Using the HP Rapid Deployment Pack 3.7 to Deploy Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for IA64

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Table of Contents

About This Document.........................................................................................................7

Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7

Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................7

HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................7

1 Overview.........................................................................................................................9

Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................................9

RDP components requiring no modification..........................................................................................9

RDP components requiring customization..........................................................................................10

Tasks that cannot be performed with RDP...........................................................................................10

2 Customizing RDP jobs..................................................................................................11

Tools......................................................................................................................................................11

Creating ACPI jobs..........................................................................................................................11

Integrity jobs.........................................................................................................................................12

Read HW Configuration jobs (group 1)..........................................................................................12

Read Image jobs (group 2)...............................................................................................................12

Windows Scripted/Imaged Install jobs (group 3)............................................................................12

Write/Erase HW Configuration jobs (group 4)................................................................................13

Post-Operating System Installation jobs (group 5)..........................................................................13

Customization prerequisites.................................................................................................................13

3 Performing customization.............................................................................................15

Creating Set ACPI Mode jobs...............................................................................................................15

Creating the Set ACPI Mode to Windows {LinuxPE} job................................................................15

Creating the Set ACPI Mode to Linux (Windows) job....................................................................16

Read HW Configuration jobs (group 1)................................................................................................18

Method A: Using the Set ACPI Mode jobs......................................................................................18

Scheduling a Single Read HW Configuration job......................................................................18

Scheduling three Read HW Configuration jobs.........................................................................20

Method B: Customizing with the Set ACPI tasks............................................................................20

Customizing and running a Read HW Configuration job.........................................................21

Customizing and running three Read HW Configuration jobs.................................................22

Read Image jobs (group 2)....................................................................................................................23

Customizing the Capture Windows 2003 IA64 Sysprep Image {LinuxPE} job...............................24

Customizing the Read Integrity RX/BL System and Array Configuration and Linux Image

{LinuxPE} job...................................................................................................................................25

Running Read Image jobs from LinuxPE........................................................................................25

Bare-metal target systems.....................................................................................................................25

Windows Scripted/Imaged Install jobs (group 3)............................................................................26

Customizing the Deploy Windows 2003 IA64 Sysprep Image {LinuxPE} job...........................26

Customizing the Write Integrity RX/BL System and Array Configuration and Linux Image

{LinuxPE} job..............................................................................................................................27

Customizing the Deploy Windows 2003 IA64 Enterprise (Integrity RX/BL) {LinuxPE} job.....27

Customizing the Deploy Integrity RX/BL + Windows 2003 IA64 Enterprise + ISP {LinuxPE}

job...............................................................................................................................................28

Write/Erase HW Configuration jobs (group 4).....................................................................................29

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