User's Manual

Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Embedded Linux 117

Perform the following steps to run the syscap.sh sample script to capture

BIOS and BMC configuration information in the syscfg.ini file:

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

Boot the source system into embedded Linux.

The script runs and saves configuration information in the

/opt/dell/toolkit/systems/<target system>

directory.

Edit the start-up script

file in your embedded Linux image to remove the

text you added in step 1.

NOTE: For x9xx or later 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 Dell system’s RAC to an identical target Dell 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.