• Dismantle the faulty motherboard, move the RAM into the new motherboard.
• Backup faulty motherboard MAC Address. You can obtain the MAC Address from the sticker on faulty motherboard. 
• Install the new motherboard and power on the server. 
• Press ‘Delete’ to enter bios setting.
• Under Main, change the OS Selection to Windows 8.x
• Under Chipset > South Bridge, change Restore AC Power Loss to Power On.
• Save and Exit. Reboot.
• After login to default user, switch to Root user.

 

 

• Make sure the server date and time is correct.

 

 

• Open network setting, Select Wired and configure the IP Address as follow.
  1. Change Address to Manual
  2. Address: 192.168.2.222
  3. Netmask: 255.255.255.0
  4. Gateway: 192.168.2.1
  5. Click Apply

 

 

• Go to Home > Computer > etc> sysconfig > network-scripts. Right-click file “ifcfg-enp1s0”, open with gedit

 

 

• In the text file, add 1 new line as below. Click Save to save the changes.
  1. MACADDR=ENTEROLDMOTHERBOARDMACADDRESS

 

 

• Open terminal, enter the command below.
  1. systemctl stop network
  2. systemctl start network
  3. systemctl restart dclogshrec
• Open the network setting, and check whether the correct MAC Address is reflected.
• Plug in the RJ45 Loop head into the ethernet port. 
• Restart server. Verify the MAC Address again to make sure it’s the same after server reboot.
• Perform Test Call.