HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

Table 7-2 Download web address for initrd files (continued)
FTP download web addressArchitectureOperating system
No modifications requiredx86 and AMD64SLES 10 SP3
No modifications requiredx86 and AMD64SLES 11
Before you can use Insight Control for Linux to install Linux on these servers, you must:
• Download the files and copy them to the appropriate directories under /opt/
repositories/boot, overwriting the original initrd supplied with the distribution of
the corresponding Linux operating system.
• Ensure that you have the appropriate PSP in the repository. For information on which PSPs
are appropriate for which operating systems, see the HP Insight Control for Linux Support
Matrix.
• Specify a Kickstart or AutoYaST file derived from the templates specifically for the server
from the Insight Control for Linux Repository when installing the OS.
7.4 Installing RHEL on managed systems
This section describes the two methods for installing RHEL to one or more managed systems:
• “Installing RHEL using an unattended method” (page 89)
• “Installing RHEL interactively” (page 89)
7.4.1 Installing RHEL using an unattended method
An unattended RHEL installation uses an ASCII format configuration file called the Kickstart
installation configuration file. This file provides responses to the installation process and eliminates
the need for you to manually enter your responses. For more information about installation
configuration files, see Section 7.2 (page 82).
Follow the generic Linux OS installation procedure in Section 7.8 (page 95) to launch an
unattended RHEL Kickstart installation.
7.4.2 Installing RHEL interactively
An interactive installation method requires interaction with the RHEL installation user interface.
Other than PXE booting from the selected OS release, update, and architecture, HP Insight Control
for Linux provides no other automated configuration service with this interactive method. You
must interact with the OS installer through the selected console type.
An interactive installation also affords the most opportunity for you to customize and select
specific packages and groups of packages during installation and provides even greater control
over the default configuration of the managed system.
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