1.2 Supported Windows OS.............................................................................................................14
1.3 Supported Mass Storage Controllers.........................................................................................15
1.4 Supported Optional LAN board..................................................................................................20
2. Flow of Windows Installation ..........................................................................................................................25
3. Installing Windows Server 2016 .....................................................................................................................26
3.1 Precautions of Windows Server 2016 Installation...................................................................... 26
3.2 Rapid Setup ...............................................................................................................................33
3.2.1 Setup flow .......................................................................................................................33
3.2.2 Requirements for Setup .................................................................................................. 34
3.2.3 Installation procedure .....................................................................................................34
3.3 Manual Installation.....................................................................................................................44
3.3.1 Setup flow .......................................................................................................................44
3.3.2 Requirements for Setup .................................................................................................. 45
3.3.3 Installation procedure .....................................................................................................45
3.4 Standard Program Package Installation..................................................................................... 54
3.4.1 Installing Standard Program Package on Desktop Experience....................................... 56
3.4.2 Installing Standard Program Package on Server Core ................................................... 58
3.5 Setup of Device Drivers ............................................................................................................. 60
3.5.1 Installing the LAN drivers ................................................................................................ 60
3.5.2 Setting up LAN drivers....................................................................................................62
3.5.3 Using Graphics Accelerator ............................................................................................64
3.5.4 Using SAS Controller (N8103-197).................................................................................64
3.5.5 Using RAID Controller (N8103-189/190/191/192/193/194/195/196/201/237/238) .......... 64
3.5.6 Using Fibre Channel Controller (N8190-163/164/165/166/171/172)...............................64
3.6 License Authentication............................................................................................................... 65
3.6.1 Desktop Experience........................................................................................................ 65
3.6.2 Server Core ....................................................................................................................69
3.7 Setup of Windows Server 2016 NIC Teaming (LBFO) ............................................................... 70
3.7.1 Launching the NIC teaming setup tool............................................................................70
3.7.2 Creating a team .............................................................................................................. 70
3.7.3 Notes and restrictions .....................................................................................................71
3.8 Installing Applications ................................................................................................................72