HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Administrator Guide

7 Using OS Build Plans
Insight Control server provisioning provides OS Build Plans, scripts, packages, and configuration
files you can use to create custom Build Plans to deploy operating systems, configure hardware,
and update firmware.
IMPORTANT: See the Insight Control server provisioning All About OS Build Plans and Steps
white paper found at http:www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs for detailed descriptions of HP
supplied OS Build Plans, scripts, packages and configuration files.
OS Build Plans are the way tasks get done in IC server provisioning. These are the items you
actually run to cause actions like installing a server or updating firmware to happen. OS Build
Plans are simply a collection of ordered steps and parameters associated with those steps that
when placed together, in the proper order, can perform just about any action you require. IC
server provisioning comes ready to run, with sample Build Plans and Build Plan steps that are
designed to work right out of the box.
Sample plans demonstrate the steps required to perform the most common deployment related
operations. Most users will modify one of the provided samples to perform the functions they need.
About OS Build Plans
Although Build Plans are referred to as OS Build Plans, they do much more than operating system
deployment. For example, Build Plans can also be used to do the following:
• Configure a target server’s hardware
• Capture a target server’s hardware configuration, so that the same configuration can later be
applied to other servers
• Update the firmware on a target server
• Install software on a target server with a running operating system.
IC server provisioning provides four types of sample Build Plans:
• ProLiant Combination. Beginning with IC server provisioning release 7.2.2,Build Plans labeled
with ProLiant COMBO perform a combination of functions on target servers, such as
hardware-related configurations, deploying an operating system, and installing software.
• ProLiant Hardware. Build plans labeled with ProLiant HW perform hardware-related functions
on target servers such as booting the target server to the proper service OS, or capturing or
configuring hardware settings.
• ProLiant Operating System. Build plans labeled with ProLiant HW perform hardware-related
functions on target servers such as booting the target server to the proper service OS, or
capturing or configuring hardware settings.
• ProLiant Software. Build plans labeled with ProLiant SW perform functions on target servers
to update the firmware or install/update software on target servers running a production
operating system.
OS Build Plan steps
The following four types of Build Plans are made up of a series of Build Plan steps that execute in
order to perform the actions.
Four types of steps are available:
• “Run script step” (page 36)
• “Deploy package step” (page 36)
• “Deploy configuration file step” (page 36)
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