144 Operating System Deployment Using the DRAC 4 Virtual Media CLI Feature
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3
A network share, accessible from the remote target servers, which hosts the operating system
files and drivers needed during the operating system deployment procedure. This network
share may also host the operating system deployment boot image file(s) described in the next
requirement.
4
An operating system deployment boot image file, tailored to the deployment infrastructure:
• This file may be either a floppy image or a CD/DVD ISO image, with an industry-standard
bootable format.
• This image file must be accessible by the deployment host (it may reside on a network share),
for it is used to boot the target server during the first step of the deployment procedure.
• When booted, the programs or scripts that are included within the deployment image
initialize the target host’s network interface, access the network share (see requirement 3)
to retrieve the needed operating system files and drivers, and perform all tasks needed to
successfully complete the remote server’s operating system installation.
For example, the target host may require RAID setup and initialization, before starting
the operating system installation step. When complete, the deployment procedure
reboots the target host, and the virtual deployment media is automatically disconnected.
And, the newly deployed server boots from its own hard drive.
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When the target server hardware is installed, perform the following tasks before beginning the
operating system deployments to those servers.
NOTE: You may leverage some of this work during subsequent operating system deployments, as you need to
perform some tasks only once.
1
Configure each target server’s DRAC 4 network interface.
NOTE: Dell’s CFI is available for this item.
2
Configure each target server’s BIOS boot order to include the virtual devices at the top.
NOTE: Dell’s CFI is available for this item.
3
Create/populate a network share with the operating system files needed for successful installation.
NOTE: Skip this step if the required operating system files are already in place.