This section describes how to perform an unattended installation
of Windows by using an Integrated
Management Module (IMM).
Before you begin
To complete this process you will need:
- An ISO image or a physical CD or DVD created according to the
instructions in the previous sections for local and network Windows unattended installation
scenarios.
- Network connectivity to the Integrated Management Module from
the source system.
- A properly configured browser on the source system:
- Ensure that the Java™ plug-in
is installed. The control panel should display a Java Control Panel icon if a proper plug-in
is installed. In addition, the Java ™
plug-in may require that browser caching be disabled for the remote
interface to work properly.
- Disable popup blocking in the web browser on the source server.
- For network deployment scenarios:
- A source system that contains a properly set up source tree.
- Network connectivity to the source system shared directory from
the target server.
Note: - For Windows Server 2008 installations,
ISO images are not supported. Physical CDs or DVDs are required.
- Network deployment take significantly less time than local deployments.
- Make sure that no disc is present in the CD or DVD-ROM drive of
your target server.
- If you encounter problems, try updating the IMM firmware to the
latest level.
About this task
To deploy your installation image through the IMM, use the
following steps:
Procedure
- Open a web browser on the source system.
- Enter the host name or IP address of the IMM in address
field.
- Log in to the adapter with your user ID and password, and
select a timeout value for your session. Unless you select no
timeout, your remote session might time out before your
deployment is complete.
- Click Continue to proceed to the
task menu.
- From the task menu, select Remote Control.
- Click the appropriate Start Remote Control button.
Your remote control session opens in a new window. If the
new window does not open, make sure all popup blockers are disabled,
and then retry the procedure. If the Remote Disk and Remote Console
sections do not appear in the window within a few minutes, try clicking
in the window. If they still fail to load, check to make sure the Java plug-in is installed.
- Select your deployment media in the Client View list
of the Virtual Media Session window.
- For a CD or DVD, ensure that the media is in the drive, select
the drive, and check the Mapped box for the
drive to map it.
- For an image, click the Add image... button,
select the image file, and click Open.
- Check the Read Only box.
- Reboot the target system.
- When the target system reboots it will load the deployment
media. Use the interactive Remote Console video
window to respond to any prompts. If you are working with
ServeRAID-SCSI adapters and performing only the RAID configuration
portion of a Windows x64 deployment,
the target server will restart automatically. When it does, wait for Windows PE to exit completely
and then deselect the Mapped box to "eject"
the deployment media. Then select your media again, and proceed with
the installation.
- The Network Operating System Installation
instructions prompt will be displayed and explain how
to continue to the unattended portion of the operating system installation.
- Press a key to reboot the system.
- After Windows PE has
exited completely and the target server is booting, deselect the Mapped box
to "eject" the deployment media. The target server
boots from the hard disk to continue the operating system deployment.
You can monitor progress via the Remote Console.