This procedure describes how to perform an unattended remote
installation of Windows using
an RSA II adapter, Integrated Management Module (IMM), BladeCenter Management Module,
or BladeCenter Advanced
Management Module.
To perform this task you need:
- An ISO image or a physical CD or DVD created according to the
instructions in the previous sections for local and network unattended
installation scenarios for Windows .
- Network connectivity to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, Integrated
Management Module, BladeCenter Management
Module, or BladeCenter Advanced
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 will
reflect 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 pop-up blocking in the web browser on the source server.
- For network deployment scenarios, you must have:
- A source system that contains a properly set up source tree. (For
more information, see Configuring the source server.)
- Network connectivity from the target server to the source system
shared directory.
Notes:
- For Windows Server 2008 installations,
ISO images are not supported. You must use a physical CD or DVD.
- Network deployment scenarios take significantly less time than
local deployments.
- Ensure that there is no disc is in the CD or DVD-ROM drive of
your target server.
- If you encounter problems, try updating the RSA II, IMM, MM, or
AMM firmware to the latest level.
To deploy your installation image through RSA II, MM, or
AMM, complete these steps:
- Open a web browser on the source system.
- 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 link or button to start a remote
control session. Your remote control session opens in a new window.
If the new window does not open, make sure all popup blockers
are disabled, and retry. 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.
- For the MM and AMM, select the desired target blade in
both the Media Tray and KVM Owner lists.
- Select your deployment media in the Available
Resources box.
- For a CD or DVD, select the drive containing your disc, then add
it the list of resources by clicking the >> box.
- For an image, click Select Image, click
the >> box, then browse to your image
file. Select the image file, and click Open.
- Select the deployment media again in the Selected
Resources box.
- Select Write Protect.
- Click the Mount button to mount
the disc or image.
- 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 performing the RAID configuration only portion of
a Windows Server 2008 x64 deployment,
the target server will restart automatically. When it does, wait forWindows PE to exit completely
and then unmount the drive to "eject" the deployment media. Then select
your media again as above 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.
- AfterWindows PE has
exited completely and the target server is booting, unmount the drive
to eject the deployment media.
The target server boots from the hard disk to continue
the operating system deployment. You can monitor progress through
the Remote Console.