Hp NOS application note

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remote NOS

image deployment

application

note

This document describes how to implement remote NOS image deployment.

It is distributed together with:

• pdf files with all details required for the setup of an unattended
remote NOS installation and remote NOS image deployment;

• a zip file with copies of the disks needed for the installation.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/servers/software/nos_image.zip

All this information is available on the HP web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/netservers

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1. prepare a server (nt4/w2k) for image creation

for nt4:

•Install NT4 from the Microsoft CD (without the HP Utility Partition).

•During installation, the wizard requests information about hardware including the number

of processors. Select “multi-processor installation” by default.
NB: the Navigator CD automatically detects the number of processors present on the
main machine.

When the installation has finished:

•Install the SNMP services with these basic settings:

Contact: Administrator
Location: Public
Trap community name: Public
IP address of your trap destinations

•Install SP4 or SP5

•Launch the Internet wizard connection.

•Check the screen setting.

•Launch the explorer and configure the folder options as required (show all files option)

•Change the system configuration: double click on “My computer”

Performance: change the virtual memory in both boxes (128MB)
Startup / Shutdown: set the system startup at 5 seconds.

•Create a folder called C:\Masters\ that contains (recommended):

i386
Service Pack (SP4, SP5 and SP6a)
Acrobat Reader
IE5

•In the start menu, click on Run and then type regedit.exe:

Search D:\
Clicking F3, look for Source Path
When you see Source Path with D:\, replace D: by C:\Masters\
When you see Source Path with i386, type C:\Masters\i386

for w2k:

•Install the SNMP service with these basic settings:

Contact: Administrator
Location: Public
Trap community name: Public
IP address of your trap destinations

•Launch the wizard connection.

•Check the screen setting.

•Launch the explorer and configure the folder options as required (show all files otion)

refer to software scripts:
\\Unattended
install\nt4srv or
\w2ksrv and \Masters