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

Starting with SIA software version 2.1.0, support for a PXE-based SIA unattended installation of Window Server 2003 was added. Starting with SIA version 2.3, support for doing a PXE-based SIA unattended installation of Windows Server 2008 was added.

- Create the SIA Unattended State File for Windows.

  The SIA state file is a text file that directs the unattended installation of your Windows Server operating system and other SIA tasks to be performed (such as BIOS/SP firmware upgrade). Consider these requirements when creating an SIA state file:

  - When SIA boots from PXE, the state file must identify location of the OS media to be installed and the transfer protocol method (FTP, NFS, or HTTP).

  - The state file must not contain extraneous spaces or punctuation of any kind.

  - Each variable with its value must be on a separate line in the state file without line breaks.

  - The lines specified in the SIA state file must correspond to the steps you would see if you were interactively using the SIA program to perform tasks.

  Sample SIA State File for Windows:

  An SIA state file for an unattended Windows Server 2003 installation looks like the following sample, see Table 5 for an explanation of each variable. Variables required for a Windows Server 2008 installation are different.

      [STATE_BEGIN noname apit]
      apit.unattended=true
      apit.networking=true
      apit.welcome.acceptlicense=true
      apit.networkconfig.needNetwork=true
      apit.networkconfig.useDHCP=true
      apit.networkconfig.needProxy=false
      apit.taskList.selectedTask=Operating System Installation
      apit.remoteUpdate=true
      apit.remoteupdateURL=http://sia-updates.sun.com/remoteUpdate
      apit.http_proxy=path_to_my_http_proxy
      apit.osid.installMedia=networkWindows
      apit.osid.installMethod=http, ftp or nfs
      apit.osid.url1=path_to_Windows_OS_CD1_iso_file
      apit.osid.url2=path_to_Windows_OS_CD2_iso_file
      apit.windows.key=XXXXX-XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
      apit.windows.computerName=computername
      apit.windows.orgName=organizationname
      apit.windows.userName=username
      apit.windows.adminPasswd=password
      apit.windows.acceptEula=Yes
      [STATE_DONE noname apit]

Next Steps

When done, proceed to How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot.

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