Setting Up WSE and DC AFTER Installing 2012 R2 Standard

Question

I am purchasing new hardware for my WSE 2012 R2 server that I will need to configure BEFORE installing WSE. One example is NIC Teaming, the new box has 4 NICs and I want to team them for redundancy and speed. I cannot set up teaming until the OS is in place
(unless there is a way of doing so during WSE Setup). Another is setting up the file space of 4 drives as a RAID 5 Array.
Is it possible to install WSE on an already configured 2012 R2 Standard box and promote it after I have accomplished these tasks?
Thanks,
Bob Hessenauer

Answer 1

Hi BobHessenauer,
Could clarify your question? I am not quite understand your question “and promote it after I have accomplished these tasks?”, do not use NIC teaming, if you want to improve
the deploy speed you can use multicast.
More information:
Windows Deployment Services Getting Started Guide for Windows Server 2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj648426.aspx
WDS Multicast Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726564(v=ws.10).aspx
Windows Server 2012: Master Windows Deployment Services
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn163597.aspx
How Do I: Use Multicast Transmission to Deploy Multiple Clients
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/how-do-i-use-multicast-transmission-to-deploy-multiple-clients.aspx
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