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Release Date
22 November 2004
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Abstract
IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is an installation scripts that you can use to deploy software to your IBM eServer or xSeries server in a repeatable, predictable manner - Servers
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Overview of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit |
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The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is a collection of system-configuration tools and sample scripts that you can use to deploy operating systems to your IBM eServer or xSeries servers in a repeatable, predictable manner. When used with IBM ServerGuide and IBM UpdateXpress, the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit provides a total solution for deploying IBM eServer or xSeries servers in an unattended mode.
The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit can perform the following tasks:
Note: The system from which you deploy the operating system is the source system. The server to which you deploy the operating system is the target system.
- Detect machine type and model, serial number, and other information about the target server
- Save persistent-state information across server restarts to monitor the deployment process
- Report errors encountered during the deployment process
- Delete existing partitions and data from the hard disks of the target server
- Erase all data on the hard disks of the target server
- Update BIOS code on the target server
- Update IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware on adapters in the target server
- Configure supported RAID adapters and controllers in the target server
- Configure supported Fibre Channel host bus adapters (Windows-based operating systems only) in the target server
- Create primary operating-system installation partition on the first hard disk of the target server, and format the new partition (support for FAT32 partitions for Windows only)
- Install operating system on the target server (Windows or Linux)
- Install device drivers on the target system (Windows only)
- Install IBM Director Agent (for Windows only)
Deployment scenarios |
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The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit supports the following deployment scenarios:
- DOS-startable CD or DOS-startable diskette and data CD
- DOS-startable diskette and network share
- Remote Supervisor Adapter II or BladeCenter Management Module virtual diskette and network share
- Altiris Deployment Solution
- Windows scripted and imaging install
- Linux scripting and imaging install
- Update system BIOS
- Server disposal (erase data)
- Capture RAID configuration
- Deploy RAID configuration
- Capture CMOS settings to a binary file
- Deploy CMOS settings from a binary file
- Perform IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware updates
- Post OS updates for drivers and firmware using UpdateXpress RemoteUX - Windows only
- Microsoft Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
- Update BIOS
- Update ServeRAID BIOS and firmware
- Install IBM Director Agent for WIndows only
The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit requires the following items that are not part of the web-downloadable package:
- Licensed copies of the operating system to be installed
- The latest copy of the IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD that supports the target server
- A source system with a diskette drive
- Blank diskettes (for creating DOS-startable diskettes for deployment scenarios)
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Version 1.1.01 supports the following servers |
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New in ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit 1.1.01 - additional Altiris support |
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- Support for Altiris Deployment Solution 6.1 SP1 for Windows
- Additions to Altiris Deployment Solutions for Windows version 6.0 and 6.1:
- New to Hardware Configuration Events:
- Capture RAID configuration
- Deploy RAID configuration
- Added operating system version specific installation events
- New to System Update Events:
- Windows Post-OS updates:
- Run the UpdateXpress RemoteUX utility to update drivers
- Run the UpdateXpress RemoteUX utility to update firmware
- Capture CMOS settings to a binary file
- Deploy CMOS settings from a binary file
- Perform IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware updates
- Windows Post-OS updates:
- Additions to Altiris Deployment Solutions Linux version 5.6:
- New to Hardware Configuration Events:
- Capture RAID configuration
- Deploy RAID configuration
- Added operating system version-specific installation events
- New to System Update Events:
- Capture CMOS settings to a binary file
- Deploy CMOS settings from a binary file
- Perform IBM ServeRAID BIOS and firmware update
- New to Hardware Configuration Events:
Updated the ipssend.exe and ipssendl.exe utilities to version
7.10B to support IBM ServerRAID 7k on the xSeries 346
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User Guide |
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Get the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit User guide.
Requirements |
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Windows user must have ServerGuide 7.2.03. Download ServerGuide 7.2.03 now.
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Modified date:
14 April 2023
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