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#### Performing an SIA PXE-Based Unattended Installation

This section describes how to perform unattended (no user interaction required) installation tasks, such as firmware upgrades or operating system installations, utilizing a PXE-based image of SIA. These instructions are for advanced users familiar with PXE and apply, at a minimum, to SIA version 2.3.

SIA is a Linux-based program that can be booted from a Linux-based PXE server. You can create an SIA image on your Linux-based PXE server, boot from it, and use SIA to perform deployment tasks in attended or unattended mode. In attended mode, you use SIA as you normally would to perform tasks using the interactive graphical interface. In unattended mode, SIA will automatically perform server installation tasks, such as operating system installation (of supported Linux or Windows versions) or firmware upgrades, without user intervention.

This section contains the following topics. Refer to the topics that apply to your installation.

- Set Up the PXE Infrastructure

- Obtain the SIA PXE Image Files

- Contents of the SIA State File

- How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Installation of Linux

- How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Installation of Windows Server

- How to Prepare for an Unattended SIA Firmware Upgrade

- How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot

- How to Boot SIA From a PXE Server and Perform an Unattended Installation

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