NEC Express5800 Server Series
Support Kit for Windows Server® 2012 R2

Supported Models

Windows Server 2012 R2 Support Information

The above NEC products support Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 by applying the "Express5800 Server Series - Support Kit for Windows Server 2012 R2," which is the generic name of the modules for Windows Server 2012 R2 delivered through this page.

Support kits for Windows Server 2012 R2 are shown on this page.

About installing Windows Server 2012 R2

Before installing the Support Kit, be sure to read the Installation Guide (Windows Server ® 2012 R2 Installation Guide) carefully and check the installation procedure.

• Download any necessary driver modules for installing Windows Server 2012 R2 from the tables below and expand them on DVD-R or other media.
  See the Installation Guide or Readme.txt included in each module for details on how to expand the modules.
• Activation is required.
• Install Windows Server 2012 R2 following instructions for a new installation. It is not recommended upgrading from Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008.
• Do not install Windows Server 2012 R2 with the EXPRESSBUILDER media attached to the A1040b/A2040b/A2020b/A2010b.
• The work which is needed before installing Windows Server 2012 R2
  • You may need to update the server BIOS before you install Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • You may need to update the BMC firmware before you install Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • Before you install Windows Server 2012 R2, you may need to set the BIOS setting using the BIOS Setup tool. See the User's Guide Appendix.
  • RAID drive configuration must be completed before Windows Server 2012 R2 installation.
  • Before installing Windows Server 2012 R2, remove UPS, etc.
• The work which is needed after installing Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Apply the NEC Express5800 Driver Set (= Starter Pack) after you install Windows Server 2012 R2. For more information see the Supplemental Installation Guide.

Notes for using Windows Server 2012 R2 Operating System

• Check whether various optional products are supported by Windows Server 2012 R2 in the Installation Guide.
• For NE3304-138/-132/-133/-128, Jumbo Mtu (Jumbo Packet) value is only supported 4608 bytes or less.
• If you use the Core Parking function of Windows Server 2012 R2, log in as the administrator after installing the operating system and enable this feature. Click on the following link for further details.
  Performance Tuning Guidelines for previous versions of Windows Server -> Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Wake On LAN feature is available only on the network adapter installed in PCI slot 5 or 9.
• Only data connections are available in iSCSI feature. iSCSI Target and iSCSI Boot are not supported.
• When you create logical drive by using the Universal RAID Utility, the following message appears on the Windows Event Log, but this is not an error of the system operation.
  
  * The display of the event log may vary depending on your system environment.
  * The event log may display useless characters. This is not an error of the system operation, and this can be resolved for the
    characters to be displayed correctly by installing the Microsoft update through Windows Update. For more information, see
    Microsoft website.
  - Useless characters are logged in Event ID 153 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2. (KB2925479)

  --
  Event source	:	disk
  Event ID	:	153
  Type	:	Warning
  Description	:	The IO operation at the logical block address for disk was retried. -> This warning message indicates that OS retried the I/O operation and it has succeeded. There is no problem with this message in terms of the system operation.
  --

Notes for using the Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core/Minimal Server Interface

• Switching to the GUI interface while running Server Core is not recommended because it can produce unintended effects on applications or drivers.
• NEC ESMPRO Manager is not supported.
• To use NEC ESMPRO Agent on Server Core, see "NEC ESMPRO Agent Ver.4.6 Installation Guide" for details.

Notes for using Hyper-V

• To use Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V, see the Note for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

Notes for using BitLocker

• Without a recovery password, you will no longer be able to activate operating system and contents of the BitLocker-encrypted partition will not be available. Always keep the recovery password in a safe place. For more information, see the "Instruction Guide" below.
• If you install OS in a partition which was previously encrypted with BitLocker, remove the encrypted partitions first.

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