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

• The image options are specific to a particular kernel image. Each kernel image must be
identified with a logical name called a label. At least one image MUST be defined.
Table 3-2 Image options
DescriptionImage Option
Set root filesystem for kernelroot=filename
Force root filesystem to be mounted read-onlyread-only
Append a string of options to kernel command lineappend=string
Name of initrd fileinitrd=filename
Logical name of image (used in interactive mode)label=string
One line text description of the imagedescription=string
• The SSTK command line options for the linux kernel, which are specified as a string of
values to the image “append” option, bring up the toolkit environment.
Table 3-3 SSTK command line options
DescriptionSSTK Option
Name of the script on the root file system that initializes the SSTK environment by copying
the repository into the ramdisk workspace. This script is named bootstrap. This does not
need to change.
ssstk_init=filename
File system type of your repository. If on a linux workstation (or repository server), specify
“nfs”. If the repository is on Windows, specify “smbfs”.
ssstk_mount_type=string
Network share or device that hosts the repository:
(nfs—[hostname|IP]:/directory)
(smbfs—//[hostname|IP]/directory)
(USB,CD,DVD—/dev/devicename)
ssstk_mount=filename
username=vin, password=mypass (user with write permission to the network share on
a workstation; not needed for other mount.
ssstk_mount_options=string
Name of main launch scriptssstk_script=filename
Default response to the toolkit launch script prompt (readhwconfig or bash or win)ssstk_action=string
Reports the VESA/PCI bus speed in MHz to the IDE driver, where xx is between 20 and
66 inclusive. It is used when tuning chipset PIO modes. For a PCI bus, 25 is used for P75
system, 30 is used for P90,P120,P180 systems, and 33 is used for P100,P133,P166 systems.
If in doubt, use idebus=33 for PCI.
idebus=xx
Edit the sample elilo.conf file included in the SSTK software package to match your
deployment. Here is an annotated example of a working elilo.conf file:
• The prompt forces interactive mode and the timeout waits for 30 seconds.
prompttimeout=300
• The first (default) entry boots the server to Linux and opens a console (label=linux). To
change the default so that the server automatically runs the read hardware configuration,
move all the commands in second bullet below (label=readhw-windows), to the first
entry in the elilo.conf file.
image=linux
label=linux
initrd=rootfs.gz
root=/dev/ram
append=”rw ramdisk_size=524288 idebus=33”
34 Setting up the toolkit environment