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Figure 9-59 Prompt to insert the install medium

20.When ServerGuide successfully finds the installation medium, click Next, as shown in

Figure 9-60.

Figure 9-60 Confirmation about finding installation medium

21.The Windows setup installation procedure starts. Follow the installation procedure to

complete the installation.

9.9 IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit

You can use the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit to create deployable images using a

collection of system-configuration tools and installation scripts. There are versions of the

ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit for the Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) and Linux

platforms.

The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit enables you to tailor and build custom hardware

deployment solutions. It provides hardware configuration utilities and operating system (OS)

installation examples for IBM System x and BladeCenter x86-based hardware.

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If used with IBM ServerGuide and IBM UpdateXpress, the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit

provides a total solution for deploying IBM System x and BladeCenter x86-based hardware in

an unattended mode.

The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit enables you to create a bootable CD, DVD, or USB key that

supports the following tasks and components:

򐂰 Network and mass storage devices

򐂰 Policy-based RAID configuration

򐂰 Configuration of system settings using Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)

򐂰 Configuration of fibre host bus adapters (HBAs)

򐂰 Local self-contained DVD deployment scenarios

򐂰 Local CD/DVD and network share-based deployment scenarios

򐂰 Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) II, Integrated Management Module (IMM), and

BladeCenter Management Module (MM)/Advanced Management Module (AMM) remote

disk scenarios

򐂰 UpdateXpress System Packs installation integrated with scripted network operating

system (NOS) deployment

򐂰 IBM Director Agent installation, integrated with scripted NOS deployment

The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition supports the following versions of IBM

Systems Director Agent:

򐂰 Common Agent 6.1 or later

򐂰 Core Services 5.20.31 or later

򐂰 Director Agent 5.1 or later

The Windows version of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit enables automated operating

system support for the following Windows operating systems:

򐂰 Windows Server 2003, Standard, Enterprise, and Web Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard and Enterprise Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2003, Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2008, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2008 x64, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Editions

򐂰 Windows Server 2008, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Editions without Hyper-V

򐂰 Windows Server 2008 x64, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter without Hyper-V

򐂰 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Editions

The Linux version of the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit enables automated operating system

support for the following operating systems:

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32 bit SP4

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x64 SP4

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 bit SP1/SP2/SP3

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 SP1/SP2/SP3

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32 bit Base/SP1

򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 Base/SP1

򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES 32 bit U6/U7/U8

򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES x64 U6/U7/U8

򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32 bit U1/U2/U3/U4/U5

򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x64 U1/U2/U3/U4/U5

򐂰 VMware ESX Server 3.5 U4/U5

򐂰 VMware ESX Server 4.0/4.0u1/4.0u2/4.1