Installing Windows 2003 on NetFinity 5000

[akcongo]

Has anyone tried installing Windows Server 2003 on a NetFinity 5000? I've read that it's not a supported install but I wonder if anyone has had any success doing it. Thanks, Steve

 

[catorze]

Done it, but I'm not using the onboard video or SCSI controller. Should work, but your mileage may vary.

 

[jthiessen]

How did this install go? Any problems with Serveraid 3L cards on 2003 install? About to do this on the weekend.

Josh

MCSE, CCNA, MCT, MCP

 

[akcongo]

Went good. I upgraded my controller bios, firmware, and ServeRaid Manager to 6.10 and everything went fine. It's humming along smoothly as an intranet server.

 

[jthiessen]

Did you need to make any adjustments to the raid driver/bios versions during install or did you do your firmware after NOS install?

Josh

MCSE, CCNA, MCT, MCP

 

[akcongo]

Ahh, I'm trying to remember. I have some documentation that I put together while I was planning the upgrade. I noted to load the raid controller drivers during the o/s load. Then load the controller bios and firmware.

Download the ServeRaid 6.10 file from the IBM website. It's huge (600mb). Then burn it to a CD. There are instructions on that disk in the Books subdir. The disk will have the drivers, bios and firmware files. I used that disk and followed the directions and it worked good.

Steve

 

[jthiessen]

Thanks, I will check it out.

Josh

MCSE, CCNA, MCT, MCP