To support all installation methods, you need the following items:

• Any Windows computer with:
  • Windows 10 or Windows 11
  • USB port

    USB 3.x is recommended for faster installation.

  • An active Internet connection

    Internet access is required to download product images from the Fiery cloud.

• Fiery Partner Portal credentials

  Use your Fiery Partner Portal credentials to authenticate and download product images.

  Note on resetting Fiery Partner Portal credentials password: If you reset your Fiery Partner Portal account password, you must wait at least five minutes before logging back in to ensure the update is complete.

  You can also authenticate via the Fiery server; just enter the Fiery server's IP address, user name, and password.

  Note: If you authenticate via the Fiery server, you’ll download and install the server’s installed system software. For the latest version from the Fiery cloud, authenticate with your Fiery Partner Portal credentials.
• USB drive
  • You may use any external USB drive compatible with Windows 10 or Windows 11.
  • For best performance, we recommend using USB 3.x drives with high read/write speeds.
  • Note that actual USB drive capacities are always less than advertised. Fiery Installer Builder does not check the image size against the USB available storage space. Make sure you have adequate storage space in your USB drive before preparing the image(s).
• SATA or NVMe drive

  This option is available when you are replacing the factory SSD/HDD boot drive on a Fiery NX server.

  If you are replacing the SSD/HDD on the Fiery server, you need a SATA to USB adapter or a USB to NVMe adapter. With these adapters, you can connect a spare SATA or NVMe drive to the USB 3.x port on the Windows computer in which you installed Fiery Installer Builder, and prepare the spare drive for installation on the Fiery server. The spare drive will be formatted and the system software will be copied to a recovery folder on the spare drive.

  Note: USB 3.0 to 2.5” SATA III drive adapters and USB to NVMe adapters are available from various retailers. Some Fiery servers include the adapter in the Fiery Service Kit.
• Ethernet cable

  An Ethernet cable is needed when installing a product image via a peer-to-peer network between the host computer and Fiery A-series or E-series servers.