Users Guide

234 Deploying Your Operating System Using VMCLI

Creating a Bootable Image File

Before you deploy your image file to the remote systems, ensure that a

supported system can boot from the file. To test the image file, transfer the

image file to a test system using the iDRAC6 Web user interface and then

reboot the system.

The following sections provide specific information for creating image files

for Linux and Microsoft

Windows

systems.

Creating an Image File for Linux Systems

Use the Data Duplicator (dd) utility to create a bootable image file for your

Linux system.

To run the utility, open a command prompt and type the following:

dd if=

<input-device>

of=

<output-file>

For example:

dd if=/dev/sdc0 of=mycd.img

Creating an Image File for Windows Systems

When choosing a data replicator utility for Windows image files, select a

utility that copies the image file and the CD/DVD boot sectors.

Preparing for Deployment

Configuring the Remote Systems

Create a network share that can be accessed by the management station.

Copy the operating system files to the network share.

If you have a bootable, preconfigured deployment image file to deploy the

operating system to the remote systems, skip this step.

If you do not have a bootable, preconfigured deployment image file, create

the file. Include any programs and/or scripts used for the operating system

deployment procedures.

For example, to deploy a Windows operating system, the image file may

include programs that are similar to deployment methods used by

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS).