I have 6 Dell R610 servers that are in need of a clean reinstall of their original OS. I have been unsuccessful in getting EITHER Dell or Microsoft to supply me with an OEM disk or ISO that is compatible with my license keys. I'm becoming extremely irritated that I have 6 valid product keys and so far am unable to use them.

The product keys state the version of the OS as "WinSrvEmb Std 2008 wo HyprV 1-4 CPU".

So far I have been supplied with Server 2008 Std, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. None of these will acknowledge my physical keys.

Does anyone know where I can find the correct ISO?

Thanks.

 

Sadly you'll need to get the OEM install media from Dell.

 

 

 

So basically, I just need to squeeze some blood from a turnip... Dell claims to not have the ISO or physical media. If anyone can give me a contact that does have the media, I'll build them a shrine in my workshop! :)

They never provide them by default. You must always ask for it with the server build.