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August 22nd, 2014 03:00
upgrade PowerEdge 1900 to Windows Server 2012 r2
My PE1900 (see config here http://goo.gl/yZGqwb) is running Win 2003 server R2 64-bit, and I'm attempting to upgrade it to Windows Server 2012 r2 Standard, but the install disc won't load on boot up.
More details: running RAID 1+0 with four drives. I disabled integrated RAID in setup and enabled ATA. This allowed the Win2012 disc to finally load, but then the installation script required a storage driver, and I can't seem to find the correct one on Dell's support page. All the drivers at the link above are executables, and the Win2012 install is looking for .inf/.sys & etc.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction here:
1) Can I just leave the hardware RAID on for Win2012? The system has a PERC 5i controller. If so, how can I get the installation to run?
2) Is there a better way to go about this? I can turn off integrated RAID and use the software redundancy in Win2012, but I need to find the correct storage driver files.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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DELL-Chris H
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August 22nd, 2014 08:00
Franklinian,
You should be able to have the Integrated Raid Enabled as well as the IDE CD-ROM controller, which is responsible for the optical, to run at the same time. I checked to verify that you have a DVD drive as well as that is the only format for the 2012 install media. Now in regards to the driver, the media itself should have the Perc 5/i driver in it already. Which is why there isn't a listed one for the 1900 in support.dell.com.
What is the process you are doing for the install, are you using in Dell disks to assist?
Let me know.
franklinian
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August 22nd, 2014 10:00
We purchased an off-the-shelf copy of Win2012r2, so I guess we do not have any Dell disks. Please advise as to how I can obtain what we need.
Thanks.
DELL-Chris H
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August 22nd, 2014 10:00
The disk I was referring to was for assisting in the install, but with the 2012 media it isn't required to use. I was just clarifying the process you are doing to install the OS.
franklinian
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August 25th, 2014 19:00
Here is my exact process:
1. Insert Win2012serverR2 disc in drive.
2. Initiate bootup options at server start and designate DVD-ROM as first boot media.
3. The server begins to read data from the drive, but after a few seconds the Windows Server 2003 logo appears and it finishes booting the current OS from the HDD.
Storage configuration: 4 HDDs in RAID 1+0
If anyone suggest other details I should check, I would be most grateful.
DELL-Chris H
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August 26th, 2014 05:00
Franklinian,
2 things to confirm. Have you moved the DVD up ahead of the HDD's in boot order? Also, are you seeing a prompt on screen to "Hit any key to boot from CD/DVD", when the disk is running? If it displays this and nothing is hit then it will go on in the boot order, to the existing OS.