Chapter 2
Completing A Factory Installation on MQuads

This information in this section should be used in place of the Completing A Factory Installation on MQuads section in the Installing Windows NT manual.

There are three phases:


On-Site Installation

The following steps constitute the first phase of customer-site installation. When the pre-installed system is booted for the first time, Windows NT GUI Mode Setup is entered unconditionally. This pre-installed WINDOWS NT system includes:

On-site Installation (GUI Mode Setup) involves a combination of automated and manual steps. Steps marked with an (A) indicate data is supplied automatically. The supplied data is shown in parentheses. Installation does not pause at these steps and there may or may not be any visible indication of the step. Steps marked with a (U) indicate the user must supply information or a response. These steps cannot be automated because their inputs vary by customer. On-site installation should not be started until all the required customer information is available: user name, organization name, product certificate number, computer name, computer role, domain name (if needed), and time, date, and time zone to use.

  1. (A) Confirm hardware during setup (Yes)

  2. (A) Keyboard and Keyboard Layout (as detected)

  3. (A) Pointing device (as detected)

  4. (A) Video drivers (unattended - installs the ATI adapter drivers)

  5. (A) SCSI drivers (as detected)

  6. (A) Network installation (unattended - installs the Adaptec ANA62044 adapter drivers)

  7. (A) Network Protocols to install (TCP/IP only)

  8. (A) Network Services to install (basic only)

  9. (A) Internet Information Server install (No - can be installed as part of EE optional products)

  10. (A) Modem Parameters (none - must be done later)

  11. (A) Video settings (pre-set values for pixel depth, horizontal and vertical count, refresh rate)

  12. (U) End User Licensee agree/disagree (customer must agree)

  13. (U) User Name

  14. (U) Organization Name

  15. (U) Product ID (Windows NT certificate number)

  16. (U) Computer Name

  17. (U) Computer Role (Stand alone server, PDC, BDC)

  18. (U) Domain name if not a stand alone server (may be preceded by an error message)

  19. (U) Time zone and date/time settings

  20. (U) Pause before network install and startup (to verify connected to network)

  21. (A) License mode (defaults to 'per seat', can be reset later)

  22. (A) Skip welcome wizard (Yes)

  23. (A) Skip Administrator password wizard (Yes)

  24. (A) Service Pack 5 install (done automatically by command at end of setup)

  25. (A) Sequent driver and service installation (done automatically by command at end of setup)

  26. (U) Review setup log file (may choose to review or not)

  27. (U) Reboot


Customization Part 1 (First Boot)

When the system is rebooted following the previous installation steps, and Administrator is logged on (no password at this time), the Enterprise Edition Installer is automatically started. This installer will perform two main functions: make final changes to the boot images including changing the name and removing the memory limitation; and allow the installation of the Enterprise Edition components.

This first boot boots an image that claims to be "Windows NT Server", not "Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition", and limits memory usage to 256 MB. The EE installer will indicate that changes are being made to the boot information via a message box containing a length message. Choose OK (the only choice available). This message box will not appear again.

Following the above, the Windows NT EE Installer indicates that it is about to run. A check box controls whether the Installer will automatically start again on the next boot. Since we are not ready to run the EE Installer to install components, this box should have its check mark removed. Then the EE Installer should be exited by choosing Exit. Ignore the warnings about installation being incomplete. We will return to these steps later.

It is recommended that IBM NUMA-Q field personnel perform this first logon and immediately follow it by exiting the EE Installer, shutting down, and rebooting Windows NT. This second boot will have the correct boot image name and will have access to all the installed memory.


Customization Part 2 (Subsequent Boots)

At this point the final version of Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 5 for NUMA-Q 1000 is running with full access to all system resources. However, there are many things left to do before the system becomes a production machine. If IBM NUMA-Q personnel are still involved at this time they will need to work closely with customer personnel since most of the further customization will be driven by the customer's needs. The sequence below is reasonable but, in most cases, there is no requirement that it be followed. Some of these steps will require the Windows NT EE CD-ROMs.