Table Of Contents - HP Integrity rx1600 Deployment Manual

Table of Contents

Preface.................................................................................................................................9
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................9
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................9
Publishing History................................................................................................................................11
Related Information..............................................................................................................................12
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......................................................................21
Setting Up a Model Server....................................................................................................................21
Creating a Server Profile.......................................................................................................................21
Setting Up the Toolkit Environment.....................................................................................................22
Launching the Server Replication.........................................................................................................22
Capturing and Deploying System Images............................................................................................22
Capturing Images............................................................................................................................23
Image Format and Compatibility:..............................................................................................23
Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size:....................................................................................23
Deploying Images............................................................................................................................23
Upgrading RHEL Installations.............................................................................................................23
SAN Environment Autoconfiguration.................................................................................................24
Customizing the Toolkit Environment.................................................................................................24
Resetting SELinux Attributes after Replicating RHEL5 and RHEL5U1...............................................24
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.............................................................................33
Editing the sstk.conf Script..............................................................................................................33
Editing the Linux Boot Loader..............................................................................................................34
Reviewing the main_toolkit_launch.sh Script............................................................................37
Editing the linux-setup.sh Script...................................................................................................37
Setting Repository Access Permissions.................................................................................................38
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