TITLE: HP Compaq Blade Workstation PXEFlashDOM Utility

VERSION: 1.00 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the tools and image needed to restore or replace the 
operating system image on the HP Compaq Blade Workstation Client running the HP 
Blade Workstation Client Embedded  Operating System using a Linux PXE Server.

NOTE: The HP utility in this package is designed for the July 2005 HP Compaq 
Blade Workstation Client + xw25p solution.  Windows PXE Servers are not 
supported by this utility at this time.
PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP31040
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 11, 2005
CATEGORY: Software
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq Blade Workstation Client: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
HP Blade Workstation Client Embedded OS

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

PREREQUISITES: 
- Linux PXE Server including the following packages

tftp-server from  ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/RPMS/ 

(For this example, tftp-server-0.40-1.i386.rpm was used.) 
tftp-hpa from ftp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/ 

(For this example, tftp-hpa-0.40.tar.bz2 was used)

syslinux-devel from http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php 

(For this example, syslinux-devel-3.07-1.i386.rpm was used.) 
cp -p /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot 
- DHCP Server.  Can be separate or on the same system..

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 

2. Execute the downloaded file to extract the files.  Unpack the .tgz file with 
'tar -xvzf . An .iso file is unpacked.

default: example boot config file for PXE 

rename as /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/AABBCCDD where name is HEX of client IP or 
range of IPs.  It's ok to leave it named default if all systems on the subnet 
are client systems that are allowed to be autoinstalled.

initrd-{version}: customized ram disk for installation kernel

pxefashdom.img.[0-15]: Entire 512MB DOM image segmented into 16 parts (under 
32MB each)

vmlinuz-{version}:  extracted Linux kernel 
HowToPXEFlashDOM.html: Document with an example of how to set up a Linux PXE 
Server and instructions on how to copy these files into place in order to 
install the Client Embedded OS to clients over the network.

3.  Follow instructions in the HowToPXEFlashDOM.html file to prepare your Linux 
PXE Server before proceeding with the following steps.

4. Use cp -p  to copy the following files to /tftpboot  
initrd-{version} 
pxeflashdom.img.* 
pxelinux.0  (installed as part of syslinux-devel package above)

mkdir /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg

Copy and rename default  to /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/AABBCCDD where name is HEX 
of client IP or a range of IPs of clients allowed to be auto-installed with 
this image.

5. Initiate a network install

Power-on the Client

Press F12 to boot to the network 
The DHCP server will automatically assign an ip address to the client

PXE server will automatically be detected and  the auto install will  begin 
After all 16 pieces of the image get written to the DOM, the client will be 
rebooted automatically. 




Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.