How to perform a remote NOS image installation Using HP Toptools Remote Control

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This document describes how to implement remote NOS image deployment.

It is distributed together with:

• pdf files with all details required for the setup of an unattended

remote NOS installation and remote NOS image deployment;

• a zip file with copies of the disks needed for the installation.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/servers/software/nos_image.zip

All this information is available on the HP web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/netservers

Summary of content (6 pages)

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application note remote NOS image deployment This document describes how to implement remote NOS image deployment. It is distributed together with: • pdf files with all details required for the setup of an unattended remote NOS installation and remote NOS image deployment; • a zip file with copies of the disks needed for the installation. ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/servers/software/nos_image.zip All this information is available on the HP web site: http://www.hp.
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1. prepare a server (nt4/w2k) for image creation for nt4: • Install NT4 from the Microsoft CD (without the HP Utility Partition). • During installation, the wizard requests information about hardware including the number of processors. Select “multi-processor installation” by default. NB: the Navigator CD automatically detects the number of processors present on the main machine.
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2. creating image files Image files may be created locally or via a LAN connection. locally: refer to software scripts: \\Disk 0 • You need a FAT partition on the same disk or another (at least 400MB, for the image of a basic installation) • Create a disk to boot under DOS and set up the SCSI connection of the disk(s) (see sample in Disk 0 files). You can copy the PQDI programs to this disk if you have not already done so.
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3. creating a bootable cd rom in order to push an image locally You will need a CD writer with suitable software. We used the Easy CD Creator software from Adaptec(r) with the HP CD-RW. http://www.hpcdwriter.com/products/fs_products.asp On the machine with the CD writer: refer to software scripts: \\Disk 2 • Create a disk to boot under DOS, which launches PQDI automatically using the correct image file (see sample in disk 2 files). To complete the set up of this disk, check this point in: * Autoexec.
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A TFTP client can request files within the base directory or its subdirectories but does not have access to lower directories. The server software enables the base directory to act only as a file source, not as a file destination. • Insert the Navigator CD into the client. • Click Exit to close the Disk Library or Netserver Navigator screen. • Create a c:\tftp directory, using Explorer. • Using Explorer to view the CDROM:\ttrc\us directory. • Copy the following file into the root of the C drive: tftpserv.
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7. pushing an image from a TFTP server • Follow the steps in section 2. • Create a *.dsk file (step 4) from the disk you have created in section 4. • Configure a TFTP server (step 5). • Locate the *.dsk file within the TFTP file of your TFTP server. • Configure the TT_RCC with the IP address of the TFTP server and the TFTP file name (step 6). • To start the push, click the “Start” button and confirm by clicking on “yes”.