Table 3-3 SSTK command line options (continued)
DescriptionSSTK Option
Encrypted password created by the sstkencrypt tool for SMB/CIFS repositories
over a network for security. This option overwrites the password string in
sstk_mount_option.
NOTE: The password length is limited to a maximum of 16 characters.
ssstk_encryptpass=
encryptpass
Name of main launch script
ssstk_script=filename
Default response to the toolkit launch script prompt (win, readhwconfig or bash)
ssstk_action=string
Reports the VESA/PCI bus speed in MHz to the IDE driver, where xx is between
20 and 66 inclusive. It is used when tuning chipset PIO modes. For a PCI bus, 25
is used for P75 systems, 30 is used for P90,P120,P180 systems, and 33 is used for
P100,P133,P166 systems. If in doubt, use idebus=33 for PCI.
idebus=xx
Edit the sample elilo.conf file included in the SSTK software package to match your
deployment. Below is an annotated example of a working elilo.conf file:
• The prompt forces interactive mode and the timeout waits for 30 seconds.
prompttimeout=300
• The first (default) entry boots the server to Linux and opens a console (label=linux). To
change the default so that the server automatically runs the read hardware configuration,
move all the commands in second bullet below (label=readhw-windows), to the first
entry in the elilo.conf file.
image=linux
label=linux
initrd=rootfs.gz
root=/dev/ram
append=”rw ramdisk_size=524288 idebus=33”
• The following entry executes the main toolkit launch script by getting over a Windows
network using the administrator user name and password. The script then reads the server
hardware configuration and writes it to the repository.
image=linux
label=readhw-windows
initrd=rootfs.gz
root=/dev/ram
append="rw ramdisk_size=524288 ssstk_init=/bootstrap
ssstk_mount_type=smbfs ssstk_mount=//192.168.39.23/ssst13
ssstk_script=scripts/main_toolkit_launch.sh
ssstk_mount_options=username=Administrator,password=repository
ssstk_action=readhwconfig"
• The following entry executes the main toolkit launch script by getting over a Windows
network using the administrator user name and an encrypted password. The script then
executes the main_toolkit_launch.sh utility.
Use the sstkencrypt utility (under Windows or Linux) to encrypt the repository password.
For example, from a Windows command prompt, run:
C:\ssst13\utilities\windows>sstkencrypt.exe
Type the repository password:
repository
Set the 'encryptpass' parameter in SSTK elilo.conf to:
267727232c7e2f21292f
image=linux
label=smb-encrypted
initrd=rootfs.gz
root=/dev/ram
append="rw ramdisk_size=524288 idebus=33 quiet ssstk_init=/bootstrap ssstk_mount_type=smbfs
ssstk_mount=//192.168.39.23/ssst13 ssstk_script=scripts/main_toolkit_launch.sh
ssstk_mount_options=username=Administrator ssstk_encryptpass=267727232c7e2f21292f"
44 Setting up the toolkit environment