Remote Installation Services Architecture

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Remote Installation Services architecture

This section covers:

• Technologies and components used by Remote Installation Services

• PXE architecture

• Remote Installation Services directory service planning

• Remote Installation Services system requirements

• Remote Installation Services boot disk

• Network service boot

For information about the sequence of steps through which you create an installation image by using the Remote Installation Preparation (RIPrep) Wizard, see Creating an installation image with RIPrep.

Note

• This topic does not apply to Windows Server 2003, Web Edition.