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Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Embedded Linux 119
Capturing the System BIOS and BMC Configuration With the syscap.sh
Sample Script
You can replicate the system BIOS and BMC configurations from a source
Dell system to an identical target Dell system (for example, from one
PowerEdge™ 1850 to another PowerEdge 1850).
NOTE: For the script to complete successfully, the source system must have
access to the network share that includes the prebuilt DTK directory structure.
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.