HP BL860c

Table of Contents
Preface.................................................................................................................................8
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................8
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................8
Publishing History................................................................................................................................10
Related Information..............................................................................................................................11
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................12
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................13
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................13
Reviewing the Toolkit...........................................................................................................................14
Planning the Deployment.....................................................................................................................15
Selecting a Workstation...................................................................................................................15
Selecting a Boot Mechanism............................................................................................................15
Configuring the Repository.............................................................................................................16
Using Repository Creation Scripts.............................................................................................16
2 Using the SSTK Deployment Workflow......................................................................22
Setting Up a Model Server....................................................................................................................22
Creating a Server Profile.......................................................................................................................22
Setting Up the Toolkit Environment.....................................................................................................23
Launching the Server Replication.........................................................................................................23
Capturing and Deploying System Images............................................................................................23
Capturing Images............................................................................................................................24
Image Format and Compatibility:..............................................................................................24
Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size:....................................................................................24
Deploying Images............................................................................................................................24
SAN Environment Autoconfiguration.................................................................................................24
Customizing the Toolkit Environment.................................................................................................25
Resetting SELinux Attributes after Replicating RHEL5 and RHEL5U1...............................................25
Logical Volume Manager Support........................................................................................................25
Configuring the Static IPv6 Address...............................................................................................25
3 Creating a Server Profile.............................................................................................27
Preparing the Workstation....................................................................................................................27
Displaying Headless Server Console Output at the Workstation...................................................27
Unpacking the Toolkit...........................................................................................................................29
Setting Up an Unattended OS Installation...........................................................................................32
4 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment.............................................................................34
Editing the sstk.conf Script..............................................................................................................34
Editing the Linux Boot Loader..............................................................................................................35
Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script............................................................................38
Editing the linux-setup.sh Script...................................................................................................38
Setting Repository Access Permissions.................................................................................................39
5 Setting Up the Boot Mechanism.................................................................................40
Using a Bootable CD or DVD...............................................................................................................40
Creating a Bootable Disk Image......................................................................................................40
Creating a CD Build Directory........................................................................................................41
Creating the ISO File........................................................................................................................41
Booting From the CD or DVD.........................................................................................................41
Using a USB Flash Device.....................................................................................................................42
Creating a Bootable USB Flash Device............................................................................................42
Booting From a USB Flash Device...................................................................................................42
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