Booting from a usb drive key, System hardware configuration – HP SmartStart-Software User Manual
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next-server IP_ADDRESS_OF_TFTP_SERVER;
filename "pxelinux.0";
The next-server command tells the DHCP client where to send the TFTP get request.
The filename command tells the DHCP client which file to get. In this example, the file is pxelinux.0.
When you have finished creating the dhcpd.conf file, restart the DHCP server:
/etc/init.d/dhcpd restart
Booting from a USB drive key
Some applications require the use of a writable medium. While booting from CD is not suitable for this
purpose, a USB drive key provides the ideal medium as a writable medium.
NOTE:
Booting from a USB drive key is supported only on certain ProLiant servers. For more
information, see the HP Insight Foundation suite for ProLiant website
To set up a USB drive key to boot the Toolkit environment:
1.
Download [email protected]_pubsw-linux_en from www.hp.com.
Extract the file to a directory of your choice. (The example below uses /Toolkit).
2.
Make a directory, extract the files, and then change the directory to the extracted toolkit directory.
mkdir -p /Toolkit
tar xfz ss-scripting-toolkit-linux-8.50.tar.gz -C /Toolkit
cd /Toolkit/ss-scripting-toolkit-linux-8.50
3.
Then enter the following command on the BASH command-line prompt.
./mkusbkey.sh /dev/XXX
where XXX is the device node of your USB drive key.
If you do not know the device node associated with your USB drive key, run the fdisk –l
command to view the devices available to the operating system.
If the script creates the key successfully, the following message displays:
USB Key created successfully on device /dev/XXX
Performing an unattended operating system
installation
Sample scripts are provided with the Toolkit to simplify the installation process. These scripts are used for:
•
System hardware configuration
•
Operating system preinstallation configuration
However, these scripts must be modified for your particular environment.
System hardware configuration
The sample install_rhel4.sh script performs many hardware configuration tasks, including:
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Copying all toolkit utilities from the network share to the target server