RAID Image Deployment on HP Compaq dc7000 Series Business PCs

9. Continue with the Windows installation.

10. After the installation is complete, verify that the RAID drivers loaded correctly by running the Device

Manager and checking for the Intel ICH8R/DO/DH SATA RAID Controller entry in the SCSI

and RAID controllers section. If the drivers did not load correctly, repeat this procedure.

11. Using your deployment server, create a deployment image of the reference computer.

Building the Master Image – Online Prebuilt Operating Sys-

tem Image

Summary

Use this section when an installation of Windows XP that has already been built on a RAID capable com-

puter is used as the reference machine for the deployment images. You will insert the RAID drivers into a

live operating system image using the Sysprep program.

Prerequisites

• Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5 or greater

• Reference computer

•CD-ROM drive

• No RAID controllers required

• Target computer - HP Compaq dc7700 Business PCs:

•RAID capable

• Two or more hard drives of the same size

•PXE Boot enabled

• RAID does not need to be enabled or configured prior to installation

• Repset

• Windows XP Professional Installation CD-ROM

• RAID driver softpaq 33181

Instructions

1. Boot the reference computer into Windows XP.

2. Extract the softpaq to an available Windows computer.

3. Create a folder called Sysprep in the root directory

4. Insert the Windows XP Installation CD.