In this video, we'll show how to install the Nano server mounted through virtual media in UEFI on Dell 13th-generation PowerEdge systems.
If you have the Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system DVD media, you can insert the DVD into the Dell PowerEdge system 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. Now, 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 files are now loading.
Select the language as "English". Click "Next" and then click "Install now". On the "Windows Setup" screen, Press "Shift", "F10" to open the command line interface. And then enter 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". and then press "Enter". Assign letter='s' and press "Enter". Create partition msr size=128 and press "Enter".
Create partition primary. Press "Enter". 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". 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.
At this point, the image starts deploying. After the operation has 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 into the Nano server. Meanwhile, disconnect both the connected "Virtual Medias", and type the "User name" and "Password".
Now the installation is completed successfully, and the "Nano Server Recovery Console" is displayed. For more information, go to the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 page on delltechcenter.com.
