HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter - Manual (Page 27)

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8. Optionally, you can modify /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg to use custom boot messages.
Installing targets using PXE
1. Power up the server.
2. Immediately review the iSCSI option ROM messages during POST to confirm that the Option ROM
initialized successfully and is able to login onto the target disk.
3. When prompted, press for PXE installation.
4. Enter the label number (specified in the above section) at the PXE boot prompt and press the Enter
key. The installation starts pulling the installation sources from the NFS server.
SLES 10 installations
The following describes how to install SLES 10 on iSCSI boot targets.
Installing the binary RPM
To install the binary RPM for Red Hat EL5 or SLES 10, enter the following command on the install server:
# rpm -ihv //hp-iscsi-boot-.i386.rpm
If HP linux-iscsi-install-.rpm (for Red Hat EL4 and SLES9) is installed on the system, use the --force
option with the rpm command:
# rpm --force -ihv /hp-iscsi-boot-.i386.rpm
The following files are installed:
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/configure
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/install_bnx2
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/connect_iscsi_target
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/prep_iscsi_boot
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/get_interface
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/get_iscsi_conf
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/autoinst.xml
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/ks.cfg
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/network_iscsi_init
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/network_iscsi_up
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/rhel5ipconfig
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/rhel5mkinitrd
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/utils/optrom/ibootcfg
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/utils/bin/rebuild_initrd
Customizing the control file
The Autoyast Control file contains the steps to be executed during pre-install and post-install stages.
During pre-install, it brings up the network interface connected to the iSCSI target. It also loads and starts
the iSCSI initiator and connects to the target. During post-install, it copies the required scripts to the target
disk and prepares the disk for iscsi boot. These files can be provided through diskette or NFS share. The
copymethod can be specified through the Autoyast control file. By default the COPYMETHOD is set to
floppy.
1. Open the autoinst.xml file on the install server.
a. For SLES 9, execute the vi command.
# vi /opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/autoinst.xml
b. For SLES 10, execute the vi command.
# vi /opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/scripts/autoinst.xml