HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

• An unattended installation method reads RHEL Kickstart and SLES AutoYaST installation
files, which contain the responses to the OS installation process. This method requires no
user interaction.
For more information about using Kickstart and AutoYaST files for unattended installations, see
Section 7.2 (page 82).
IMPORTANT: To use Kickstart or AutoYaST files that have been provided by HP to perform
unattended installations of a supported OS, you must first register the PSP in the Insight Control
for Linux repository and copy the PSP file to the appropriate location in the repository.
The PSP registered in the repository must be associated with an OS that is of the same type,
version, release, sub-version and architecture as the OS being installed. You do not select the
PSP during the OS installation, but it is used as part of the installation process.
For more details on how PSPs are involved in the OS installation process and how to do an
unattended installation without providing the PSP, see Chapter 9 (page 105).
7.1.2 Supported operating systems
Several versions of operating systems, including virtualization operating systems, are supported
for remote installation on managed systems. See the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix
for the specific list of supported OS on managed systems.
7.1.3 Support for custom or other variants of Linux operating systems
The HP Insight Control for Linux installation tools enable the installation of almost any OS:
• That either supports PXE boot protocol or provides a mechanism for assigning an iLO-based
server an IP address (either through kernel parameters or an automated installation
configuration file) so that virtual media can be used.
• That provides kernel and RAM disk files that contain the drivers appropriate to the target
system to be installed.
To install a variant of Linux other than RHEL or SLES, use the Deploy→Operating
System→Custom or Other menu item.
7.2 Using Kickstart or AutoYaST files for unattended installations
To use the Deploy→Operating System→Red Hat (Kickstart) or SLES (AutoYaST) remote OS
installation features of Insight Control for Linux, you must do the following:
• Use the default template files supplied by HP to create customized Kickstart or AutoYaST
files to enable unattended installation of a supported Linux OS.
• Register the Kickstart or AutoYaST file or files in the repository.
• Copy the Kickstart or AutoYaST files or files to the appropriate directory in the repository.
For each supported OS, HP provides a default set of basic Kickstart and AutoYaST installation
configuration files. Do not modify the default files directly, rather use them as templates.
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