Quick Start Manual

# pool {

# allow members of "foo";

# range 10.17.224.10 10.17.224.250;

# }

# pool {

# deny members of "foo";

# range 10.0.29.10 10.0.29.230;

# }

Deploying WinPE on the Virtual Appliance

You need to perform the following configuration tasks before using ASM to deploy Windows OS.

NOTE: You should use Microsoft ADK 8.1 or ADK 8.0 installed in the default location..

1. Create a Windows repository with Windows installation media on ASM appliance. For more

information, see Create a repository with Windows installation media on ASM Appliance

2. Create a WinPE image to support Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2 deployment for bare metal or

a VMware virtual machine, and update install media for Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2 to

include drivers and necessary updates to support ASM. For more information, see Creating WinPE

Image and Update Install Media for Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2

3. Copy WinPE and install media to the ASM repository and update permissions for all files in the

repository. For more information, see Copy WinPE and install media back to the ASM repository and

update permissions

4. (Windows 2012 R2) Update default-unattended.xml.erb and wim_boot.erb files on ASM virtual

appliance. For more information, see Updating default unattended.xml.erb and wim_boot.erb files

5. (Optional) Update unattended installation for Windows 2012 version other than Windows 2012

standard. For more information, see Updating unattended Installation For Windows 2012 Version

other than Windows 2012 Standard

Create a repository with Windows installation media on ASM Appliance

1. Log in to the virtual appliance with the user name delladmin.

2. Copy the Windows.iso file to the directory /var/lib/razor/repo-store/

3. Using a text editor, create a /tmp/windows_repo.json file with the following content:

{

"name": "<your windows repo name>",

"iso-url": "file:///var/lib/razor/repo-store/<windows ISO name>.iso"

}

4. To register the .iso file, run the following command. At command line interface, you have to enter

your delladmin password .

"sudo razor create-repo --json /tmp/windows_repo.json"

5. To verify whether or not the repository is created, run the following command:

"sudo razor repos"

6. Run the following commands to extract the .iso file from the directory /var/lib/razor/repo-store to

the directory /var/lib/razor/repo-store/win2012. Make sure that your Windows .iso file is available in

“repo-store” directory where you run the following commands.

"sudo mount -o loop /var/lib/razor/repo-store/<windows_ISO_name>.iso /mnt"

"sudo rsync -av /mnt/ /var/lib/razor/repo-store/<your Windows repo name>"

"sudo umount /mnt"