Users Guide

Deploying Your Operating System Using VM-CLI 165
4 Perform one of the following procedures:
• Integrate RACADM and the Virtual Media command line interface (VM-CLI) into your existing
operating system deployment application. Use the sample deployment script as a guide when
integrating the DRAC 5 utilities into your existing operating system deployment application.
• Use the existing
vmdeploy script to deploy your operating system..
Deploying the Operating System
Use VM-CLI and the vmdeploy script included with the utility to deploy the operating system to your
remote systems.
Before you begin, review the sample vmdeploy script included with the VM-CLI utility. The script offers
detailed requirements to deploy the operating system to remote systems in your network.
The following procedure provides a high-level overview for deploying the operating system on targeted
remote systems.
1
Identify the remote systems that will be deployed.
2 Record the DRAC 5 names and IP addresses of the targeted remote systems.
3 Perform the following procedure for each targeted remote system:
a Configure a VM-CLI process that includes the following parameters for the targeted system:
• DRAC 5 IP address or DDNS name
• Bootable deployment image file name
• DRAC 5 user name
• DRAC 5 user password
b Using RACADM, set the target DRAC 5 boot once option.
c Using RACADM, reboot the DRAC 5 system.