TABLE OF CONTENTS This chapter will explain how to install and configure Remote Installation Services. The chapter will walk you through a basic installation of the Remote Installation Services server component and guide you through the process of uploading the first image to the Remote Installation Services server. The configuration of DHCP will also be covered in this chapter. After doing this, it is important to verify the Remote Installation Services installation, and this chapter will guide you through the right way to verify that Remote Installation Services is configured correctly and running smoothly.
As mentioned in Chapter 2, Remote Installation Services servers provide the option of unattended installation of Remote Installation Services server images; this chapter will cover this option in detail. In the last section of this chapter, we will take a quick look at the standard Setup Information File (SIF) and make some minor modifications to it. The SIF is an answer file in which all unattended installation options are defined. This ensures that the Remote Installation Services server images will be installed without any dialog boxes prompted before the user.
Highlights:
Hardware and software requirements
Configuration of DHCP server
Installation of Remote Installation Services
Basic Remote Installation Services configuration
How to add additional Remote Installation Services images
Unattended Remote Installation Services image installations
Verifying Remote Installation Services installations
The standard SIF at a glance
Before installing Remote Installation Services server, some prerequisites must be in place. The following hardware and software requirements...
