SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit Deployment Guide for HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems

Table of Contents
About This Document.........................................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................7
HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................7
1 Overview.........................................................................................................................9
Introduction............................................................................................................................................9
Toolkit and caboodle.............................................................................................................................10
Plan the deployment.............................................................................................................................11
Select a workstation.........................................................................................................................11
Select a boot mechanism..................................................................................................................11
Position the repository.....................................................................................................................12
Go with the workflow...........................................................................................................................12
Setting up a model server................................................................................................................12
Creating a server profile..................................................................................................................13
Setting up the toolkit environment.................................................................................................13
Launching the server replication.....................................................................................................13
Customizing the toolkit environment.............................................................................................14
2 Creating a server profile.............................................................................................15
Prepare the workstation........................................................................................................................15
Display headless server console output at the workstation............................................................15
Unpack the toolkit.................................................................................................................................17
Upload the OS installation files............................................................................................................20
Set up unattended OS installation........................................................................................................22
Accessing the server after a Windows installation..........................................................................23
Installing tools from the Integrity Support Pack.............................................................................24
Upload the device driver files...............................................................................................................24
Set up driver installation.......................................................................................................................29
3 Setting up the toolkit environment..............................................................................33
Edit elilo.conf........................................................................................................................................33
Review main_toolkit_launch.sh............................................................................................................35
Edit windows-setup.sh.........................................................................................................................36
4 Setting up the boot mechanism..................................................................................39
Using a bootable CD/DVD....................................................................................................................39
From a Windows workstation.........................................................................................................39
Create a bootable disk image.....................................................................................................39
Create the ISO using Roxio........................................................................................................40
Create the ISO using Nero.........................................................................................................42
From a Linux workstation...............................................................................................................43
Create a bootable disk image.....................................................................................................44
Create a CD build directory.......................................................................................................44
Create the ISO file.......................................................................................................................44
Booting from the CD/DVD..............................................................................................................45
Using a USB flash device......................................................................................................................45
Create a bootable USB flash device on a Windows workstation....................................................45
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