Installation (Smart Setup) Guide, Windows Server 2003, v5.1

NOTE: When you perform a PXE/RIS headless installation, note the following:

• Headless installations using PXE/RIS are not supported with Windows Server 2003,

Datacenter Edition. Use the HP Reinstallation media instead.

• Do not connect the RIS server to the Integrity server using your intranet during initial

Windows OS installation. Set up a small private network, populated with the RIS server, a

hub, and the system LAN NIC of the HP Integrity server. This protects the intranet from

errors that might occur during the Windows installation process. When the Windows OS

installation has completed, connect the RIS to the target Integrity servers using your intranet.

Remote Installation Services (RIS) enables you to create, maintain, and quickly install identical

OS and software configurations on multiple headless systems with a predefined level of user

interaction. RIS uses the preboot execution environment (PXE) to enable client computers without

an operating system to boot remotely to a RIS server. The RIS server then installs the operating

system over a TCP/IP network connection. You can create different sets of RIS images for different

groups of client computers. You can also use Group Policy settings to limit the installation options

that RIS presents to clients. In addition, you can configure RIS for either interactive or fully

automated installations.

Set up a RIS server

Setting up one or more RIS servers in your network requires careful planning, design, and

implementation. The following checklist provides an overview of the tasks involved in setting

up a RIS server:

• Ensure that both your RIS server and client (Integrity server) hardware meet the Remote

Installation Services (RIS) hardware requirements. The server hardware must meet the

minimum requirements for the version of Windows Server 2003 that you are installing.

• Ensure that your network is based on TCP/IP, and that a Domain Name System (DNS) server

exists on the network. You do not need to use the Microsoft version of DNS.

• Ensure that a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server exists on the network.

You do not need to use the Microsoft version of DHCP.

• Ensure that Active Directory exists on the network.

• Install the RIS component on the RIS server.

• Run the RIS Setup Wizard.