4.Format the USB key, and copy the contents of the mounted ISO to the USB key.
5.Insert the USB key into the server.
The USB key can now be used to boot to the Offline HP Smart Storage Administrator environment. When booting from the USB key, a menu is presented. Select "USB BOOT: HP Smart Storage Administrator (HPSSA)" to mount the correct device during the boot sequence.
Installing the image on a PXE server
To install the Offline HP SSA ISO image on a PXE server and boot from the image over a network, use the following procedures:
1.Review the prerequisites (on page 12).
2.Set up PXELinux (on page 12).
3.Configure PXELinux (on page 13).
4.Specify the ISO image path (on page 13).
Depending on the network configuration, boot times might vary.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding with the configuration, you must have all the prerequisites:
•A good, working knowledge of PXE and TFTP
•A network with a DHCP server on it
•A TFTP server configured on the same network as the DHCP server
•A network file server that hosts the ISO images and is accessible by a PXE booted system
•PXELinux (http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX)
These instructions presume that you are using a Linux TFTP server and the TFTP package
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp). Other TFTP servers should work similarly.
Set up PXELinux
Before proceeding with the configuration, ensure that your TFTP server and PXELinux configuration is set up and configured properly.
To set up PXELinux:
1.Download the HP ProLiant Offline HP Smart Storage Administrator ISO image from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpssa).
2.Copy the ISO image to the network file system, and note the location. NFS and Windows file shares are supported.
For this example, use the following NFS and path to the ISO image:
3.Before proceeding, test your network file system to ensure that it is accessible.
4.Access the /system directory of the CD in one of the following ways: o Burn and mount the ISO image.
o Extract the ISO image using a
5.Copy all the files from the /system directory of the CD to your TFTP server so that it is accessible by the TFTP software.
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