Important information

Important Information 17
Known Issues
This section contains known issues related to Windows Server 2003 R2,
Standard, Enterprise, and Web x86 Editions with SP2 operating system.
• Assigning static IP addresses to virtual bus driver network interfaces fails
during an unattended installation of the operating system
All the parameters that are specified in the TcpipParams.AdapterX section
in the unattended file are restored to the default values after the operating
system installation is complete. This issue occurs on all network cards that use
the virtual bus driver model such as Broadcom
®
5708.
The operating system tracks every device using the device node. The
device nodes of the network cards are attached to the virtual bus, which
does not contain the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) mapping
data. Windows unattended installer is unable to detect the network cards
since it uses the PCI mapping data to match devices with their settings.
To work around this issue, use the Media Access Control (MAC) address
in the
TcpipParams.AdapterX section of the unattended file. Download
the latest network drivers from the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com . For more information, see Best Practices for Installation
of Microsoft Windows on Dell Servers with Broadcom NetXtreme Devices
on
the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com .
• The storage backplane appears as a yellow bang in Device Manager
This issue occurs when you install the Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard,
Enterprise, and Web x86 Editions with SP2 operating system on certain
storage backplanes. The backplane inf file, which is a part of the operating
system may not have an entry for the latest server backplane.
To work around this issue, download and install the latest inf file from the
Dell Support website at
support.dell.com . This issue does not occur if the
operating system is factory-installed or Dell OpenManage Server
Assistant-installed on the system as the latest inf file is included during the
installation process.