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Dell Enterprise Server Windows Installation Best Practices with Broadcom NetXtreme Devices
Example Visual Basic Script to Install the Broadcom Drivers and the Microsoft
Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack and apply Network Settings to the Network
Devices.
To use the script below, the script, netset.exe and the SNP executable must be copied to
the root of the installation drive. The Broadcom installer must be copied to a sub of the
root installation drive called broadcom. The paths and script may be adjusted as
necessary.
'VBScript Example
‘Create the scripting object
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
‘Run the Broadcom driver installer in the silent mode, with all
the defaults, in a normal window and wait for it to complete
before executing the next command
ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("c:\broadcom\setup.exe /s /v/qn", 1,
True)
‘Run the MS SNP pack executable in the silent mode, in a normal
window and wait for it to complete before executing the next
command
ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("c:\
WindowsServer2003-KB912222-v9-x86-
ENU.exe /passive /norestart", 1, True)
‘Run netset.exe, using the answer file saved to the root of the
drive, in a normal window, and wait for it to complete before
running the next command
ReturnCode = WshShell.Run("c:\netset c:\winnt.sif", 1, True)
9.4. Appendix D – Comparison of Automated Install with NX2 Versus
Without NX2
The following table compares the Microsoft Windows automated deployment experience
with Broadcom NetXtreme II devices to the experience without Broadcom NetXtreme II
devices. The differences outlined here apply only when the network settings to be applied
are other than the defaults.
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