HP SmartStart-Software User Manual

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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

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