HP Compaq 6080 Pro White Paper
Unattended Deploym ent of
®
Microsoft
Windows® on HP
Business-Class Products with
Microsoft SCCM 2007
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary ............................................................................................. 2
Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2
HP Driver Pack Overview ................................................................................ 3
Benefits........................................................................................................... 5
Before You Begin ............................................................................................ 5
Deploying Microsoft Windows 7 Utilizing Microsoft SCCM 2007 and an HP Driver
Pack ................................................................................................................... 5
Importing WinPE Drivers to a Boot Image ......................................................... 5
Importing the HP Driver Packs ......................................................................... 8
Collecting the Required HP Driver Pack for the Target System ................... 8
Adding the HP Driver Pack to ConfigMgr 2007 ........................................ 8
Applying the HP Driver Pack to OSD Task Sequences........................................ 8
Deploying Windows 7 to Target Systems ......................................................... 9
Deploying Microsoft Windows XP and the HP Mass Storage Driver Using Microsoft
SCCM 2007 ...................................................................................................... 10
Importing the HP Mass Storage Driver to the Driver Store in ConfigMgr 2007 .. 10
Applying the HP Mass Storage Controller Driver in a Task Sequence ............... 11
Searching for the Mass Storage Driver Model ................................................. 13
Creating the “unattend.txt” File ..................................................................... 13
XP Mass Storage Driver Requirements ........................................................... 14
Additional Resources ......................................................................................... 18
Executive Summary
This technical whitepaper describes the procedure for using the Microsoft System
Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 20 07 during the unattended installation of
Microsoft Windows and the deployment of an HP Driver Pack on HP business-class
products.
Introduction
Managing operating system images and hardware driver configurations has
become a key activity for IT professionals. In enterprise environments, it can be a
complex and time-consuming process, as an IT professional needs to:
• Manually select the appropriate hardware drivers for the remote imaging
environment
• Deploy the drivers to the correct set of systems for keeping the environment
stable and reliable
Microsoft SCCM 2007 provides a solution to help IT professionals deploy Microsoft
Windows with HP qualified drivers. This tool streamlines operating system
deployments (OSD) and simplifies the client management process.
Microsoft SCCM 2007 provides a common console with the comprehensive tools
and guidance needed to efficiently manage the deployment of Microsoft Windows,
ensuring that the desired software, drivers, and operating system updates and
patches are installed.
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HP Driver Pack Overview
An HP Driver Pack contains the hardware-enabling drivers necessary for each PC
model. It is structured for the unattended installation of operating system images on
HP client systems.
After downloading an HP Driver Pack, you can double-click it to extract its contents
into a similar folder structure to the one shown in the following diagram:
Figure 1 – HP Driver Pack folder structure
The HP Driver Pack above contains the necessary drivers for the HP 8200 desktop
family.
Note:
The associated applications are not installed with HP
Driver Pack.
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Below is the description of the directory structure in the HP Driver Pack:
Level
Short
Naming Convention
Example
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Business segment
Convention: <business
dt_8100_1.01
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Operating system
Convention:
x64_win7
Category
A category description for
driver - graphics
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Vendor
Driver vendor name
intel
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SoftPaq number
The same as the SoftPaq
sp<number>
Description
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and product or
product family
and revision # of
the current pack
and architecture
segment>_<product or
product series>_<major
revision>.<minor revision>
dt is used for desktops,
nb for notebooks, wk for
workstations
<architecture>_<OS short
name>
x86 is used for 32-bit
architecture and x64 for
64-bit architecture.
the driver
dt_dc7800_2.02
nb_xx60-xx65_3.01
wk_z600_4.01
amd
number if the drivers were
downloaded individually
from the HP website
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Benefits
• Microsoft SCCM 2007 is an improved OS deployment experience with
shortened image deployment timelines
• Each HP Driver Pack is structured for the OSD of Windows
Before You Begin
Have the following items before you begin the Microsoft SCCM 2007 operating
system and driver deployment process:
• Microsoft SCCM 2007 Management Console installed and connected to the
network. For more information on installing SCCM 2007, visit Microsoft’s
website at
• A basic understanding of PXE configuration and OSD using Microsoft
ConfigMgr 2007. For more information on OSD in Microsoft ConfigMgr 2007,
visit Microsoft’s website at
us/library/bb632767.aspx.
• Either a Windows OS image provided by Microsoft or a custom image created
by your company
• An HP Driver Pack for each managed HP client system
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680397.aspx.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
Deploying Microsoft Windows 7 Utilizing Microsoft SCCM 2007 and an HP Driver Pack
The Configuration Manager 2007 console (ConfigMgr 2007) is the primary
interface in Microsoft SCCM 2007 for change and configuration management for
the Microsoft platform. The following sections describe how to use Microsoft
ConfigMgr 2007 to deploy Microsoft Windows and HP drivers on HP businessclass products. HP system applicable drivers are delivered in a single package
called the HP Driver Pack in order to simplify the OSD process. HP Driver Packs are
available on the HP website at
Importing WinPE Drivers to a Boot Image
To deploy Microsoft Windows on a system, ConfigMgr 2007 requires that
Windows-based storage and network drivers are added to the WinPE boot image,
a Windows Pre-installation Environment boot image. This paper uses the WinPE
3.0 drivers downloaded from the HP website at http://www.hp.com/support.
After downloading the WinPE Driver Pack, perform the following steps to import
the drivers into the WinPE boot image in ConfigMgr 2007:
http://www.hp.com/support.
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1. Double-click the WinPE Driver Pack to extract its contents into the folder
structure shown in the following diagram:
Figure 2 – Extracted WinPE SoftPaq folder structure
2. In the Configuration Manager Console tree pane, expand Site Database ->
Computer Management -> Operating System Deployment.
3. Right-click Drivers, and select Import.
4. On the “Locate Driver” screen of the wizard, select the location of the extracted
WinPE SoftPaq (e.g. \\sccmserver\WinPE\x86).
Figure 3 – Importing the WinPE drivers
5. Click Next until you get to the “Add Driver to Boot Images” screen of the
wizard.
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