HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share - Manual (Page 21)

• Provide root password information.
These edits must be made, or the Kickstart process will halt, prompt for input, and/or fail.
There are also some optional edits you can perform that make setting up the system easier, such
as:
• Setting the system name.
• Configuring network devices.
• Configuring ntp servers.
• Setting the system networking configuration and name.
• Setting the name server and ntp configuration.
While these are not strictly required, if they are not set up in Kickstart, you will have to manually
set them up after the system boots.
The areas to edit in the Kickstart file are flagged by the comment:
## Template ADD
Each line contains a variable name of the form %{text}. That variable must be replaced with
the specific information for your system, and the ## Template ADD comment indicator must be
removed. For example:
## Template ADD timezone %{answer_timezone}
%{answer_timezone} must be replaced by your time zone, such as America/New_York
For example, the final edited line looks like:
timezone America/New_York
Descriptions of the remaining variables to edit follows:
## Template ADD rootpw %{answer_rootpw}
%{answer_rootpw} must be replaced by your root password, or the encrypted form from the
/etc/shadow
file by using the --iscrypted option before the encrypted password.
The following optional, but recommended, line sets up an Ethernet network interface. More than
one Ethernet interface may be set up using additional network lines. The --hostname and
--nameserver
specifications are needed only in one network line. For example, (on one line):
## Template ADD network --bootproto static --device %{prep_ext_nic} \
--ip %{prep _ext_ip} --netmask %{prep_ext_net} --gateway %{prep_ext_gw} \
--hostname %{host_name}.%{prep_ext_search} --nameserver %{prep_ext_dns}
%{prep_ext_nic} must be replaced by the Ethernet interface name. eth1 is recommended for
the external interface and eth0 for the internal interface.
%{prep_ext_ip} must be replaced by the interface IP address.
%{prep_ext_net} must be replaced by the interface netmask.
%{prep_ext_gw} must be replaced by the interface gateway IP address.
%{host_name} must be replaced by the desired host name.
%{prep_ext_search} must be replaced by the domain name.
%{prep_ext_dns} must be replaced by the DNS name server IP address or Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN).
IMPORTANT: The InfiniBand IPoIB interface ib0 cannot be set up using this method, and must
be manually set up using the procedures “Configuration Instructions” (page 24) .
In all the following lines, %{ks_harddrive} must be replaced by the installation device, usually
cciss/c0d0 for a DL380 G5 server. The %{ks_ignoredisk} should list all other disk devices on
the system so they will be ignored during Kickstart. For a DL380 G5 server, this variable should
identify all other disk devices detected such as
cciss/c0d1,cciss/c0d2,sda,sdb,sdc,sdd,sde,sdf,sdg,sdh,... For example:
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