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2.4 Operating System Installation
The operating system can be installed to drives connected to the raid controller, or to drives
connected to the on server board ports.
Example #1: Install two hard disk drives or SSDs (SSDs are an excellent choice due to the
faster boot that they provide) with at least 200Gb capacity and connect them to the on server
board SAS or SATA ports; and configure them as a mirror using either RSTe or ESRT2 server
board raid options. For additional information consult the documentation for the server system
chosen for use.
Example #2: Configure a virtual drive using drives connected the RS25SB008 RAID Controller,
however, there must be enough capacity in the remaining drives connected to the raid controller
to configure a Quorum drive and volumes for shared failover. For additional information, see the
RAID controller hardware guide.
Install Windows Server from the DVD or using typical methods. After the installation of Windows
Server has begun, install the USB flash drive with the drivers into a USB port on the server, as
the installation process will require drivers contained on that USB flash drive.
The Windows installation will pause because it will be unable to find the storage until the drivers
are loaded. Using the USB flash drive containing the drivers, navigate to the appropriate folder
containing the drivers for the HA RAID controller.
Figure 5. Load Driver