{"id":246,"date":"2012-06-27T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2012-06-27T08:22:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:22:35","slug":"installing-server-2008-r2-on-a-poweredge-2850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Installing Server 2008 R2 on a PowerEdge 2850"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Intro :<\/strong>\u00a0I bought some old PowerEdge\u00a02850s in order to setup\u00a0a test\/learning environment. My frustration of installing server 2008 R2\u00a0on these machines led me down different paths such as Dell SUU\u00a0(which was another set of frustration with the 2850). Here is\u00a0the most efficient way to install\u00a0Server 2008R2. Please ask any questions in the comments below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ensure that the latest BIOS is installed. (Bios A07).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/drivers\/us\/en\/555\/DriverDetails\/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=1XYHY&amp;FileId=2731104477\">http:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/drivers\/us\/en\/555\/DriverDetails\/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=1XYHY&amp;FileId=2731104477<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Setup Server 2008R2 on a Flash Drive. The following link is a great, concise, how to.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaxidian.org\/update\/2009\/08\/28\/98\/\">http:\/\/www.jaxidian.org\/update\/2009\/08\/28\/98\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Copy the RAID controller drivers to any folder on the USB flash drive. I put mine in\u00a0a newly created folder called &#8220;DellDriver&#8221;.\u00a0The installation will scan all folders on the USB\u00a0in order to perform a driver installation for the HDD;\u00a0and\u00a0will prevent the blue screen of death. Drivers for the 2850 in the link below.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/drivers\/us\/en\/2684\">http:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/drivers\/us\/en\/2684<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Setup RAID configuration. The following was a great tutorial on this :<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nKiOECFu1HE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nKiOECFu1HE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ensure the BIOS is setup correctly to boot to USB.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetmy.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-dell-server-bios-boot-from-usb\/\">http:\/\/www.planetmy.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-dell-server-bios-boot-from-usb\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ensure the USB is in the rear ports. I have tried both in the front and back of the server I had&#8230;. and only the rear worked for boot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Feel free to email me or ask questions in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro :\u00a0I bought some old PowerEdge\u00a02850s in order to setup\u00a0a test\/learning environment. My frustration of installing server 2008 R2\u00a0on these machines led me down different paths such as Dell SUU\u00a0(which was another set of frustration with the 2850). Here is\u00a0the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/?p=246\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1x8ho-3Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/constantinekrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}