Software for Linux Owner's manual

Table 13 Types of Installation Sessions (continued)
UnattendedInteractiveInstallation
Custom or Other (Unattended)Custom or Other InteractiveCustom or Other
VMware ESX (Kickstart)VMware ESX InteractiveVMware ESX
VMware ESXi InteractiveVMware ESXi
For more information about using Kickstart and AutoYaST files for unattended installations, see
Section 9.2 (page 88).
IMPORTANT: To use Kickstart or AutoYaST files that HP provides to perform unattended installations
of a supported OS, you must first register the SPP or PSP in the Insight Control for Linux repository
and copy the file to the appropriate location in the repository.
The SPP or PSP registered in the repository must be associated with an OS that is of the same type,
version, release, sub-version and architecture as the OS being installed. You do not select the SPP
or PSP during the OS installation, but it is used as part of the installation process.
For more details on how SPPs and PSPs are involved in the OS installation process and how to do
an unattended installation without providing the SPP or PSP, see Chapter 13 (page 136).
9.1.2 Supported operating systems
Several versions of operating systems, including virtualization operating systems, are supported
for remote installation on managed systems. See the HP Insight Control for Linux Support Matrix
for the specific list of supported OS on managed systems.
9.1.3 Installing other Linux operating systems
The Insight Control for Linux installation tools install almost any Linux OS (including a custom
operating system or a variant Linux operating system):
• That either supports PXE boot protocol or provides a mechanism for assigning an IP address
to an iLO-based server (either through kernel parameters or an automated installation
configuration file) so that virtual media can be used.
• That provides kernel and RAM disk files that contain the drivers for the target system to be
installed.
To install a Linux OS, other than RHEL or SLES, use either the Deploy→Operating System→Custom
or Other Interactive or Deploy→Operating System→Custom or Other (Unattended) menu item.
For more information on installing a custom OS, see the white paper titled Installing a Custom
Operating System with HP Insight Control for Linux.
9.2 Using installation configuration files for unattended installations
To use the Deploy→Operating System→Red Hat (Kickstart) or SLES (AutoYaST) remote OS installation
features of Insight Control for Linux, you must do the following:
• Use the default template files that HP supplies to create customized Kickstart or AutoYaST files
to enable unattended installation of a supported Linux OS.
88 Installing operating systems on managed systems