Allied Telesis 29M2/SP-BA, Installation And User Manual

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29M2/SP-BA Fiber Network Adapter Installation and User’s Guide
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Performing the Silent Installation
To simplify the driver installation process, you may perform a silent
installation when installing driver software for the 29M2/SP-BA network
adapter. The silent installation is a method of installing software in the
silent mode without constant interactions by suppressing dialog boxes.
Note
You can apply the silent installation method only to Microsoft
certified drivers. The drivers that Allied Telesis provides for the
29M2/SP-BA network adapter is Microsoft certified.
Use a command line utility called Driver package Installer (DPInst) for the
silent installation. DPInst is included in the Windows Developer Kit (WDK)
provided by Microsoft. You can obtain the latest DPInst by downloading
and installing the latest WDK from the Microsoft website.
Installing the
Driver Silently
To install the driver silently, perform the following instructions:
1. Create a folder in your Windows system.
2. Download driver software for the 29M2/SA-BA network adapter.
See “Downloading the Driver Software” on page 37.
3. Place the driver files that you downloaded into the folder that you
created in step 1.
The folder should include the following driver files:
– .sys
– .inf
– .cat
4. Download the latest WDK to obtain the
dpinst
utility.
Consult Microsoft websites to download WDK.
5. Place the
dpinst.exe
and its supporting files in the same folder
where you placed the driver files.
Note
You must place the 64-bit dpinst utility if your operating system is the
64-bit version. Place the 32-bit for dpinst utility for the 32-bit version
operating system.
6. Open a command prompt window with administrator privileges.