HP Integrity rx1600 Deployment Manual

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Contents

Table of ContentsPreface.................................................................................................................................9Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................9Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................9Publishing History................................................................................................................................11Related Information..............................................................................................................................12HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................121 Overview.......................................................................................................................13Introduction..........................................................................................................................................13Reviewing the Toolkit...........................................................................................................................14Planning the Deployment.....................................................................................................................15Selecting a Workstation...................................................................................................................15Selecting a Boot Mechanism............................................................................................................15Configuring the Repository.............................................................................................................16Using Repository Creation Scripts.............................................................................................162 Using the SSTK Deployment Workflow......................................................................21Setting Up a Model Server....................................................................................................................21Creating a Server Profile.......................................................................................................................21Setting Up the Toolkit Environment.....................................................................................................22Launching the Server Replication.........................................................................................................22Capturing and Deploying System Images............................................................................................22Capturing Images............................................................................................................................23Image Format and Compatibility:..............................................................................................23Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size:....................................................................................23Deploying Images............................................................................................................................23Upgrading RHEL Installations.............................................................................................................23SAN Environment Autoconfiguration.................................................................................................24Customizing the Toolkit Environment.................................................................................................24Resetting SELinux Attributes after Replicating RHEL5 and RHEL5U1...............................................24Logical Volume Manager Support........................................................................................................25Configuring the Static IPv6 Address...............................................................................................253 Creating a Server Profile.............................................................................................27Preparing the Workstation....................................................................................................................27Displaying Headless Server Console Output at the Workstation...................................................27Unpacking the Toolkit...........................................................................................................................29Setting Up an Unattended OS Installation...........................................................................................324 Setting Up the Toolkit Environment.............................................................................33Editing the sstk.conf Script..............................................................................................................33Editing the Linux Boot Loader..............................................................................................................34Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script............................................................................37Editing the linux-setup.sh Script...................................................................................................37Setting Repository Access Permissions.................................................................................................38Table of Contents 3