Users Guide

Deploying Your Operating System Using VM-CLI 175
4 Perform one of the following procedures:
• Integrate RACADM and the Virtual Media command line interface (VM-CLI) into your existing
operating system deployment application. Use the sample deployment script as a guide when
integrating the DRAC 5 utilities into your existing operating system deployment application.
• Use the existing
vmdeploy script to deploy your operating system..
Deploying the Operating System
Use the VM-CLI utility and the vmdeploy script included with the utility to deploy the operating system
to your remote systems.
Before you begin, review the sample vmdeploy script included with the VM-CLI utility. The script offers
detailed requirements to deploy the operating system to remote systems in your network.
The following procedure provides a high-level overview for deploying the operating system on targeted
remote systems.
1
Identify the remote systems that will be deployed.
2 Record the DRAC 5 names and IP addresses of the targeted remote systems.
3 Perform the following procedure for each targeted remote system:
a Configure a VM-CLI process that includes the following parameters for the targeted system:
• DRAC 5 IP address or DDNS name
• Bootable deployment image file name
• DRAC 5 user name
• DRAC 5 user password
b Using RACADM, set the target DRAC 5 boot once option.
c Using RACADM, reboot the DRAC 5 system.