HP SmartStart Scripting Toolkit 8.7 Linux Edition User Guide

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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 6

SmartStart Scripting Toolkit ......................................................................................................................... 6

Minimum requirements ............................................................................................................................... 6

Deployment using the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................. 7

Deployment overview ................................................................................................................................. 7

Sample deployment procedure .................................................................................................................... 7

Creating a network share ................................................................................................................. 8

Capturing a reference configuration from the source server ................................................................... 8

Creating an ISO image to be written to CD ........................................................................................ 9

Configuring the target server ........................................................................................................... 10

Installing the operating system ......................................................................................................... 10

Advanced topics ......................................................................................................................... 11

SYSLINUX .............................................................................................................................................. 11

Booting using PXE ................................................................................................................................... 11

Setting up a TFTP server ................................................................................................................. 12

Populating the TFTP directory share .................................................................................................. 13

Setting up a DHCP server ............................................................................................................... 13

Booting from a USB drive key ................................................................................................................... 14

Performing an unattended operating system installation ................................................................................ 14

System hardware configuration ....................................................................................................... 15

Microsoft Windows install_win.sh sample script ................................................................................ 19

Red Hat Linux anaconda-ks.cfg sample file ....................................................................................... 19

Toolkit utilities ............................................................................................................................. 22

Syntax conventions .................................................................................................................................. 22

Utility online help .................................................................................................................................... 22

Using toolkit utilities ................................................................................................................................. 23

Using REBOOT ....................................................................................................................................... 23

REBOOT command-line syntax ........................................................................................................ 23

REBOOT command-line arguments ................................................................................................... 23

REBOOT return codes .................................................................................................................... 24

REBOOT command-line examples .................................................................................................... 24

Using SETBOOTORDER ........................................................................................................................... 24

SETBOOTORDER command-line syntax ............................................................................................ 24

SETBOOTORDER command-line arguments ....................................................................................... 24

SETBOOTORDER return codes ........................................................................................................ 24

SETBOOTORDER command-line examples ........................................................................................ 25

Using STATEMGR .................................................................................................................................... 25

STATEMGR command-line syntax .................................................................................................... 25

STATEMGR command-line arguments ............................................................................................... 25

STATEMGR return codes................................................................................................................. 25

STATEMGR command-line examples ................................................................................................ 26

Using RBSURESET .................................................................................................................................... 26

RBSURESET command-line syntax .................................................................................................... 26

RBSURESET command-line arguments ............................................................................................... 26