HP SmartStart-Software - Manual (Page 3)

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 ......................................................................................................... 14
Microsoft Windows install_win.sh sample script .................................................................................. 18
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