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====== Installing Windows to an SRP target ======

You can create customised Windows Server 2008 installation media that will allow you to install Windows directly to your SRP SAN target.  (You cannot do this using the standard installation DVD-ROM; you must customise it first.)

===== Install the Windows AIK =====

Download and install the Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 from [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08]].

===== Creating an installation medium =====

Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD-ROM and a blank USB key.  Start up a command prompt and use //diskpart// to list the disks on your system:

    C:\Users\Administrator> diskpart
    
    Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6002
    Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation.
    On computer: WIN-8AHI8ZB7YBM
    
    DISKPART> list disk
    
      Disk ###  Status      Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  ----------  -------  -------  ---  ---
      Disk 0    Online       466 GB      0 B
      Disk 1    Offline       40 GB      0 B
      Disk 2    Online      3817 MB      0 B

Select the USB key:

    DISKPART> select disk N

where //N// is the number of the disk corresponding to your blank USB key ("Disk 2" in the above example).  Create a new bootable partition on the USB key:

    DISKPART> clean
    DISKPART> create partition primary
    DISKPART> select partition 1
    DISKPART> active
    DISKPART> format fs=fat32
    DISKPART> assign
    DISKPART> exit

Copy the contents of the Windows Server 2008 DVD-ROM to the USB key:

    xcopy /e /f D:\*.* E:\

(where //D:// is the drive letter of your DVD-ROM drive, and //E:// is the drive letter of your newly-formatted USB key).

===== Preparing the boot image =====

Download the correct version of Windows OpenFabrics from [[http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WinOF/]] and unzip the //.msi// installer file.  Unpack the driver files to a temporary location:

    msiexec -a WinOF_2-1_wlh_x64.msi -qb TARGETDIR=%TMP%\WinOF

Start up a Windows PE Tools Command Prompt (//Start//->//All Programs//->//Microsoft Windows AIK//->//Windows PE Tools Command Prompt//) and mount the boot image file:

    mkdir %TMP%\Mount
    imagex /mountrw E:\sources\boot.wim 2 %TMP%\Mount

Add the //imagex// command to the boot image:

    copy ..\%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%\imagex.exe %TMP%\Mount\Windows

Add the WinOF drivers to the boot image:

    cd %TMP%\WinOF\PFiles\WinOF\Drivers
    for /f %i in ('dir *.inf /s /b') do peimg /inf=%i %TMP%\Mount

Commit the changes to the boot image:

    imagex /unmount /commit %TMP%\Mount

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