Dell PowerEdge 2970 - Manual (Page 2)

Dell Enterprise Server Windows Installation Best Practices with Broadcom NetXtreme Devices
Table of Contents
1. REVISIONS AND REFERENCES ............................................................................................ 3
1.1. R EVISION H ISTORY ......................................................................................................................... 3
1.2. A CRONYMS AND D EFINITIONS ........................................................................................................ 3
1.3. R EFERENCES ................................................................................................................................... 3
2. OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1. O BTAINING THE P LUG AND P LAY D RIVERS .................................................................................... 4
3. MANUAL INSTALLATION OF THE DRIVERS AND OPERATING SYSTEM ............... 5
4. USING THE BROADCOM INSTALLER FOR AUTOMATED OPERATING SYSTEM
DEPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 5
4.1. [S ETUP P ARAMS ] S ECTION .............................................................................................................. 5
4.2. CMDLINES . TXT ................................................................................................................................ 6
5. AUTOMATED OPERATING SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT USING THE PLUG AND PLAY
DRIVERS 7
5.1. S PECIFYING A DAPTERS FOR N ETWORK S ETTINGS .......................................................................... 7
6. NETXTREME II WINPE CONSIDERATIONS ...................................................................... 9
7. PXE, RIS, AND ADS ................................................................................................................... 9
7.1. ADS ............................................................................................................................................... 9
7.2. RIS ............................................................................................................................................... 10
8. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.................................................................................................. 10
8.1. A LTIRIS I MAGE C APTURE /D EPLOY U SING B ROADCOM N ET X TREME II D EVICES ......................... 10
8.2. C HANGING TCP/IP S ETTINGS W ITH M ICROSOFT SNP I NSTALLED ............................................... 10
9. APPENDIXES ............................................................................................................................ 11
9.1. A PPENDIX A – E XAMPLE A NSWER F ILE U SING NETSET . EXE IN S ETUP P ARAMS ............................ 11
9.2. A PPENDIX B – E XAMPLE A NSWER F ILE U SING NETSET . EXE IN CMDLINES . TXT WITH E XAMPLE
CMDLINES . TXT .............................................................................................................................. 14
9.3. A PPENDIX C – E XAMPLE A NSWER F ILE U SING A M ICROSOFT V ISUAL B ASIC S CRIPT IN
S ETUP P ARAMS TO I NSTALL THE B ROADCOM D RIVERS V IA THE I NSTALLER , I NSTALL SNP, AND
U SE NETSET . EXE TO A PPLY N ETWORK S ETTINGS , W ITH E XAMPLE VB S CRIPT ............................ 18
9.4. A PPENDIX D – C OMPARISON OF A UTOMATED I NSTALL WITH NX2 V ERSUS W ITHOUT NX2........ 23
9.5. A PPENDIX E – E XAMPLE S CRIPT TO D ETECT N ET X TREME II A DAPTERS B EFORE R UNNING
NETSET . EXE .................................................................................................................................. 25
© 2006 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.
This document contains information proprietary to Dell Inc. Use, disclosure or reproduction in any manner
whatsoever without the written permission Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.;
Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other trademarks
and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names of their
products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.
Page 2