HP Integrity rx1600 SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit Deployment Guide: HP Integrit - Page 3

Table of Contents Preface...9 Intended Audience...9 Typographic Conventions...9 Publishing History...11 Related Information...12 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 21 Setting Up a Model Server...21 Creating a Server Profile...21 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment...22 Launching the Server Replication...22 Capturing and Deploying System Images 22 Capturing Images...23 Image Format and Compatibility 23 Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size 23 Deploying Images...23 Upgrading RHEL Installations...23 SAN Environment Autoconfiguration 24 Customizing the Toolkit Environment 24 Resetting SELinux Attributes after Replicating RHEL5 and RHEL5U1 24 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 33 Editing the sstk.conf Script...33 Editing the Linux Boot Loader...34 Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script 37 Editing the linux-setup.sh Script 37 Setting Repository Access Permissions 38 Table of Contents 3