Configuring a Microsoft® Windows Physical Server

To configure a Microsoft® Windows physical server, perform these steps:

1. Click the Marketplace tile on the VPC Dashboard screen.
2. If your Virtual Private Cloud has multiple data centers, select a data center from the pull-down selection at the right side of the screen. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
   
   Note: The pull-down selection only displays when your Virtual Private Cloud has multiple data centers.
3. Select Microsoft® Windows Physical Server from the Marketplace to display the catalog item description and begin the configuration process.

4. Click Configure to display the Service Details interface.
   
   Note:  To return easily to this catalog item description page, click COPY ITEM URL.

5. Configure the network for the Microsoft® Windows physical server using the options on the Network Configuration page.
   
   Note:  The Your Configuration page on the right side of the screen displays the configuration parameters and service settings you select.

• Data Center is prepopulated with the name of your data center or, if you have multiple data centers, the data center selected in Step 2.
• Enter a Hostname in compliance with the instructions.
• By default, the selection DXC administers the Server is activated. If you wish to administer the server yourself, deactivate the selection which will toggle it to Server administered by Me. Otherwise, keep the selection activated.
• Select an available VLAN.
  
  Note:  If no VLANs are configured, the VLAN pull-down menu will be blank. Contact your DXC Account Representative to request new VLANs.

6. Configure the Microsoft® Windows physical server using the options on the Physical Server Configuration page.
   
   

• By default, the selection DXC provides the OS License key is activated. If you do not want DXC to provide the OS License key, deactivate this selection. Otherwise, keep DXC provides the OS License key activated.
• Make a selection from the Server Hardware options displayed.
  
  Note:  
  
  1)  Server hardware availability and stock varies by data center.
  
  2)  In some data centers, a hardware option may be available but temporarily out of stock.  
  
  3)  When the Server Hardware pull-down menu is blank, hardware is not available at the selected data center or is temporarily out of stock. Contact your DXC Account Representative to add additional hardware at that location or to determine if new stock will be made available. If additional hardware is requested, there may be a lead time before it can be ordered.
  
  4)  When the Server Hardware option is selected, the Microsoft® Windows Server® Version pull-down menu displays as shown below:
  
  
• Select a Microsoft® Windows Server® Version.
  
  Note:  Each Client Managed Microsoft® Windows physical server operating system is patched annually with the latest security updates from Microsoft. For more information about operating system patches for Client Managed Windows Servers, go here.
• Configuration of the Microsoft® Windows physical server is complete. Continue with the next step.

7. Select either Order Now to order the catalog item immediately or Add to Order to put the catalog item in the shopping cart.

Note:  If your order will consist of multiple catalog items or if you do not want to submit your order immediately, use the Add to Order option to add the catalog item to the shopping cart.