Deployment Methods - HP ProLiant BL20p Generation 3 User Manual

Server Blade Configuration and Utilities

Deployment Methods

Four primary deployment methods are supported:
IMPORTANT: To deploy a server blade without the RDP, you must create a bootable diskette
or image of a bootable diskette.
PXE Deployment
CD-ROM Deployment
Diskette image deployment
Boot from SAN
PXE Deployment
PXE enables server blades to load an image over the network from a PXE server,
then execute it in memory. The first NIC on the server blade is the default PXE boot
NIC, but any of the other NC series NICs can be configured to boot PXE. Refer to
"Network-Based PXE Deployment" in this chapter for more information.
NOTE: Actual NIC numeration depends on factors, including the operating system installed on
the server.
HP recommends using one of the following methods for PXE deployment:
HP ProLiant Essentials RDP
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit
HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack
RDP is the recommended method for automatically deploying the server blade with
little user intervention.
The HP ProLiant Essentials RDP software is the preferred method for rapid, high-
volume server blade deployments. The RDP software integrates two powerful
products: Altiris eXpress Deployment Solution and the ProLiant Integration Module.
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