Before You Begin

Installing Windows Server 2008 Using a PXE Network

This section explains the initial information you will need to install the Windows Server 2008 operating system over an established PXE-based network via a customer-provided Windows Deployment Services (WDS) image.

Topics included in this section:

■“Before You Begin” on page 14

■“To Install Windows Server 2008 Using PXE” on page 15

Note that the procedure presented in this section documents the initial steps to install Windows 2008 over the network using a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) image. Specifically, it explains the steps for selecting the server PXE network interface card that will be communicate with your WDS installation server. For further information about using a WDS image to install the Windows Server 2008 operating system, see Microsoft’s Windows Deployment Services documentation.

After completing this procedure, you will need to perform the post installation tasks as described in “Post Installation” on page 17.

■To use PXE to boot the installation media over the network, you must:

■Configure the network (NFS, FTP, HTTP) server to export the installation tree.

■Configure the files on the TFTP server that are necessary for PXE booting.

■Configure the Sun server MAC network port address to boot from the PXE configuration.

■Configure DHCP.

■To use a WIM image to perform the installation, you must:

■Create the WIM installation image.

Follow the WIM installation instructions in the Windows Server 2008 documentation.

■Add the required system device drivers to the WIM installation image.

For instructions, see Appendix A “Incorporate Sun Blade Server Drivers Into WIM” on page 25.

■Obtain the WIM Administrator password.

14 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Windows Operating System Installation Guide • September 2009