An engineer is configuring a new server that requires a bare-metal installation. Which of the following installation methods should the engineer use if installation media is not available on site?

Image deployment typically refers to deploying a pre-configured OS image, which itself requires a method to get the image onto the server, often via network installation or USB, making it a step after or part of a network installation, not the primary method when media is unavailable.

A recovery partition is used to restore an existing system to a factory state and is not applicable for a bare-metal installation of a new server that does not yet have an OS or partition.

Remote network installation, often utilizing technologies like PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) or Windows Deployment Services (WDS), allows a bare-metal server to boot from the network and download the operating system installation files, eliminating the need for physical media on site. This method is ideal for deploying operating systems to multiple new servers without individual media.

A repair installation is performed on an existing, corrupted OS to fix it, not to install a new operating system on bare metal.