Dell PowerEdge 2970 - Manual (Page 5)

Dell Enterprise Server Windows Installation Best Practices with Broadcom NetXtreme Devices
3. Manual Installation of the Drivers and Operating System
Dell highly recommends the use of the Dell Server Assistant (DSA) shipped with your
server (or an update received from Dell) to prepare and install your PowerEdge system
with an operating system. The DSA contains all of the correct drivers for supported
devices in your system and sets up an unattended install, making the installation as
smooth and easy as possible.
The DSA also provides replication services to deploy an operating system installation
across multiple hardware-alike systems.
Please see the documentation provided with your DSA for further information.
4. Using the Broadcom Installer for Automated Operating
System Deployment
The installer may be used to install the Broadcom drivers and management applications
in conjunction with Windows unattended installation. This method should be used when
the system does not require network access while the installation is running. The
Broadcom installer, setup.exe can be run at the end of the installation phase, or after the
first login after the full Windows installation has completed.
4.1. [SetupParams] Section
The Broadcom installer can be run from the [SetupParams] section of the unattended
answer file. The SetupParams section of the unattended answer file contains one entry
for running an additional command after Windows Setup completes but before the final
reboot of the installation.
Syntax:
[SetupParams]
UserExecute = path_and_filename
Example:
[SetupParams]
UserExecute ="C:\broadcom\w2k3\setup.exe"
The following restrictions apply:
• Only one command can be specified. If more than one "UserExecute" line exists, only
the first line is run and the rest are ignored.
• Enclose
path_and_filename in quotation marks unless the application is in the
%SYSTEMROOT% or %SYSTEMROOT%\system32 folder or search path.
Running the Broadcom installer in this section will install all of the drivers for all of the
supported Broadcom network devices in the system, all of the Broadcom management
applications, and the Broadcom intermediate driver (teaming driver). The system will then
reboot and present the first login prompt of the newly installed operating system.
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