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Deploying Your Operating System Using VMCLI 241
When you create the image file, do the following:
• Follow standard network-based installation procedures
• Mark the deployment image as
read only
to ensure that each target
system boots and executes the same deployment procedure
4
Perform one of the following procedures:
•Integrate
IPMItool
and VMCLI into your existing operating system
deployment application. Use the sample
vm6deploy
script as a guide
to using the utility.
• Use the existing
vm6deploy
script to deploy your operating system.
Deploying the Operating System
Use the
VMCLI
utility and the vm6deploy script included with the utility to
deploy the operating system to your remote systems.
Before you begin, review the sample vm6deploy script included with the
VMCLI
utility. The script shows the detailed steps needed to deploy the
operating system to remote systems in your network.
The following procedure provides a high-level overview for deploying the
operating system on targeted remote systems.
1
List the iDRAC6 IPv4 or IPv6 addresses of the remote systems that will be
deployed in the
ip.txt
text file, one IPv4 or IPv6 address per line.
2
Insert a bootable operating system CD or DVD into the client media drive.
3
Run
vm6deploy
at the command line.
To run the
vm6deploy
script, enter the following command at the
command prompt:
vm6deploy -r ip.txt -u <idrac-user> -p <idrac-user-
password> -c {<iso9660-img> | <path>} -f {<floppy-
device> or <floppy-image>}
where:
•<
idrac-user
> is the iDRAC6 user name, for example
root
•<
idrac-user-password
> is the password for the iDRAC6 user, for example
calvin