Deploying Debian GNU/Linux with ICE-Linux

Some users might prefer to use the new aptitude package browsing, search, and installation tool

for picking individual or related groups of packages and resolving dependencies automatically.

Root Login

By default, the Gnome desktop does not allow the root user to login from the GNOME Display

Manager (GDM) console. You must login as the user student with password student, then

proceed to elevate your privilege level to root using su or sudo.

If you want to enable a root login from the GDM console, choose Desktop (from the upper

taskbar)→ Administration→Login Window→Security tab. Check the box labeled Allow

local system administrator login and close the window. You should be able to log out and log

back in as the root user with the password root.

If you are using the X Window System on the desktop through the iLO Remote Console, you will find it

helpful to open a console and enter the following command to synchronize you desktop mouse

pointer with the VNC console mouse pointer:

# xset m 1 1

Add the command to your Xsession startup file to make it a permanent part of your Xsession

startup procedure.

Providing PSP-like Support

The db4.sh script automatically configures the net-snmp agent to permit HP Systems Insight

Manager (SIM) to connect and obtain enough information to create and maintain an association with

the server’s management processor. The management processor must have already been discovered

by the HP SIM through either a Manual Add or a normal Discovery scan of the management

processors IP address range.

There is no ProLiant Support Pack distributed for the Debian operating system at this time; thus,

enhanced performance and hardware management agent functionality are not available. However,

this agentless install is sufficient to maintain the association between a server and its management

agent, which will enable you to collect some SNMP data and restart the server or perform SSH

management tasks.

Using the HP SIM – ICE-Linux Plug-In to Install Debian

This section provides a brief introduction to setting up and deploying Debian 4.0 to one ProLiant

server; the procedure consists of the following steps, each step is described in its own section:

Step 1: Add a Debian 4.0 Sourc

e to Your Repository

Step 2: Copy or Move the Debian ISO Images into the Directory

Step 3: Create Directories and Copy ISO Images

Step 4: Download the Debian Installer

Step 5: Enable the Debian Installer to Accept a MAC Address

Step 6: Edit the preseed.cfg Configuration File

Step 7: Create Archive for the Kernel

Step 8: Modify ICE-Linux JBOSS Web Server

Step 9: Add Debian 4.0 Installation Configuration File

Step 10: Create a Default Custom OS pres

eed.cfg Configuration File