Serverguide Scripting Toolkit - IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Manual

For Linux, look on the vendor websites. They contain information about installation with a
USB flash drive. For example, the following web pages provide details for using a USB key as
an installation medium:
Installing Red Hat Linux from a USB flash drive:
http://ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101131
How to create a bootable USB drive to install SLES:
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId
=3499891
You can also use the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to create a bootable USB flash drive, as
explained in the next section.

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit

As described in 9.9, "IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit" on page 507, you can use the
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to customize your OS deployment. You can use the
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit for Windows, Linux, and VMware. This section contains
information about deployment to allow you to begin using the Toolkit as quickly as possible.
For more information, see the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition User's
Reference and IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition User'' Reference at the
following web page:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT
Windows installation
This section describes the process to install the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to create a
deployment image for Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and then to copy this image to a
USB key for deployment.
To configure a USB key for deployment, you need the following requirements:
A system running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server
2008 R2, Windows 2.1 Preinstallation Environment (PE), or a Windows 3.0 PE session
A USB key with a storage capacity at least 64 MB larger than your Windows PE image, but
not less than 4 GB.
We follow this procedure:
1. Install the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit.
2. Create a deployment image.
3. Prepare USB key.
Installing the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit
You must install the English language version of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)
for Windows 7 family, Windows Server 2008 family, and Windows Server 2008 R2 family,
which is available at the following website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A81
1-39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en
Follow these steps to install the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition:
1. Download the latest version from the following website:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT
2. Create a directory, for example, C:\sgshare.
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