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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 6
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................................................................ 6
Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment ............................................................................................... 6
Minimum requirements .................................................................................................................................. 6
Deployment using the SmartStart Scripting Toolkit ............................................................................. 8
Deployment overview ................................................................................................................................... 8
Sample deployment procedure ...................................................................................................................... 8
Creating a network share .................................................................................................................... 9
Adding drivers to Windows PE 2.1 .................................................................................................... 10
Adding drivers to Windows PE 3.0 .................................................................................................... 10
Capturing a reference configuration from the source server .................................................................. 11
Configuring the target server and installing the operating system .......................................................... 12
Advanced topics ......................................................................................................................... 13
Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 13
Customizing deployment scripts using HPDISCOVERY and IFHW .................................................................... 13
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file based on system name ...................................................................... 13
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file to determine the presence of a particular card ..................................... 13
Querying the HPDISCOVERY file to determine the presence of a card family .......................................... 14
Performing an unattended operating system installation and adding mass storage drivers.................................. 14
Booting Windows PE from a USB drive key .................................................................................................. 22
Flashing the ROM in a Windows PE environment .......................................................................................... 23
Erasing array configurations ........................................................................................................................ 24
Toolkit utilities ............................................................................................................................. 25
Syntax conventions ..................................................................................................................................... 25
Utility online help ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Using toolkit utilities .................................................................................................................................... 26
Using REBOOT .......................................................................................................................................... 26
REBOOT command-line syntax........................................................................................................... 26
REBOOT command-line arguments ..................................................................................................... 26
REBOOT return codes ....................................................................................................................... 27
REBOOT command-line examples ...................................................................................................... 27
Using SETBOOTORDER .............................................................................................................................. 27
SETBOOTORDER command-line syntax .............................................................................................. 27
SETBOOTORDER command-line arguments ......................................................................................... 27
SETBOOTORDER return codes ........................................................................................................... 27
SETBOOTORDER command-line examples .......................................................................................... 28
Using STATEMGR ...................................................................................................................................... 28
STATEMGR command-line syntax ....................................................................................................... 28
STATEMGR command-line arguments ................................................................................................. 28
STATEMGR return codes ................................................................................................................... 28
STATEMGR command-line examples .................................................................................................. 29
Using RBSURESET ...................................................................................................................................... 29
RBSURESET command-line syntax ....................................................................................................... 29
RBSURESET command-line arguments ................................................................................................. 29
