Server 2008 R2 Unattended static ip

[kai4785]

I've tried using WAIK to configure a static IP via an unattended xml file, but I continue to get an error during "Completing installation" about setup being able to read the XML file. I checked it against my Server 2008 unattended xml file, and they are pretty much exactly the same.

Here's my unattended xml file component that's giving me issues. If I delete this component, the install proceeds normally, and I just get DHCP.

        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <Interfaces>
                <Interface wcm:action="add">
                    <Ipv4Settings>
                        <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled>
                    </Ipv4Settings>
                    <UnicastIpAddresses>
                        <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">192.168.100.66/24</IpAddress>
                    </UnicastIpAddresses>
                    <Routes>
                        <Route wcm:action="add">
                            <Identifier>0</Identifier>
                            <Metric>20</Metric>
                            <NextHopAddress>192.168.100.1</NextHopAddress>
                            <Prefix>0.0.0.0/0</Prefix>
                        </Route>
                    </Routes>
                    <Identifier>Local Area Connection</Identifier>
                </Interface>
            </Interfaces>
        </component>

[leen2]

Try the following:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Interfaces>

<Interface wcm:action="add">

<Identifier>Local Area Connection</Identifier>

<Ipv4Settings>

<DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled>

<Metric>10</Metric>

<RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled>

</Ipv4Settings>

<UnicastIpAddresses>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">192.168.100.66/24</IpAddress>

</UnicastIpAddresses>

<Routes>

<Route wcm:action="add">

<Identifier>1</Identifier>

<Metric>10</Metric>

<NextHopAddress>192.168.100.1</NextHopAddress>

<Prefix>0.0.0.0/0</Prefix>

</Route>

</Routes>

</Interface>

</Interfaces>

</component>

also we ude the MAC address of the network card for the identifier in the form of "00-52-6C-93-04-75" but it is supposed to work with the name of the connection however with multiple connectinos in a machine it easy to confuse which is which.

[kai4785]

Why does moving some of the elements around work that way? That's totally confusing. I'm using WSIM to generate the XML, why would it give me bogus XML? Or am I missing something? Anyway, I'm happy that it does work, and I suppose that's the best answer

Can you give me an example of both the amd64_microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client_neutral and amd64_Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP_neutral components for the specialize pass that show how to use the MAC address for the Identifier? I would also like to move that route eventually for systems that have more than one NIC. I would really appreciate it.

[leen2]

Sorry for the delay in responding, I forgot to check back on this article:

For Static DNS entries use the following:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Interfaces>

<Interface wcm:action="add">

<DNSServerSearchOrder>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">10.2.1.4</IpAddress>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="2">10.2.1.5</IpAddress>

</DNSServerSearchOrder>

<Identifier>00-52-6C-93-04-75</Identifier>

<EnableAdapterDomainNameRegistration>true</EnableAdapterDomainNameRegistration>

<DisableDynamicUpdate>true</DisableDynamicUpdate>

<DNSDomain>your.domain.name.com</DNSDomain>

</Interface>

</Interfaces>

<DNSDomain>your.domain.name.com</DNSDomain>

<UseDomainNameDevolution>true</UseDomainNameDevolution>

</component>

For static WINS entries use the following:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-NetBT" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Interfaces>

<Interface wcm:action="add">

<NameServerList>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">10.2.1.6</IpAddress>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="2">10.2.1.7</IpAddress>

</NameServerList>

<Identifier>00-52-6C-93-04-75</Identifier>

<NetbiosOptions>1</NetbiosOptions>

</Interface>

</Interfaces>

</component>

For Static address set against a specific MAC address use:

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Interfaces>

<Interface wcm:action="add">

<Identifier>00-52-6C-93-04-75</Identifier>

<Ipv4Settings>

<DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled>

<Metric>10</Metric>

<RouterDiscoveryEnabled>false</RouterDiscoveryEnabled>

</Ipv4Settings>

<UnicastIpAddresses>

<IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">192.168.100.66/24</IpAddress>

</UnicastIpAddresses>

<Routes>

<Route wcm:action="add">

<Identifier>1</Identifier>

<Metric>10</Metric>

<NextHopAddress>192.168.100.1</NextHopAddress>

<Prefix>0.0.0.0/0</Prefix>

</Route>

</Routes>

</Interface>

</Interfaces>

</component>