In this video, we will show how to install the Nano server, mounted through virtual media, in UEFI on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge systems.
If you have the Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system DVD media, you can insert the DVD in to the Dell PowerEdge systems and start installing the OS.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the Nano server .wim file in the USB flash drive that is connected to your system.
To create the Nano server image, go to technet.microsoft.com and search for the article entitled Deploy Nano Server.
To begin the process, turn on the system.
You can mount the Windows 2016 OS, from a shared location or locally, by using the following steps:
Click Virtual Media, and then click Connect Virtual Media.
The Initializing connection dialog box is displayed.
Click Virtual Media, and then click Map CD / DVD to map the device.
In the dialog box, click Browse to select the Microsoft Windows 2016 .iso image, and then click Map Device.
Now, connect the USB flash drive that contains the Nano server .wim file that was created in the previous step:
Again, click Virtual Media, and then click Map Removable Disk.
In the dialog box, the connected USB flash drive is displayed.
Click Map Device.
Again, click Virtual Media to verify that both the connected CD/DVD and removable drives are mapped.
Now press F11 to go to the Boot Manager page.
Click One-shot UEFI Boot Menu, and then select Virtual Optical Drive.
The file are loading.
Select the language as English, click Next, and then click Install Now.
On the Windows Setup screen, press Shift F10 to open the commnad Line Interface.
And then enter in the following commands:
Diskpart.exe and press Enter.
Select disk 0 and press Enter.
Clean and press Enter.
Convert GPT and press Enter.
Create partition efi size=100 and press Enter.
Format quick FS=FAT32 label="System" and press Enter.
Assign letter="s" and press Enter.
Create partition msr size=128 and press Enter.
Create partition primary and press Enter.
Format quick FS=NTFS label="NanoServer" and press Enter.
Assign letter="n" and press Enter.
List volume and press Enter.
Exit and press Enter.
D: and press Enter.
Dir and press Enter.
Dism.exe /apply-image /imagefile:.\Nano-14361-Host-DC.wim /index:1 /applydir:n:\ and press Enter.
Your Nano server .wim file name might be different than the one mentioned in this video, so use the name that you have assigned to it.
The image starts deploying.
After the operation is completed successfully, enter X: and then Bcdboot.exe n:\Windows /s s: and press Enter.
The boot files are created successfully.
Next, enter Wpeutil reboot.
The system now reboots in to the Nano server.
Meanwhile disconnect both the connected virtual medias
and type the username and password.
Now, the installation is completed successfully and the Nano server Recovery Console is displayed.
For more information, go to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 page on delltechcenter.com