Operating System Support Notes for Windows 2003 Advanced Server on the HP

6. When prompted: On which drive should a service partition be installed, press the number for the

appropriate drive.

NOTE The service partition is installed on a DOS (FAT) file system and must therefore exist in the

first 8 GB of the disk drive. A disk drive must be empty to create a service partition. If the disk

drive is not empty, the service partition utility cannot create the partition in the first 8 GB.

7. When the following message is displayed, press the Enter key.

“The service was created successfully. The system will now be rebooted. After the reboot, return to this

utility and choose the option to format and install software. The service partition will not operate

correctly until it is formatted and software has been installed onto it. Strike a key when ready . . .”

8. After rebooting, the HP Server cc3310 User Information Diagnostics and Utilities Resource CD software

runs again from the CD, displaying the Server Configuration Wizard. Press Continue.

9. Select Server Configuration Utilities and click Continue.

10. Select Run Partition Administrator and click Continue.

11. Press 4 to format the service partition and install software.

12. When prompted with: “Proceed with FORMAT?” press y.

13. When software installation is complete, the following message is displayed:

“The service partition has been installed successfully. Strike a key when ready . . .”

14. On the Service Partition Administration Menu, press the ESC key.

15. Click Exit.

16. Click OK in the pop-up box. Ignore the warning that exiting the Service Configuration Wizard will cause

changes to be lost.

17. At the DOS prompt, enter Ctrl+Alt+Del, remove the HP Server cc3310 User Information Diagnostics

and Utilities Resource CD from the drive, and proceed with installation of the operating system.

Installing The Windows 2003 AS Operating System

Install Windows 2003 Advanced Server onto your HP Carrier Grade Server cc3310, using the custom

Windows 2003 Advanced Server CD created earlier in this procedure. Follow the normal installation

procedures for Windows 2003 Advanced Server.

Registering Windows 2003 AS