Upgrading and Installing Member Servers

Inventory the Existing Hardware

To prepare your member servers you need to first inventory the existing hardware. To do this, document the following information for each member server:

Vendor, make, and model of the computer being upgraded.
Amount of physical memory installed.
Type of network adapter installed.
All Plug and Play devices.
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to the server.
Type of external hard disks connected to the computer.
Hard disk partitioning and free disk space available.
Any hardware or software redundant array of independent disks (RAID) in use.
Type of CD-ROM drive installed.