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2. Boot to WinPE. 3. Open a command prompt window. 4. Run the hpshowdisk utility as follows: run y:\utilities\hpshowdisk -n 5. Find the disk you want in the list of disks and get the disk ID. 6. Set the hbabootdevicediskid variable to the disk ID in the SSTKConfig.cmd script. 7. Set the default_action variable to sethbabootdevice in the SSTKConfig.cmd script. 8. Reboot to WinPE. IMPORTANT: Be sure there is at least one presentation configured to some Fibre Channel controller. Otherwise, the sethbabootdevice action will have no affect. If the hbaapi.dll is not present in the utilities directory under the SSTK repository tree, this action will not function correctly. In order to obtain that DLL, see the following issue in section 7 of the readme file: "HPshowdisk utility and SetHBABootDevice action do not work properly if hbaapi.dll is not present" applysasconf action When the default_action variable is set to applysasconf, the ApplySASConf.cmd script executes. If the target system is a BL860c, it applies RAID1 array configuration. If it is a BL870c, it applies RAID1 + RAID1 array configuration. Choosing the installation disk By default, the toolkit installs Windows at the first disk (disk ID 0). If you want to install Windows on another disk, the hpshowdisk tool can help you identify the target disk by showing disk details, such as disk size and type. To run hpshowdisk, follow these steps: 1. Boot the target server using the commandprompt action. 2. Open a Windows PE command prompt and enter hpshowdisk. 3. Change to the y:\utilities directory. 4. Run hpshowdisk -n. Y:\utilities>hpshowdisk -n HP Smart Array HP Smart Array P400 Controller - 05132-B21 Disk ID 0: LUN 0 - 101.65 GB HP PCIe Smart Array P411 SAS Controller - AM311A Disk ID 1: LUN 0 - 169.43 GB Disk ID 2: LUN 0 - 698.56 GB If you want to install Windows on the disk connecting HP Smart Array P411, for example, choose disk 1. After you identify the installation disk, edit the following SSTK diskpart script to set the disk ID of the installation disk: diskpart\ For installing Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows default_layout_2008.txt Server 2008 R2 You must also edit the os\unattended_files\2008-server-version\unattended.xml file (or unattended-JP.xml for Japanese Windows deployment) and set the disk ID of the installation disk. For example: 1 applysasconf action 25

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2.
Boot to WinPE.
3.
Open a command prompt window.
4.
Run the
hpshowdisk
utility as follows:
run y:\utilities\hpshowdisk -n
5.
Find the disk you want in the list of disks and get the disk ID.
6.
Set the
hbabootdevicediskid
variable to the disk ID in the
SSTKConfig.cmd
script.
7.
Set the
default_action
variable to
sethbabootdevice
in the
SSTKConfig.cmd
script.
8.
Reboot to WinPE.
IMPORTANT:
Be sure there is at least one presentation configured to some Fibre Channel
controller. Otherwise, the
sethbabootdevice
action will have no affect.
If the
hbaapi.dll
is not present in the utilities directory under the SSTK repository tree, this
action will not function correctly. In order to obtain that DLL, see the following issue in section
7 of the
readme
file:
"HPshowdisk utility and SetHBABootDevice action do not work properly
if hbaapi.dll is not present"
applysasconf action
When the
default_action
variable is set to
applysasconf
, the
ApplySASConf.cmd
script
executes. If the target system is a BL860c, it applies RAID1 array configuration. If it is a BL870c,
it applies RAID1 + RAID1 array configuration.
Choosing the installation disk
By default, the toolkit installs Windows at the first disk (disk ID 0). If you want to install Windows
on another disk, the
hpshowdisk
tool can help you identify the target disk by showing disk
details, such as disk size and type.
To run
hpshowdisk
, follow these steps:
1.
Boot the target server using the
commandprompt
action.
2.
Open a Windows PE command prompt and enter
hpshowdisk
.
3.
Change to the
y:\utilities
directory.
4.
Run
hpshowdisk -n
.
Y:\utilities>
hpshowdisk -n
HP Smart Array
HP Smart Array P400 Controller - 05132-B21
Disk ID 0: LUN 0 - 101.65 GB
HP PCIe Smart Array P411 SAS Controller - AM311A
Disk ID 1: LUN 0 - 169.43 GB
Disk ID 2: LUN 0 - 698.56 GB
If you want to install Windows on the disk connecting HP Smart Array P411, for example, choose
disk 1.
After you identify the installation disk, edit the following SSTK
diskpart
script to set the disk
ID of the installation disk:
diskpart\
default_layout_2008.txt
For installing Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows
Server 2008 R2
You must also edit the
os\unattended_files\2008-server-
version
\unattended.xml
file (or
unattended-JP.xml
for Japanese Windows deployment) and set the disk ID of the
installation disk. For example:
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>1</DiskID>
</InstallTo>
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