User's Manual

80 Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Embedded Linux
syscap.sh
The syscap.sh sample script captures BIOS and BMC configuration settings and saves them to a
specified location. An optional user input can be passed as a parameter. You can provide the path or file
name as an input to this script. The default variable values used in this script are set in the script to the
correct default values to perform a scripted deployment. The syscap.sh script uses the syscfg utility to
retrieve BIOS and BMC configuration settings from the source system and to save the settings in a file
named syscfg.ini in the Z:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\<target system> directory.
Perform the following steps to run the syscap.sh sample script to capture BIOS and BMC configuration
information in the syscfg.ini file:
1
Edit the start-up script file on your embedded Linux image to call the syscap.sh script after the
network share with the prebuilt DTK directory structure is mounted. For example, add:
source/opt/dell/toolkit/template/scripts/syscap.sh
2
Boot the source system into embedded Linux.
The script runs and saves configuration information in the
/opt/dell/toolkit/systems/<target system>
directory.
3 Edit the start-up script file in your embedded Linux image to remove the text you added in step 1.
NOTE: For x9xx systems, raccap.sh and syscap.sh have duplicate functions. If you run raccap.sh followed by
syscap.sh, the latter overwrites the former’s settings.
Capturing the RAC Configuration With the raccap.sh Sample Script
If your system has a RAC, you can replicate the RAC configuration from a source PowerEdge system’s RAC
to an identical target PowerEdge system with an identical RAC (for example, from one PowerEdge 1850
with a DRAC4/I to another PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC4/I).
NOTE: For the script to complete successfully, the source system must have access to the network share that
includes the prebuilt DTK directory structure.
raccap.sh
The raccap.sh sample script captures RAC configuration settings and saves them to a specified location.
An optional user input can be passed as a parameter. You can provide the path or filename as an input to
this script. The default variable values used in this script are set in the script to the correct default values
to perform a scripted deployment. The raccap.sh script uses the racadm wrapper script or syscfg utility
(depending on the RAC version on your system) to retrieve RAC configuration settings from the source
system and to save the settings in a file named raccfg.ini in the
/opt/dell/toolkit/systems/<target system> directory.