System hardware configuration

The sample install_rhel4.sh script performs many hardware configuration tasks, including:

Copying all toolkit utilities from the network share to the target server
Running hardware discovery to determine server type
Obtaining server ID information from the hardware discovery file
Copying server-specific configuration script and data files from the network share
Loading drivers for storage controllers and any other devices that must be configured
Running the CONREP utility
Running the HPACUSCRIPTING utility, if needed (This action is server-specific.)
Running any other configuration utilities
Running hardware discovery to determine the boot controller
Obtaining the device node of the boot controller (This information is required for the disk-carving portion of the operating system setup.)
Running the operating system-specific setup script

The scripting for these steps must be adapted to your server deployment process. In particular, be sure to change the IP address and path of the NFS server to match your environment. You might also need to make other modifications, such as adding extra configuration steps (for instance, running HPONCFG to configure iLO) or additional servers.

The sample install_rhel4.sh script is similar to the following:

#!/bin/bash

## this script's methods work for RHEL 5

## SAMPLE. Change the NFS mount points to match your environment

export NFS_TOOLKIT_DIR=10.0.0.1:/TOOLKIT

## Internal Variables, do not modify

export TOOLKIT=/TOOLKIT

export NFS_MAIN=/mnt/nfs

export HPDISCOVERY_FILE=/TOOLKIT/hpdiscovery.xml

export SERVERNAME=

export BOOTDEVNODE=

clear

echo "*** Performing RHEL4 installation ***"

echo "Mounting NFS share"

mkdir ${NFS_MAIN}

mount -t nfs ${NFS_TOOLKIT_DIR} ${NFS_MAIN} -o ro,nolock

if [ $? != 0 ]; then

echo "Unable to mount NFS share, make sure you updated the $0 script with the location of your NFS server."

exec /bin/bash

echo "Copying over toolkit scripts and utilities from NFS share"

cd ${TOOLKIT}

cp -a ${NFS_MAIN}/scripts/* ${TOOLKIT}

cp -a ${NFS_MAIN}/utilities/* ${TOOLKIT}

cp -a ${NFS_MAIN}/data_files ${TOOLKIT}

echo ""

echo "Loading storage drivers for hardware"

./load_modules.sh

echo ""

echo "Pausing to allow drivers to finish loading"

sleep 15

echo ""

echo "Configure server"

## run hardware discovery

./hpdiscovery -f ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE}

## use hwquery to fetch the SystemName from hardware discovery file. ( extra " " are required )

export "`./hwquery ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml SERVERNAME=SystemName`";

echo "Server Type: ${SERVERNAME}"

case "${SERVERNAME}" in

"ProLiant DL380 G4" )

# Apply System Configuration

./conrep -l -fdata_files/dl380g4_conrep.dat

# Apply Array Configuration for Smart Array 6i Controller if present

./ifhw ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml "PCI:Smart Array 6i Controller" 2> /dev/null

if [ $? = 0 ] ; then

cd ${TOOLKIT}/hpacuscripting

./hpacuscripting -i ../data_files/dl380g4_sa6i_hpacuscripting.dat

# Apply Array Configuration for Smart Array P600 Controller if present

./ifhw ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml "PCI:Smart Array P600 Controller" 2> /dev/null

if [ $? = 0 ] ; then

cd ${TOOLKIT}/hpacuscripting

./hpacuscripting -i ../data_files/dl380g4_p600_hpacuscripting.dat

## ADD EXTRA DL380 G4 Configuration Steps HERE

;;

"ProLiant BL45p G1" )

./conrep -l -fdata_files/bl45pg1_conrep.dat

# Apply Array Configuration for Smart Array 6i Controller if present

./ifhw ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml "PCI:Smart Array 6i Controller" 2> /dev/null

if [ $? = 0 ] ; then

cd ${TOOLKIT}/hpacuscripting

./hpacuscripting -i ../data_files/bl45pg1_sa6i_hpacuscripting.dat

## ADD EXTRA BL45p G1 Configuration Steps HERE

;;

"ProLiant ML310 G2" )

./conrep -l -fdata_files/ml310g2_conrep.dat

./ifhw ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml "PCI:Intel(R) 6300ESB Ultra ATA Storage/SATA Controller"

if [ $? = 0 ] ; then

echo "Plain SATA found"

# Plain SATA, set BOOTDEVNODE manually since hardware discovery won't find IDE devices

export BOOTDEVNODE=/dev/hda

## ADD EXTRA ProLiant ML310 G2 Configuration Steps HERE

;;

## ADD MORE SERVERS HERE

ProLiant* )

echo "No configuration process defined for this ProLiant server"

echo "Update $0 with steps for this ProLiant server"

exec /bin/bash

;;

* )

echo "Unrecognized Server"

exec /bin/bash

;;

esac

## CONTINUE COMMON INSTALL PROCESS

cd ${TOOLKIT}

echo "Pausing to allow drivers to catch up"

sleep 5

echo ""

echo "Rerun hardware discovery to find boot device"

./hpdiscovery -f ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE}

## use hwquery to fetch the boot dev node from hardware discovery file.

if [ -z ${BOOTDEVNODE} ]; then

export `./hwquery ${HPDISCOVERY_FILE} allboards.xml BOOTDEVNODE=DevNode`

echo "Boot Device=${BOOTDEVNODE}"

if [ -z ${BOOTDEVNODE} ]; then

echo "MISSING boot device dev node. Check that the drivers are loaded."

exec /bin/bash

ls -al ${BOOTDEVNODE}*

ln -s ${BOOTDEVNODE} /dev/sssd

echo "### Linux Unattended Install using Kickstart ###"

echo "clearing mbr and a few more sectors"

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sssd bs=512 count=32

echo "forcing kernel to re-read partition table"

sfdisk --re-read /dev/sssd

sleep 5

echo "landing mbr"

dd if=${NFS_MAIN}/linux_unattend/generic.mbr of=/dev/sssd bs=512 count=1

echo "create new 256M FAT16 partition using sfdisk"

echo "0,256,6,*" | sfdisk -uM -D /dev/sssd

echo "forcing kernel to re-read partition table"

sfdisk --re-read /dev/sssd

sleep 5

## make symlink for first partition, usually sda1 or c0d0p1

if test -e ${BOOTDEVNODE}1 ; then

ln -s ${BOOTDEVNODE}1 /dev/sssd1

elif test -e ${BOOTDEVNODE}p1 ; then

ln -s ${BOOTDEVNODE}p1 /dev/sssd1

else

echo "Partition 1 missing, check that partition creation succeeded"

exec /bin/bash

ls -al /dev/sssd1

cd ${NFS_MAIN}/linux_unattend/rhel4/

echo "landing diskboot.img from RHEL4-disc1/images/"

dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sssd1

## mount disk

echo "mounting to /mnt/dos"

mount -t vfat /dev/sssd1 /mnt/dos

##### MAKE SURE YOU MODIFY syslinux-rh.cfg FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT #######

cp -a syslinux-rh.cfg /mnt/dos/syslinux.cfg

cd ${TOOLKIT}

## unmount disk

umount /mnt/dos

umount ${NFS_MAIN}

## unmount everything else

#umount -a

#echo "Rebooting"

#sleep 5

#/bin/reboot c: