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Configuring the target server, Installing the operating system – HP Scripting Toolkit for Linux 9.50 User Manual

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Configuring the target server

1.

At the target server, boot the media that contains the custom Scripting Toolkit for Linux image.

2.

At the boot prompt, type bash and then press Enter. When the process is complete, a command
prompt appears.

3.

Load the network drivers using the loadnet script:

/loadnet.sh

4.

Load appropriate storage controller drivers:

modprobe -f cciss

5.

Load the channel interface driver for iLO:

insmod /opt/hp/hp-ilo/bin/`uname -r`/hp_ilo.ko

6.

Mount the network share:

mkdir /mnt/toolkit_share

7.

Apply the system BIOS configuration using the CONREP utility:

./conrep -l -f/mnt/toolkit_share/data_files/conrep.dat

8.

Apply the Smart Array configuration using the HP SSA utility:

cd /mnt/toolkit_share/utilities/hpssascripting

9.

Apply the iLO configuration using the HPONCFG utility:

cd /mnt/toolkit_share/utilities

10. Unmount the network share:

umount /mnt/toolkit_share

11. Insert the operating system CD.
12. Reboot the server to run the operating system installation.

Installing the operating system

For information on performing an unattended operating system installation, see

“Booting and OS

installation” (page 12)

. For additional information, see the following resources:

Operating system documentation

Kickstart or AutoYAST documentation

Sample deployment procedure

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