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Is this method OK? Is there anything that the SmartStart CD does that I'll be unable to do by other means? Are there any disadvantages to not using the SmartStart CD? Installation of SNMP and the HP Tools will have to be installed once the Windows installation is complete using the Proliant Support Pack.As I wont have access to ACU, I'll configure the RAID (before booting to the PXE server) by pressing F8 (during the boot process) to access Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA).If I abandon the SmartStart CD in favour of my PXE server I would have to do the following:

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I'm not sure if this is because SmartStart copies drivers from the CD during setup, or whether Windows just has the drivers natively in its driver CAB.

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Using SmartStart I have never had to manually download and install Windows drivers for network, sound, video, etc.

Installs various HP Tools for Windows (HP Array Configuration Utility, HP Array Diagnostic Utility, HP Proliant Integrated Management Log Viewer, etc).

Setup RAID with HP Array Configuration Utility (ACU).

SmartStart does three useful things for us: To date, we have always built the HP Proliant servers using the SmartStart CD provided. They’re running Windows Server 2003 (various editions) or 2008 (various editions).

The vast majority of our servers are HP Proliant D元60 G6, D元80 G5 and D元80 G6. This process works very well for our workstations and I would now like to use it for building our servers too. They also run a number of scripts upon first booting up to install software packages. The Windows XP and Windows 7 installation sources have been customised to include the drivers for our Dell workstations. The Windows setup EXE is launched, passing the unattended answer file to it as a parameter.The answers provided are used to build an unattended answer file (SIF for WinXP and XML for Win7). Another custom script asks for details such as the hostname to assign to the workstation.A custom script is launched to guide you through the process of formatting and partitioning the hard drive(s) (using DISKPART and FORMAT).Once booted into WinPE, I connect to a network share to gain access to either the Windows XP or Windows 7 installation files.Workstation stores WinPE image file in memory and executes it.Workstation downloads WinPE image file from PXE server via TFTP.

DHCP server responds with an IP address and the location of the PXE server.I have a PXE server for deploying Windows XP and Windows 7 to workstations.