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Appendix D. AutoPilot Installer Command Line and Configuration File Parameters

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Appendix D. AutoPilot Installer Command Line

and Configuration File Parameters

The AutoPilot Installer can initiate an installation from a command prompt or script.

AutoPilot Installer can be run manually from the command line or a script, or it can be

run automatically by the driver kit. When run manually from the command line or

script, the command line parameters may be passed.
If you specify the “/q” switch with the driver kit installer command, the driver kit

installer runs in unattended mode and automatically invokes the APInstall.exe with its

information.

AParg Driver Kit Parameter and Appending to the
APInstall.exe File

If you specify a value for the “APargs” driver kit parameter, this value is appended to

the APInstall.exe command line. For example, if you execute this installer file as:

elxdrv-fc-fcoe.exe /q APargs=SilentRebootEnable=True

then after installing the AutoPilot Installer, the driver kit automatically executes it as:

APInstall.exe /silent SilentRebootEnable=True

To specify more than one parameter, separate the settings by one or more spaces and

put quotes around the entire APargs expression. For example, the command line (all on

one line):

elxdrv-fc-fcoe.exe "APargs=SilentRebootEnable=True

localDriverLocation = "d:\drivers\new\Storport"

results in the AutoPilot Installer being run as:

APInstall.exe SilentRebootEnable=True localDriverLocation =

"d:\drivers\new\Storport"

Parameter values that contain spaces, such as path names, must be enclosed in quotes.

To add such a setting to APargs, you must insert backslashes before the quotes around

the value, and then add quotes around the entire APargs expression. For example, the

command line (all on one line):

elxdrv-fc-fcoe.exe "APargs=ReportLocation=\"C:\Documents

and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\reports\""

results in AutoPilot Installer being run as:

APInstall.exe ReportLocation="C:\Documents and

Settings\Administrator\My Documents\reports"

If you have many parameters to pass to the AutoPilot Installer, or if you want to do so

repeatedly, then it may be less error prone to run the utility kit installer interactively,

delay AutoPilot Installer execution, and then run the AutoPilot Installer command

yourself. The procedure for doing so is described in “Option 2: Run the AutoPilot