HP ProLiant DL380 Server - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................6
Scripting Toolkit........................................................................................................................6
Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment.............................................................................6
Minimum requirements..............................................................................................................6
2 Deployment using the Scripting Toolkit..........................................................7
Deployment overview................................................................................................................7
Sample deployment procedure...................................................................................................7
Creating a network share......................................................................................................8
Adding drivers to Windows PE 2.1.........................................................................................8
Adding drivers to Windows PE 3.0.........................................................................................9
Capturing a reference configuration from the source server......................................................10
Configuring the target server and installing the operating system .............................................10
3 Advanced topics......................................................................................12
Overview..............................................................................................................................12
Customizing deployment scripts using HPDISCOVERY and IFHW..................................................12
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file based on system name ........................................................12
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file to determine the presence of a particular card ........................12
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file to determine the presence of a card family..............................13
Performing an unattended operating system installation and adding mass storage drivers.................13
Booting Windows PE from a USB drive key................................................................................20
Flashing the ROM in a Windows PE environment........................................................................20
Erasing array configurations.....................................................................................................22
4 Toolkit utilities..........................................................................................23
Syntax conventions.................................................................................................................23
Utility online help...................................................................................................................23
Using toolkit utilities................................................................................................................24
Using REBOOT.......................................................................................................................24
REBOOT command-line syntax.............................................................................................24
REBOOT command-line arguments.......................................................................................24
REBOOT return codes.........................................................................................................24
REBOOT command-line examples........................................................................................25
Using SETBOOTORDER...........................................................................................................25
SETBOOTORDER command-line syntax.................................................................................25
SETBOOTORDER command-line arguments...........................................................................25
SETBOOTORDER return codes.............................................................................................25
SETBOOTORDER command-line examples.............................................................................25
Using STATEMGR...................................................................................................................25
STATEMGR command-line syntax.........................................................................................26
STATEMGR command-line arguments....................................................................................26
STATEMGR return codes.....................................................................................................26
STATEMGR command-line examples.....................................................................................26
Using RBSURESET...................................................................................................................26
RBSURESET command-line syntax.........................................................................................27
RBSURESET command-line arguments...................................................................................27
RBSURESET return codes.....................................................................................................27
Using HPDISCOVERY..............................................................................................................27
HPDISCOVERY command-line syntax....................................................................................27
HPDISCOVERY command line arguments..............................................................................27
HPDISCOVERY return codes................................................................................................28
HPDISCOVERY command line examples...............................................................................28
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