HP BL860c SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit Deployment: HP Integrity Servers with L - Page 3

Table of Contents Preface...8 Intended Audience...8 Typographic Conventions...8 Publishing History...10 Related Information...11 HP Encourages Your Comments...12 1 Overview...13 Introduction...13 Reviewing the Toolkit...14 Planning the Deployment...15 Selecting a Workstation...15 Selecting a Boot Mechanism...15 Configuring the Repository...16 Using Repository Creation Scripts 16 2 Using the SSTK Deployment Workflow 22 Setting Up a Model Server...22 Creating a Server Profile...22 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment...23 Launching the Server Replication...23 Capturing and Deploying System Images 23 Capturing Images...24 Image Format and Compatibility 24 Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size 24 Deploying Images...24 SAN Environment Autoconfiguration 24 Customizing the Toolkit Environment 25 Resetting SELinux Attributes after Replicating RHEL5 and RHEL5U1 25 Logical Volume Manager Support...25 Configuring the Static IPv6 Address 25 3 Creating a Server Profile 27 Preparing the Workstation...27 Displaying Headless Server Console Output at the Workstation 27 Unpacking the Toolkit...29 Setting Up an Unattended OS Installation 32 4 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment 34 Editing the sstk.conf Script...34 Editing the Linux Boot Loader...35 Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script 38 Editing the linux-setup.sh Script 38 Setting Repository Access Permissions 39 5 Setting Up the Boot Mechanism 40 Using a Bootable CD or DVD...40 Creating a Bootable Disk Image...40 Creating a CD Build Directory...41 Creating the ISO File...41 Booting From the CD or DVD...41 Using a USB Flash Device...42 Creating a Bootable USB Flash Device 42 Booting From a USB Flash Device 42 Table of Contents 3