Hi... I am using Boot media to start my Windows Server OSD. I have no DHCP in the data center and can not use PXE. Anyway, I have my techs boot to the SCCM Boot Media (SCCM 2007 R3 SP2). The techs will enter a valid production IP address on one of the 6 NICs. They then hit F8 and ping the SCCM site site to ensure that they have network connectivity. Then they click NEXT in the wizard and are presented a menu of what server operating system to deploy. (I have a serveral TS Adv to unknown computers)
The installation starts just fine... The hard disk is formated, The Os image is copyed, etc. After the system boots into the real OS for the first time, the IP address information is lost. This causes the remainder task sequence events to fail. (Note: when I test my TS in a lab environment with DHCP, everything completes normally and my Os works 100%).
So, I was wondering if there was a way of retaining the WinPE manually entered IP address through out the deployment?
1) WinPE phase: Server tech enters a static ip address via the config button because there is no DHCP available in the server vlan.
2) Image is applied
3) As a first step right after the task sequence is restarted I want to retain the IP entered in step 1 WinPe and apply it to the OS.
Is this possible and are the detailed steps to implement?
Thanks