HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Administrator Guide

parameter, a URL representing the location of the media to be used in that OS Build Plan. The URL
looks something like the following:
protocol://username:password@host/path#local-mount-point
where:
protocol is the protocol used to access the media — smb, http or nfs
username:password are the optional username and password to access the share — used for
SMB only
host is the IP address or hostname of the server
path is the path on the media server to the data
local-mount-point is the local drive or path to mount the share to (not used for http)
For more details about Set Media Source script, refer to the Insight Control Server Provisioning
Build Plans Reference Guide r found at http:www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
Some examples of Set Media Source parameters include the following:
smb://myuser:mypass@myhost/deployment#z
http://myhostname/deployment/rhel63-x64
nfs://myhostname/deployment#/mnt/mymedia
As long as the host, path, username, and password specified in the Set Media Source step match
the names and paths used when creating the media server, the OS Build Plans should work without
problem.
The IC server provisioning appliance has a user interface for configuring the Media Server settings,
and IC server provisioning has the Media Server Setup Utility to automatically configure a Windows
Media Server. This utility ensures the locations specified in the HP-provided OS Build Plans match
the locations on the Media Server. Using the appliance user interface and Media Server Setup
Utility will ensure the HP-provided OS Build Plans run without modification. The Media Server setup
utility is also available in the product ZIP file your appliance was delivered in and on the media.
Media Server custom attributes
Media Server information is passed to the HP-provided OS Build Plans using special custom attributes
that represent the URL of the Media Server. These custom attributes are automatically defined when
the Media Server information is entered on the Media Server Setup screen. They are used as
parameters to the Set Media Source step in the OS Build Plans to point to the appropriate location.
There is one set of custom attributes used for the Windows share, and one for the HTTP base
address. The Windows Share custom attributes are:
@__OPSW-Media-WinUser@@__OPSW-Media-WinPassword@@__OPSW-Media-WinPath@
NOTE: The three custom attributes combine together to create the single SMB URL mentioned
above.
The HTTP URL Base Custom Attribute is:
@__OPSW-Media-LinURI@
Specific descriptions of these custom attributes can be found in the following table.
Table 3 Media Server custom attributes
FormatMedia Server SettingCustom Attribute Name
smb://username:Protocol and username for Windows
deployments
__OPSW-Media-WinUser
passwordPassword for Windows deployments__OPSW-Media-WinPassword
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