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Installing the Operating System

Installing Windows 2000 Server

Using the Platform Configuration Discs

Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc

Setting Up the Logical Drive for the Bridge Software


Installing the Operating System

In this chapter, you do the following tasks in the order listed:

1. Install Windows 2000 Server. See the "Installing Windows 2000 Server" section.

2. If the Cisco Unity Bridge server was not purchased from Cisco: Set up a logical drive for the Bridge software. See the "Setting Up the Logical Drive for the Bridge Software" section.

When you are finished with this chapter, return to "Overview of Mandatory Tasks for Installing the Cisco Unity Bridge" to continue installing the Bridge correctly.

Note The tasks in the overview list reference detailed instructions in the Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide and in other Bridge documentation. Follow the documentation for a successful installation.

Installing Windows 2000 Server

The compact discs you use to install Windows 2000 Server depend on whether the Bridge server was purchased from Cisco:

Server purchased
from Cisco

Use the Platform Configuration discs that are shipped with the Bridge server. See the "Using the Platform Configuration Discs" section.

Server not purchased
from Cisco

Use the manufacturer's guided system-setup utility and a retail Windows 2000 Server disc in English. See the "Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc" section.

Caution Installing Windows 2000 Server in any language other than English is not supported.

Using the Platform Configuration Discs

Do the procedure in this section if the Bridge server was purchased from Cisco. Otherwise, see the "Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc" section.

A Bridge server purchased from Cisco is shipped with Platform Configuration discs that contain a utility to install Windows 2000 Server by restoring an image that is customized for the platform. The image includes the required Windows 2000 components, subcomponents, and service packs.

Installing Windows 2000 Server by using the Platform Configuration discs reduces installation time and ensures that the required operating system and components, drivers, and service packs are installed and configured correctly. In addition, the logical drive for the Bridge software is set up automatically.

Caution Do not attach the network cable to the server until the latest recommended Microsoft service packs and updates are installed. The Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide alerts you when to install the service packs and updates, and when to connect to the network later in the installation process.

To Install Windows 2000 Server by Using the Platform Configuration Discs

Step 1 Start the Bridge server, and insert the Cisco Unity Platform Configuration CD in the CD-ROM drive.

Step 2 When the main menu appears, press Enter to start the installation program.

Step 3 Follow the on-screen prompts until you are prompted to select a licensing mode.

Step 4 Click Per Seat, and click Next.

Step 5 Enter a name of 15 or fewer characters for the Bridge server (netBIOS name). Use only alphabetical characters from A to Z and a to z, numerical characters from 0 to 9, and hyphens (-).

Caution Using other characters in the server name is not supported by DNS.

Step 6 Specify and confirm a password, then click Next.

Step 7 Follow the on-screen prompts until the Network Settings dialog box appears.

Step 8 Click Typical Settings, and click Next.

Step 9 In the Workgroup or Computer Domain dialog box, click No, This Computer Is Not on a Network, or Is on a Network Without a Domain.

If the Workgroup or Computer Domain box is empty, enter a workgroup name. The Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide alerts you when to, optionally, join a domain later in the installation.

Step 10 Click Next.

Step 11 Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.

Step 12 When the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server dialog box appears, click I Will Configure This Server Later, and click Next.

Step 13 Uncheck the Show This Screen at Startup check box, and close the window.

Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc

Do the procedure in this section if the Bridge server was not purchased from Cisco. Otherwise, see the "Using the Platform Configuration Discs" section.

The server manufacturer provides a disc that contains utilities for several setup tasks, including guiding the installation of Windows 2000 Server from a retail disc. The following discs are provided by server manufacturers:

Dell

Dell Server Assistant

IBM

IBM ServerGuide


Installing Windows 2000 Server by using the manufacturer's guided system-setup utility ensures that the operating system and the drivers are installed and configured correctly.

Caution Installing Windows 2000 Server in any language other than English is not supported.
Caution Do not attach the network cable to the server until the latest recommended Microsoft service packs and updates are installed. The Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide alerts you when to install the service packs and updates, and when to connect to the network later in the installation process.

To Install Windows 2000 Server by Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc

Step 1 Start the Bridge server, and insert the manufacturer disc in the CD-ROM drive.

Step 2 Follow the on-screen prompts to install Windows 2000 Server from a retail disc.

Step 3 When applicable, make the following choices:

a. Specify a partition size of 8 GB for the operating system.

b. If you are installing Windows 2000 Server on the same partition where an operating system is already installed, select and delete that partition.

c. Format the operating system partition by using the NTFS file system.

d. When you are prompted to specify regional settings, choose English (United States) for the locale.

Caution Do not choose any other locale, or the Cisco Unity Bridge will not function properly.

e. Specify Per Seat for the licensing mode.

f. When you enter a name for the Bridge server (netBIOS name), use 15 or fewer characters and use only alphabetical characters from A to Z and a to z, numerical characters from 0 to 9, and hyphens (-).

Caution Using other characters in the server name is not supported by DNS.

g. Do not join a domain. Instead, specify a workgroup. The Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide alerts you when to connect to the network and, optionally, when to join a domain later in the installation.

h. If you are prompted to specify Windows 2000 components to install, select the following required components:

•Internet Information Server

•Terminal Services

i. If you are prompted to specify a Windows 2000 service pack to install, specify Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4.

Note If you do not install all the required Windows 2000 components and the service pack while installing the operating system, the Cisco Unity Bridge Installation Guide alerts you when to install them later in the installation.

Step 4 When the Windows 2000 Configure Your Server dialog box appears, click I Will Configure This Server Later.

Step 5 Uncheck the Show This Screen at Startup check box, and close the window.

Setting Up the Logical Drive for the Bridge Software

Note If the Bridge server was purchased from Cisco and you installed Windows 2000 Server by using the Cisco Unity Platform Configuration discs that were shipped with the server, skip this section because the logical drive was set up automatically.

Do the procedure in this section if you did not use the Cisco Unity Platform Configuration discs to install Windows 2000 Server.

When you install the operating system by using the procedure in the "Using the Manufacturer's Guided System-Setup Utility and a Retail Windows 2000 Disc" section, the first 8 GB of the logical disk is used for the system partition and is given the drive letter C. To set up the logical drive for the Bridge software, you create an extended partition on the logical disk (by using the remaining space on the logical disk), then create the logical drive in the partition.

To Set Up the Logical Drive for the Bridge Software

Step 1 Log on to Windows as a member of the Administrators group.

Step 2 On the Windows Start menu, click Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

Step 3 In the console tree under Storage, click Disk Management.

Step 4 Right-click the unallocated region of the logical disk, and click Create Partition.

Step 5 On the Create Partition wizard Welcome screen, click Next.

Step 6 Click Extended Partition, and click Next. (Do not click Primary Partition.)

Step 7 Specify to use the remaining disk space, and click Next.

Step 8 Verify the settings, and click Finish.

Step 9 In the Disk Management utility, right-click the new partition, and click Create Logical Drive.

Step 10 On the Create Partition Wizard welcome screen, click Next.

Step 11 Click Logical Drive, and click Next.

Step 12 Specify to use the maximum disk space, and click Next.

Step 13 Assign a drive letter, and click Next.

Step 14 Specify to use the NTFS file system format, and click Next.

Step 15 Verify the settings, and click Finish.