Install Wds; Configure Wds - HP Integrity rx7620 Installation Manual

For detailed descriptions of the concepts, tasks, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for setting
up a WDS server, see the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Technical Reference website:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/product-documentation.aspx
Specifically, go to this link:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/
fbd2d37b-4127-43fd-a079-f78bbd44b7601033.mspx?mfr=true

Install WDS

You can install WDS using the Control Panel or an unattended Setup answer file. To install using
Add or Remove Programs, complete the following steps:
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs, and then
select Add/Remove Windows Components to install the WDS component.
2. Open the WDS Setup Wizard and click Next. The WDS Setup wizard prompts you for
information about specific settings used in the WDS installation. The wizard prompts you
to do the following:
a. Enter the disk drive and directory to install WDS. The disk must be dedicated to the
WDS server with a recommended minimum 4 GB of space.
b. Select Respond to client computer requesting service. The WDS server begins
responding to client computers when the wizard is complete. If you want the WDS
server to respond only to prestaged client computers in Active Directory, select Do not
respond to unknown client computers.
c. Enter the location of the client images. This can be the Windows Server 2008 CD or a
shared folder on the network that contains the installation files.
d. Enter help text that describes the OS installation choices to users or clients of WDS.

Configure WDS

After the WDS Setup Wizard completes, depending on the settings chosen, the WDS server
services client computers or pauses while you configure advanced settings using WDS
administration settings. The following configuration options are available:
• Specify which WDS servers are allowed to run on your network. This option prevents the
use of unauthorized (often referred to as rogue) WDS servers, ensuring that only WDS
servers authorized by administrators can service clients. If an attempt is made to start an
unauthorized WDS server on the network, it is shut down and cannot service client
computers. A WDS server must be authorized before it can service client computers.
• Use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to set properties on WDS servers
that control how the server supplies WDS to requesting clients. To access the snap-in go to
Start > Programs > Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and
Computers.
• Use Group Policy to specify which installation options are presented to groups by the Client
Installation wizard (CIW). For example, you can choose to allow a group access only to the
automatic setup option, and restrict access to all other options to administrators.
• Use security descriptors or discretionary access control lists (ACLs) to specify which users
or groups can access the OS images available on the WDS server. You can use this method
to guide users through the selection of the unattended OS installation relevant for their
account privileges. By default, when an OS image is added to a WDS server, the image is
available to all users serviced by that WDS server.
To configure settings for new clients for WDS, complete the following steps:
1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
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