SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit Deployment Guide for HP Integrity Servers with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems

Table 3-1 Read Hardware Configuration Tasks and Configuration Files (continued)
Configuration FileDescriptionTask
hba-qlogic.ini
1
Reads the QLogic HBA configuration.
hpqlarep
hwdisc.dat
2
Inventories the server to be configured.
hwdiscovery
1 This configuration file is saved only if the target server contains the corresponding hardware: Smart Array, Qlogic,
and Emulex controllers, respectively.
2
Not used for server replication. Can be used with ifhw and hwquery utilities (see “ifhw” (page 66) and “hwquery”
(page 65), respectively), and the allboards.xml file.
Configuring conrep
By default, the conrep utility reads the following EFI variables as configured in the conrep.xml
file and saves the variable data saved to conrep.dat file:
• Lang
• Default
• UIOption
• CPUTreadControl
• Timeout
• AutobootRetry or AutobootRetries
To read (replicate) another EFI variable, edit the conrep.xml file and add it. Use the EFI Shell
dmpstore command to list the variables and their values on the target server.
See Chapter 6 (page 41) for additional information on utilities called by the readhwconf action.
NOTE: By default, ACU reads the RAID configuration with the –internal switch showing
information about Direct Attached Disks (DAS) only. If you want to capture information on
Storage Area Network (SAN) disks, remove the –internal switch in the
CaptureArrayConfiguration.cmd script.
applyhwconf action
The applyhwconf action replicates the configuration files saved in the data_files folder as
described in “readhwconf action” (page 23). Table 3-2 lists the tasks that are executed:
Table 3-2 Apply Hardware Configuration Tasks and Configuration Files
Configuration FileDescriptionTask
conrep.datApplies the conrep configuration.conrep
hpacucapt.ini
Applies the array configuration settings.
hpacubin
hba-emulex.ini
Applies the Emulex HBA configuration.
hplpcfg
hba-qlogic.ini
Applies the QLogic HBA configuration.
hpqlarep
If you want to skip some configuration variables (EFI , ACU, or HBA), delete (or rename) the
corresponding configuration file. For example, if you rename the ACU configuration file, the
current array configuration on the server is preserved when applyhwconf runs.
NOTE: If an EFI variable saved in the conrep.dat configuration file does not exist on the
target server, SSTK does not create it by default. Use conrep with the –F switch if you want to
create new EFI variables when applying the conrep configuration file.
When applying the RAID configuration with ACU, the disk IDs can change. If you want to install
to a disk other than the first disk (disk ID 0), HP recommends you use the diskpart tool to
24 Configuring an SSTK action