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Figure 6-9 BladeCenter Firmware VPD window
6.2.2 Operating systems
In this section, we prepare the use of our operating systems for the BladeCenter HS20s.
Creating a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server installation CD
To install Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server, you must have a
shrink-wrapped version integrated with Service Pack 3 or later. However, if you or your
customer have acquired an Enterprise Agreement and receive CD updates, the latest Service
Pack integrated Windows 2000 Server CD will be provided. Consult your Microsoft contacts
for details. Early editions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system are not
loadable onto the BladeCenter HS20s, because the operating system did not include the USB
driver support integrated in the build. To resolve this issue, we created a bootable Windows
2000 Server CD with an integrated Service Pack 3 or later. These service packs include the
USB drivers needed to load an HS20. To create a bootable CD-ROM with Service Pack 3,
perform the following steps:
1. On a Windows 2000 machine, download and extract the service pack with the /x option
(for example, W2Ksp3.exe /x) to a directory such as d:\images\sp3\. This will unpack the