Using ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack for scripted blade based switch configuration

Solution details

Acquisition List

You need the following to execute the supplied example solution:

• RDP Windows Edition v1.40 (or later) deployment server

• ProLiant BL e-Class or p-Class system with associated interconnect switch option

• Perl version 5.6 (or later) with the telnet module installed on the deployment server

• Code from the appendix of this document

Code description

The scripts used in this example are partitioned into five parts.

1. Server-Side Script: DOS script code that obtains the rack location from the RDP database and

executes the Perl based interconnect switch configuration program

2. SwitchConfig.pl: A Perl based interconnect switch configuration program that will configure the

interconnect switch ports for the proper VLAN connectivity.

3. GetSwitchInfo.pm: A Perl module loaded by the interconnect switch configuration program

(SwitchConfig.pl). This module contains code that is not specific to any particular interconnect

switch. This module contains a single sub-function called GetSwitchInfo(). This sub-function uses

passed-in rack location information as a key and searches the interconnect switch information data

file (SwitchInfo.txt) to return the interconect switch address and login information.

4. *GbE*.pm: A Perl module loaded by the interconnect switch configuration program. This module

contains code that is specific to the interconnect switch used in the enclosure. A version of this

module is provided for each switch (pGbE.pm

, pGbE2.pm, and eGbE.pm), for the p-Class GbE, p-

Class GbE2, and e-Class GbE Interconnect Switches, respectively. Each version of this module

contains two sub-functions:

• GetPortNumbers(): Maps the server blade enclosure bay number to the corresponding

interconnect switch port numbers.

• ConfigVlan(): Connects to the interconnect switch and performs the VLAN configuration.

SwitchInfo.txt: An example text based database file that contains the interconnect switch address

and access information.

Implementation steps

Copy and rename one of the server blade Windows scripted install jobs 1.

Copy the files from the appendices to the specified directory on the RDP server 2.

Modify the data file to match your environment 3.

Add a server-side script task with the provided code and properties 4.

Use the newly created RDP job by dragging and dropping it onto a server blade 5.

Step 1: Copy and rename one of the server blade Windows scripted install jobs

To copy a job:

1. Select the deployment job to copy.

2. Right click and select the copy operation.

3. Select the folder where the new job will be placed.

4. Right click and select Paste.

5. Select the new job.

6. Right click and select Rename.

7. Type the name for the newly created job.