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CONTENTS

1.0 About this readme file

2.0 ServerGuide Architecture versions

3.0 Supported Running Mode

3.1 CD/DVD Installs Support

3.2 USB Installs Support

3.3 Remote Installs Support

4.0 Supported hardware and operating systems

4.1 RAID adapters supported by ServerGuide

4.2 Fibre adapters supported by ServerGuide

5.0 Packaged Device Driver

6.0 Limitations

7.0 Support Web sites

8.0 Notices and trademarks

9.0 Other vendor software

1.0 ABOUT THIS README FILE

---------------------------

IBM ServerGuide reduces the complexity of server deployment by

detecting installed options and providing device drivers. The
ServerGuide wizard detects the server model and installed
adapters; then, the wizard guides you through setup,
configuration, and network operating system (NOS) installation.

2.0 ServerGuide Architecture versions

--------------------------------------

There are three versions of IBM ServerGuide available from the WEB:

o IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation i386

- Supports the installation of 32bit Windows Server operating systems

to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.

- Supports the installation of 64bit Windows Server 2008 that is on a

special disc containing both 32bit and 64bit Windows Server 2008 images.

o IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation x86-64 for Windows Server 2008

- Supports the installation of 64bit Windows Server 2008 in either

legacy or native uEFI mode to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.

- Automatically detects whether to install in legacy mode or native

uEFI mode depending on the server's settings.

o IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation x86-64 for Windows Servre 2012 only

- Supports the installation of 64bit Windows Server 2012 in either legacy

or native uEFI mode to IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.

- Automatically detects whether to install in legacy mode or native

uEFI mode depending on the server's settings.

Note: The correct architecture version of ServerGuide must be used to

install the desired architecture version of the Windows Server operating
systems.

The supported systems for three versions of IBM ServerGuide are listed
in IBM ServerGuide page, refer to section 7.0 of this readme.

3.0 SUPPORTED RUNNING MODE

---------------------------

3.1 CD/DVD Installs Support

o ServerGuide supports to be burned into a CD/DVD. Then you can boot a system from
the ServerGuide CD/DVD for Windows Operation System deployment.

3.2 USB Installs Support

o ServerGuide supports to be burned into a USB key. Then you can boot a system
from
the ServerGuide USB for Windows Operation System deployment.

o ServerGuide USB is able to automatically load external device drivers which are
stored in the folder "SGDEPLOY\ExtraDrvs\ALL" in the USB. Here the format of the
 device driver must be raw date files which looks like *.inf, *.sys or *.dll.

o ServerGuide USB supports to deploy OS source tree which are stored in the
subfolder
of the folder "SGDEPLOY\OS" in the USB.

o USB Install Limitations:

- When user intend to install Windows Server 2008 using ServerGuide USB with
bundled
OS source, user need to ensure the boot option "USB storage" is after "Hard
Disk 0"
and "CD/DVD Rom" in the boot order setting of UEFI.

o Instructions for burning ServerGuide into a USB key:

1 Insert a USB key in the system.
2 Open a command prompt.
3 Use diskpart.exe to format the USB key as a single FAT32 partition spanning
the entire key, and set the partition to active, as shown in this example.
diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
4 Copy ServerGuide files from ServerGuide ISO to the USB key.

3.3 Remote Installs Support

o Remote Installs are supported using the Remote Supervisor

Adapter II (RSA II), Integrated Management Module (IMM),
BladeCenter Management Module (MM), and BladeCenter
Advanced Management Module (AMM).

o Remote Install Limitations:

- For MM only, the left button mouse function doesn't
work with a single click. The workaround is to use double click to
to do selections in ServerGuide graphical user interface.
- The same CD/DVD Drive used for ServerGuide CD needs to be use
for Windows CD/DVD.

o Instructions for running ServerGuide via remote disk feature:

NOTE: These directions are written for RSAII/AMM/MM. Steps to install via
recently updated AMMs and iMMs may differ slightly.

1 Install Java(TM) Plug-in and disable cache for Web Browser Java plug-in
to enable remote console to work.
2 Connect to the RSAII, MM,or AMM Web Management Interface (via Web browser)
3 Click on Task "Remote Control"
4 Start Remote Control, it will open second Web Browser Window
5 Make sure the target System is Powered Off
6 Make sure the target System's CD/DVD drive is empty
7 Mount the ServerGuide CD
Click "Select File..." to load the IBM ServerGuide ISO image.
or
Click CD/DVD Drive to use IBM ServerGuide CD.
 8 Add to the list of Devices with button ">>"
9 Select ServerGuide ISO Image or CD/DVD drive
10 Check box "Write Protected"
11 Push button "Mount Drive"
12 Power on the System
13 When the system is booting up, place the mouse in the center of the screen
until ServerGuide's Language selection screen comes up. If you have
mouse synchronization problems, move the mouse to one of the corners.
15 Follow IBM ServerGuide prompts
16 When asked to insert the Windows OS CD/DVD, unmount the remote disk drive,
insert Windows CD/DVD, click "Mount Drive" and then click Next.
NOTE: Windows 2008 ISO images are not supported at this time.
17 When the IBM ServerGuide process finishes, unmount the
Windows OS CD/DVD and click Next.

4.0 SUPPORTED HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

---------------------------------------------

4.1 RAID adapters supported by ServerGuide

The following list of RAID adapters are supported for installation

with ServerGuide:

- (44E8700) IBM 3GB SAS HBA

- (46M0907) IBM 6GB SAS HBA
- (46M0912) IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA
- (46M0914) IBM 6Gb SSD HBA
- (44E8700) ServeRAID BR10ie
- (49Y4731) ServeRAID BR10il
- (81Y4492) ServeRAID H1110
- (90Y4750) ServeRAID H1135
- (46M0831) ServeRAID M1015
- (46M0832) ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key
- (81Y4542) ServeRAID M1100 RAID 5 Cache/Upgrade
- (81Y4448) ServeRAID M1115
- (46M0916) ServeRAID M5014
- (46M0829) ServeRAID M5015
- (46M0830) ServeRAID M5025
- (46M0930) ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key
- (81Y4481) ServeRAID M5110
- (90Y4304) ServeRAID M5016
- (81Y4481) ServeRAID M5110
- (ROMB ) ServeRAID M5110e
- (81Y4483) ServeRAID M5110e(C1)
- (90Y4390) ServeRAID M5115
- (81Y4478) ServeRAID M5120
- (46C9110) ServeRAID M5210(e)
- (81Y4484, 81Y4544) ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 5 Cache/Upgrade
- (81Y4487, 81Y4559) ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 5 Flash/Upgrade
- (81Y4546, 90Y4410) ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
- (90Y4412) ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance Accelerator
- (90Y4447) ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Cachig Enabler
- (43W4296) ServeRAID MR10i
- (44E8767) ServeRAID MR10il
- (44E8695) ServeRAID MR10is
- (43W4280) ServeRAID MR10k
- (43W4339) ServeRAID MR10M
- (90Y4422) ServeRAID C100
 - (90Y4322) ServeRAID C100
- (81Y4406) ServeRAID C100-R5
- (90Y4386, 90Y4430) ServeRAID C105
- (46M0969) ServeRAID-B5015 SSD
- (46C8988) N2115 SAS/SATA HBA
- (46C9010) N2125 SAS/SATA 6Gb Non-RAID HBA
- (47C8683) N2126 SAS/SATA 6Gb Non-RAID HBA
- (47C8675) N2215 SAS/SATA HBA
- LSI SAS 2004
- LSI SAS 2208
- LSI Integrated SAS RAID (1064/1064E/1068)
- LSI Integrated SCSI RAID
- LSI 3004 SAS RAID Controller
- (00AE882) ServeRAID F5115-200G SAS/SATA HBA
- (00AE886) ServeRAID F5115-800G SAS/SATA HBA
- (46C9114) ServeRAID M1215
- (00AE912) N2225 SAS/SATA HBA
- (00AE916) N2226 SAS/SATA HBA
- (00AE930) ServeRAID M1200 Series RAID 5 Cache/Upgrade

4.2 Fibre adapters supported by ServerGuide

The following lists of Fibre adapters are supported by ServerGuide.

- 2Gb (26K4841) BladeCenter SFF FC Expansion Card

- 2Gb (13N2203) IBM HS20 FC Expansion Card
- 2Gb (48P7061) IBM HS20 FC Expansion Card
- 2Gb (13N1873) IBM SMB 2-Gbps FC HBA
- 2Gb (24P0960) DS4000 Host Bus Adapter
- 4Gb (39M5894) DS4000 4Gb FC PCI-X Single Port HBA
- 4Gb (39M5895) DS4000 4Gb FC PCI-X Dual Port HBA
- 4Gb (59Y1987) Brocade 4Gb FC PCIe Single Port HBA
- 4Gb (59Y1993) Brocade 4Gb FC PCIe Single Port HBA
- 4Gb (42C2069) Emulex 4Gb FC PCIe Single Port HBA
- 4Gb (42C2071) Emulex 4Gb FC PCIe Single Port HBA
- 4Gb (26R0890) QLogic 4Gb SFF FC Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
- 4Gb (41Y8527) QLogic 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter
- 4Gb (39Y9306) QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM
BladeCenter
- 4Gb (26R0884) QLogic 4Gb Standard FC Expansion Card for IBM eServer
BladeCenter
- 4Gb (46M6065) QLogic 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
- 4Gb (39R6525) QLogic 4Gb FC PCIe Single-Port HBA
- 4Gb (39R6527) QLogic 4Gb FC PCIe Dual-Port HBA
- 8Gb (46M6049) Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
- 8Gb (46M6050) Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
- 8Gb Emulex FC (CIOv) DC Dual-port
- 8Gb Emulex FC Single/Dual-port HBA
- 8Gb (42D0485) Emulex 8Gb FC Single Port HBA
- 8Gb (42D0494) Emulex 8Gb FC Dual Port HBA
- 8Gb (95Y2375) Emulex 8Gb FC Mezz card
- 8Gb (44X1945) QLogic 8Gb FC Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
- 8Gb (44X1940) QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM
BladeCenter
- 8Gb (42D0501) QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x
- 8Gb (42D0510) QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x
- 8Gb (69Y1938) Qlogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
- 8Gb (95Y2375) IBM Flex FC3052 Dual-port 8Gb FC (Emulex)
- 8Gb (69Y1938) IBM Flex FC3172 Dual-port 8Gb FC
 - 10Gb (42C1820) Brocade 10Gb FCoE Dual Port
- 10Gb (81Y1650) Brocade 10Gb Dual Port CNA
- 10Gb (90Y3554) Emulex 10Gb Quad Port CNA
- 10Gb (42C1800) Qlogic 10Gb Dual Port CNA
- 10Gb (42C1830) Qlogic 10Gb Dual Port CNA
- 16Gb (81Y1668) Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port for IBM System x
- 16Gb (81Y1675) Brocade 16Gb FC Dual-port for IBM System x
- 16Gb (81Y1655) Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x
- 16Gb (81Y1662) Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port for HBA IBM System x
- 16Gb (88Y6370) IBM Flex FC5022 16Gb Dual-port FC
- 16Gb (95Y2379) Brocade 16Gb FC Quad-Port for Flex System
- 16Gb (95Y2391) Emulex 16Gb FC5054 4-Port for Flex System
- 16Gb (95Y2386) Emulex 16Gb FC5052 2-Port for Flex System
- 16Gb (69Y1942) Qlogic FC5172 16Gb FC 2-Port mezz

You can use ServerGuide to deploy the English, (Simplified) Chinese,

French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish language
versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

5.0 Packaged Device Driver

---------------------------

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| Driver Description Driver Package
OS Arch |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| QLogic 10GbE PCI Ethernet NDIS Miniport Driver qlgc_dd_nic_qlge-
1.0.1.20_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter STOR Miniport Driver
qlgc_dd_fc_9.1.11.26_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Emulex FC Device Driver elx_dd_fc_ibm1306-10.0.720.0-
6_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Emulex Fcoe Device Driver elx_dd_cna_ibm1306-10.0.720.0-
6_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Emulex iSCSI Device Driver elx_dd_iscsi_ibm1306-
10.0.732.0_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Emulex NIC Device Driver elx_dd_nic_ibm1306-
10.0.718.26-6_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| ServeRAID M Series and MR10 SAS Controller Driver ibm_dd_sraidmr_6.702.07.00-
1_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Broadcom (R) NetXtreme II (TM) Ethernet
brcm_dd_nic_7.8.51.0_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| System x Intel-based Ethernet intc_sw_nic_v18.5-cd_anyos_32-
64.iso all all |
| Brocade 16Gb FC Quad-Port for Flex System
brcd_dd_cna_3.2.1.1_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| ServeRAID M5200 Series
ibm_dd_mpt3sas_2.50.65.00_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Qlogic FC5172 16Gb FC 2-Port mezz
qlgc_dd_fc_9.1.11.20_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Emulex 16Gb FC5052 2-Port for Flex System elx_dd_fc_ibm1212-
2.74.016.001-6_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Broadcom NXII NIC - Overall SW Release brcm_sw_nic_v15.2.4.3-
cd_anyos_32-64.iso all all |
| Broadcom NX NIC - Overall SW Release brcm_sw_nic_v15.0.3.3-
rc_anyos_32-64.zip all all |
| IBM HBA/LSI Onboard 6Gb SAS/SATA/SSD
ibm_dd_mpt2sas_2.00.45_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| Intel NIC - Overall SW Release intc_sw_nic_v17.4-rc3-
custom_anyos_32-64.zip all all |
| Emulex FC elx_dd_fc_4.0-15_windows_32-
64.zip all all |
| Emulex CNA elx_dd_ucna_4.0-
16.3_windows_32-64.zip all all |
| Brocade FC/10GB CNA brcd_dd_cna_ngp-
3.0.3.0_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| LSI SAS driver
ibm_dd_mptsas_1.31.02.00_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| ServeRAID M Series and MR10 SAS Controller Driver
ibm_dd_sraidmr_5.2.112_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| LSI SCSI
lsi_dd_mptscsi_1.25.10.00_win2k3_32-64.exe all all |
| HostRAID SATA
ibm_dd_hradpxx_1.5.11685.0_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| HostRAID SAS
ibm_dd_adpahci_1.2.5576.0_windows_32-64 all all |
| QLogic StorPort Win 2008 Device Driver qlgc_dd_fc_stor-
9.1.9.25_windows_32-64.exe all all |
| RENESAS USB3 Host Driver
rene_dd_utility_3.0.23.0_win2k8_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Qlogic FC STOR Device Drivers for FLEX Systems qlgc_dd_fc_flex-stor-
9.1.9.48_win2k8_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Qlogic iSCSI qlgc_dd_nic_6.0_windows_32-
64.exe 2008 all |
| Brocade 10 Gb Ethernet brcd_dd_cna_stor-
2.3.0.2_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| ServeRAID SAS
ibm_dd_aacraid_5.2.0.12913_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| ServeRAID SATA ibm_dd_aacraid_7t-
5.2.0.15317_win2k3_i386.exe 2008 all |
| HostRAID SCSI
ibm_dd_a320raid_2.0.0.205_windows_x86-64.exe 2008 all |
| Broadcom HT1000 SATA
brcm_dd_sata_1.1.8049.1_win2k8_32-64 2008 all |
| IBM iMM LAN over USB driver ibm_fw_imm_yuoo32i_windows_32-
64.exe 2008 all |
| LSI MegaRAID Software RAID 5 driver
ibm_dd_megasr_15.0.329.2012_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| AMD Radeon Display
amd_dd_video_8.24.50.3_win2k8_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| ATI Radeon Driver
ati_dd_video_8.24.50.2_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Active PCI driver
ibm_dd_apci_6.0.0.0_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| RAID SAS Controller
ibm_dd_mptsas_1.31.02.00_windows_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Intel Chipset Driver intel_dd_inteldp_9.1.1.1014-
rev3_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Intel Chipset Inf(Cougar Point)
intel_dd_inteldp_9.2.0.1019_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Matrox G200eV video driver for uEFI systems
matrox_video_dd_1.03.001_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Matrox G200eR (Renesas) video driver
mtrox_dd_video_2.03.003_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| OSA IPMI device driver
osa_dd_ipmi_jap410a_winsrvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Intel Xeon E5/Core i7/C600/X79 series chipset
intel_dd_inteldp_9.2.3.1020_winsvr_32-64.exe 2008 all |
| Intel Drivers for Intel-based Ethernet intc_sw_nic_v16.8.1-
cd_anyos_32-64.zip 2008 all |
| OSA IPMI Mapping Layer x64
ibm_lib_mlayr_vap919a_winsrvr_x86-64.exe 2008 x64 |
| RSA II Daemon
ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp922a_winsrvr_x86-64.exe 2008 x64 |
| OSA IPMI Mapping Layer 32-bit
ibm_lib_mlayr_vap419a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 |
| RSA II Daemon
ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp422a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 |
| Automatic Server Restart Applicatio
ibm_utl_asr_wap901a_winsrvr_i386.exe 2008 x86 |
| Intel 8 Series Chipset Driver
intel_dd_inteldp_8.3.1.1008_windows_i386.exe 2008 x86 |
| ServeRAID C100 Series Driver for Win 2012
ibm_dd_megasr_15.00.0811.2012_windows_x86-64.exe 2012 x64 |
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6.0 LIMITATIONS
----------------
The following limitations are applicable to this version of IBM
ServerGuide:

o One final reboot is recommended to finish hardware installation after the

Windows installation completes. For instance, yellow exclamation marks may
be present on the Intel(R) Ethernet Mezzanine Adapter due to the device
driver being unable to start. This issue is resolved by a reboot.

o A yellow exclamation mark may be present next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

when there is no physical internal DVD drive connected. Despite the warning,
the device is still functioning properly.

To solve this problem,

from uEFI setup, change the mode from AHCI to IDE as below.
* Goto uEFI setup (F1)
* System setttings
* Device & I/O Ports
* Configure the onboard SATA <Select IDE>
* Save and reboot.

o When using ServerGuide in a multi-node server configuration, the

server summary report screen does not indicate a multi-node
configuration. However, the number of processors reported will
be consistent with the hardware.

o ServerGuide does not support installing to any USB storage device.

o When installing to drives attached to an IBM iSCSI Server TX adapter (30R5201),

you may not be able to create a 100 GB partition. The workaroud is to create a
partition of a different size (eg 110 GB).

o Partitioning screen appears to hang

When using ServerGuide to partition disks of 300 GB or larger, the partitioning
may take 15-20 minutes for the process to complete.
o RAID configuration for LSI-SAS adapters
For LSI 1064/1064e/1078 SAS controllers or an IBM SAS HBA controller and LSI
1020/1030 SCSI ServerGuide is unable to remove any logical volumes including
RAID arrays on the adapters due to the limitation of the adapters.

To avoid any problems with RAID configuration, use the Ctrl+C menu on system
POST prior to using ServerGuide to remove all logical volumes.

o Critical Error during RAID Configuration of adapter LSI 1078 SAS IR on the
x3850 M2/x3950 M2
For the LSI 1078 SAS IR controller, the total number of disks in a RAID array
cannot exceed six. To avoid any problems with RAID configuration of the LSI
1078
SAS IR controller, reduce the number of disks to six or select the RAID Defaults
option of ServerGuide instead of a specific RAID level.

o Critical Error during RAID Configuration

While performing RAID configuration on adapters with previous raid
configurations,
the process may fail with a critical error.

To resolve this problem, click back and retry the RAID configuration or click
Exit to restart the server and retry ServerGuide installation.

o "No operating system found" during Windows installation

When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows
to the first disk on the system presented by the diskpart command line utility.
Due to limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present
on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always
the first disk on the system.

To avoid this problem, please remove any or all storage adapters that are not
required for the Windows installation.

o "Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer
file's <ImageInstall> setting" during Windows 2008 installation
When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows
to the first disk on the system presented by the diskpart command line utility.
Due to limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present
on the system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always
the first disk on the system.

To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters or disks that are not
required for the Windows installation.

o "Windows can not prepare the computer to boot to the next phase of the
installation"
during Windows 2008 installation When performing a Windows installation,
ServerGuide
attempts to install Windows to the first disk on the system presented by the
diskpart command line utility. When multiple storage adpaters are present on the
system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the first
disk on the system.

To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters or disks that are not
required for the Windows installation.

o Windows Server 2008 and 2012 x64 requires 1024 MB or greater of system memory.
o Windows 2008 Japanese keyboard information:

The Windows 2008 unattended install process does not properly set the keyboard
type to the Japanese (106/109 key) keyboard type, even if it was selected in
the Windows 2008 install screen.

To set the keyboard type to Japanese (106/109 key) keyboard in Windows 2008
after installation has completed, run C:\jpkbd106.reg and then reboot the
system.

o ServerGuide does not support the use of the following iSCSI Server Adapter
(73P3601).

o The Brocade 8Gb Single and Dual Port fibre adapters (46M6049 and 46M6050) are
only
supported as data drives. OS installations through these adapters are not
supported.

o A yellow exclamation mark may be present on a "Memory Module" in the Device

Manager after installing Windows Server 2008 when using the maximum amount
of memory supported with that version of Windows. This occurs as a result of
memory mapped devices. Despite the warning, the device is still functioning
properly.
Refer to the Cause section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605 for more
information.

o When performing a Windows 2008 installation, the "Where do you want to install
Windows?" screen may appear during the Windows Setup portion of the
installation.
Press "Next" on this screen to continue with the installation since ServerGuide
has already formatted and partitioned the drives. Performing any formatting or
partitioning at this screen could cause the OS installation to fail.

o When performing a Windows Server 2008 installation, ServerGuide does not

distinguish
between a Windows Server 2008 x86 disc and a Windows Server 2008 x64 disc during
the
"Search OS Media" step. If the wrong version of Windows Server 2008 is inserted
then
ServerGuide will attempt to perform the installation and fail.

o When installing to a drive that previously used GPT partitioning the operating
system
installation may fail. This failure is caused by an incomplete cleanup of the
drive by
Diskpart. To resolve this issue restart the system and retry the Windows
installation.

o A popup may be displayed while ServerGuide is running stating "You must restart
your computer to apply these changes. Before restarting, save any open files
and close all programs." If this occurs, click the button labeled "Restart
Later"
and continue the installation with ServerGuide.

o ServerGuide may present a message stating that there was an internal error with
"savestat /reset" on some uEFI systems with older uEFI versions. To prevent
this,
make sure your uEFI levels are updated to the latest version. If the error is
 displayed on the last screen of ServerGuide before the reboot into the
unattended
portion of the OS installation, it will not have any adverse effects on the
completion of the OS installation.

o When using ServerGuide to perform RAID configuration, a best practice is to

ensure that all the disks connected to the RAID controller are the same size.

o While performing a Windows installation you might encounter the following error
message:
"Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattend answer
file's
<ImageInstall> setting". This error can occur for different reasons including
the
installation drive having previously been formatted as a GPT drive or having a
different OS previously installed on the system.

To resolve this issue, first restart the system and retry the Windows
installation.
If this does not resolve the issue then delete all partitions and formatting on
the
drives in the system and retry the Windows installation. If this does not
resolve the
issue, and the system has multiple storage adapters,
please see the next limitation for additional steps to try.

o When performing a Windows installation, ServerGuide attempts to install Windows

on the first disk of the system presented by Microsoft's diskpart utility. Due
to
the limitations of the system, when multiple storage adapters are present on the
system, the first disk presented by the diskpart utility is not always the the
first disk on the system.

To avoid this problem, please remove all storage adapters and/or disks that are
not required for the Windows installation.

o When installing Windows 2008 with Director Agent 6, you might encounter the
error
message "wscancfg.exe has stopped working". This error can occur when any
service
program needed by Director Agent 6 is not active. At that time, you can close
the
error message box directly to continue installing Windows 2008 & Director Agent
6.

o Lan Over USB device will always be enabled after the Windows 2008 x64 version,
which is on a disc containing both Windwos 2008 x64 and Windows 2008 x86 images,
is installed by SG x86. If needed you can disable it in device manager.

o After Windows 2008 os installation completing on system x iDataPlex dx360 M3

Type 6391 with an NVIDIA Graphics Adapter, there might be one yellow warning
in the Device Manager under 'Display adapters': Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
you can install the driver found at the following link to remove the yellow
warning:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes?parent=ibm

~SystemxiDataPlexdx360M3server&product=ibm/systemx/6391&&platform=All&function=all#
Video
o After Windows 2008 os installation completing on System x3755 M3 Type 7164,
there
might be one yellow warning in the Device Manager under 'Other devices': PCI
Device
you can install the driver found at the following link to remove the yellow
warning:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes?parent=ibm
~Systemx3755M3&product=ibm/systemx/7164&&platform=All&function=all#CHIPSET-INF

o A warning might be shown "administrator pwd needs to be modified" in the dash

board after the Windows 2011 SBS deployment finished. It won't affect the usage
because the Windows 2011 SNS will ask the user to create a new administrator
account during the installation.

o You might need to change the Lun discovery at Brocade bios (Ctrl+b or Alt+b)
to "Flash Values" or "FirstLUN" first when deploying Windows OS in legacy boot
mode
to external storage device connected via Broadcade 16Gb Fibre Channel Mezz card.

o ServerGuide only can support 'United States' keyboard layout, even if you select
other keyboard layout in the step 'Localization'.

o ServerGuide does NOT support Qlogic FCoE adapter on Windows server 2012
platform.

o Your Virtual Disks that are configured by ServerGuide for write-back might be
temporarily running in write-throuth mode. This is caused by the battery being
charged, missing or bad. Please allow the battery to charge for 24 hours before
evaluating the battery for replacement.

o For the installation of Microsoft Windows for Storage Area Network (SAN) boot,
there can be unexpected results when the storage, which the Windows Operating
System (OS) will be installed, is presented with multiple paths to one or more
hosts.

To avoid this problem, configure only one path to the storage that is used for
the
installation of Windows OS and disconnect all other active paths.
For more information, refer to Retain Tip H207009.

o When booting ServerGuide USB key with legacy mode, the Installation may failed
with
the following message: "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or
locate
an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information." It
may
be due to the Option(such as RAID) ROM isn't completely loaded.

To avoid this problem, there are two options as follows.

1. Set the option ROM execution order higher in the "Set Option ROM Execution
Order"
setting of UEFI.
2. Disable the Adapter Option ROM support which doesn't need to be loaded in the
OS
boot phase in the "Enable/Disable legacy ROM execution" setting of UEFI.
For more information, please refer to IBM RETURN tip H196527:
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083157

o When using ServerGuide to configure RSSM disk drive from DSM12 and internal disk
drive
on blade into a same RAID array, this RAID group will be in degraded status.

To avoid this problem, use ServerGuide Advanced RAID configuration to configure

internal
disk drive without the external RSSM disk drive.

o SeverGuide doesn't support to configure the Nytro Cache Drive on ServeRAID F5115

To avoid this problem, complete the following steps:

1. Enter into UEFI settings
2. Configure the RAID logical disk in the UEFI settings: "System Settings"-
>"Storage"->"LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility"
3. Save settings and boot from ServerGuide, ServerGuide can use the configured
RAID logical disk to deploy OS.

o There will be yellow bang when install Windows Server OS 2008 and 2012 with
Intel Xeon Phi 5110P and NVIDIA Tesla K40m by ServerGuide 9.60

To avoid this problem, customer can download the drivers for Intel Xeon Phi
5110P and NVIDIA Tesla K40m
from the IBM website and install the device driver to the OS after the
deployment progress.

7.0 SUPPORT WEB SITES

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The following Web pages provide resources for understanding, using,

and troubleshooting IBM deployment and systems-management software:

o IBM ServerGuide

http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE

ServerGuide is an IBM server installation assistant that simplifies the process

of
installing and configuring IBM System x, eServer xSeries and BladeCenter
servers.
ServerGuide goes beyond hardware configuration by assisting with the
installation
of your operating system, the latest system device drivers and other system
components with minimal user intervention.

o IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit

http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT

The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is a collection of system-configuration tools

and installation scripts that you can use to deploy software to your IBM eServer
or xSeries server in a repeatable, predictable manner. When used with IBM
ServerGuide
and IBM UpdateXpress, the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit provides a total
solution
for deploying IBM eServer or xSeries servers in an unattended mode.

o IBM ToolsCenter

http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-CENTER
 The IBM ToolsCenter is a collection of server management tools to help manage
your
IBM System x and BladeServer environment. ToolsCenter makes managing your server
environment less complicated, more productive and cost-effective.

o IBM System x and BladeCenter ToolsCenter Information Center

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/index.jsp

The IBM ToolsCenter for System x and BladeCenter Information Center contains all
the information that you need to deploy, configure, update, and diagnose your
IBM System x and BladeCenter products.

o IBM Systems Director

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/director/

IBM Systems Director is the platform management backbone to achieve Smarter

Computing.

o IBM Systems Management Solution for System x

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/management/resources/index.html

This Web page provides an overview of IBM systems management solution for System
x.

o IBM Systems Management Software

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/software/management.html

This Web page provides an overview of IBM systems management software.

o IBM ServerProven

http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

This Web page provides compatibility information about hardware, software, and
middleware.

o IBM Support

http://www.ibm.com

This is the IBM Support Web site for IBM hardware and systems-management
software.

8.0 NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS

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Additional licenses are included with each System Enablement Pack

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