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Contents 1.0 About ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition 1.1 Supported Deployment Scenarios 2.0 Installation and upgrade information 3.0 Known problems and limitations 4.0 Information resources 4.1 Documentation 4.2 Web resources 5.0 Notices 5.1 Third-party license terms and conditions, notices, and information 5.2 Trademarks 1.0 About ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition The IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is a collection of system-configuration tools and installation scripts that you can use to deploy software to your IBM servers in a repeatable, predictable manner. 1.1 Supported Deployment Scenarios The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition supports the following deployment scenarios: * Bootable media via CD, USB Key, PXE * Bootable media via CD, USB Key, PXE with network share * Remote deployment via Remote Supervisor Adapter II * Remote deployment via BladeCenter Management Module * Remote deployment via BladeCenter Advanced Management Module * Remote deployment via Integrated Management Module 2.0 Installation and upgrade information Complete installation instructions, including other system requirements, are provided in the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition User's Guide. 3.0 Known problems and limitations The following known problems and limitations exist in the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition. For additional information about known problems and limitations in the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition, please consult the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition User's Guide. o Best Practice for performing UEFI-aware operating system deployments When preparing to use ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition to perform native uefi operating system deployments, the following actions should be taken on the target system. 1. If the system contains an existing UEFI-aware operating system, the boot option in the Boot Manager should be removed as this entry will become invalid during the deployment. The boot entry can be found in Boot Manager by pressing F1 to enter setup during system boot. 2. If possible, update the system firmware to the current levels. 3. If RAID adapters are present in the system, ensure the adapters are uEFI compliant. 4. Check the Boot Order for the system to ensure that Hard Disk 0 is listed before PXE. Please consult IBM Serverproven for compatibility of installing and running an operating system in native UEFI mode. o ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition UI fails to load on RHEL6 64-bit In order to run Linux Toolkit on a system running RHEL6 64-bit, compatibility 2.96-RH standard C++ libraries (compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-144.el6.i686) must be installed. o Director agent installations might fail on RHEL6.x and SLES 11.x Director agent installations might fail if the operating system is not supported by the agent. Please consult the operating system support for your version of IBM director agent. o UEFI operating system deployment does not boot after deployment After an native uefi operating system deployment, the system might be unable to detect the boot manager. To correct this issue, following these steps: For example, for Red Hat Enterprise(RHEL) 6, the steps are as follows: 1. Power on the system, and, when prompted, press F1 to enter setup. 2. Select Boot Manager. 3. Select Boot from File. 4. Select the GUID Partition Tables (GPT) System Partition where you installed RHEL 6. 5. Select EFI. 6. Select EFI. 7. Select redhat 8. Select grub.efi o Native uEFI installations fails to start the os installation process When performing a native uEFI operating system installation, the system might fail to boot the hard disk after ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition processes are complete. This can occur when the system fails to boot the partition with efi file (bootx64.efi in RHEL6 or elilo.efi in SLES11) automatically. The workaround is dependent upon the particular UEFI system. Refer the system manual for instructions on booting a file on the disk. For example, for most IBM systems, to work around this problem, create a new boot entry for efi file and continue the installation using that option. Follow the steps below to create a new boot entry for efi file: 1. Power on the system, and, when prompted, press F1 to enter setup. 2. Select Boot Manager. 3. Select Add Boot Option. 4. Select the boot entry which includes string "*.efi" 5. Input the description as OS_Install and Commit Changes. Follow the steps below to continue the installation: 1. Power on the system, and, when prompted, press F1 to enter setup. 2. Select Boot Manager. 3. Select Boot from File. 4. Select the GUID Partition Tables (GPT) System Partition where the name is OS_Install. 5. Select EFI. 6. Select Boot. 7. Select efi file. NOTE: If the os installation completes and the system does not boot into the operating system, go to the Start Options of the F1 setup and select the boot entry for the operating system. o uEFI operating system installations not booting from hard drive During native uEFI operating system installations, the target system might fail to boot from the hard drive after ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition(LTK) processes are complete. This can occur if the target system does not automatically boot the bootx64.efi file from the drive. These systems are not supported by LTK. This limitation affects the following systems: * System x3620 M3, type 7376 * System x3630 M3, type 7377 * System x3755 M3, type 7164 o Network installations on IPv6 networks might fail ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition only supports SLES11 SP 1 for IPv6 network installations. When performing a network based installation, please use "ipv6=1" (accept v4 and v6) or "ipv6only=1" (only v6) as boot parameters. For more information on deployment, consult the SLES11 SP1 release notes. o Unable to perform operating system installations using link-local addresses Link-local addresses are not supported for network deployments. o Network is unreachable after reboot of SLES installation When using static addresses for deployment for SLES, you might encounter an error message stating the the network is unreachable after the system reboots during the 'Perform Installation' phase. To work around this problem, navigate to a different console to set the static ip address using the ifconfig command. After setting the address, click 'Retry' to continue the installation. o Firmware update(s) might fail for Emulex adapters In the preboot environment, firmware updates for Emulex might fail. The affected adapters are: -Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter(49Y4235) -Emulex 10GbE Custom Adapter for IBM System x(49Y4200) -Emulex 10GbE Server Adapter for IBM System x(49Y4250) To work around this problem, use IBM ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator from IBM.com to create a new bootable image with the firmware packages to perform the update. o VMware ESX Server 4.1 installation hangs at "Starting vmkernel initialization" When performing a VMware ESX 4.1 installation on a system with a MAX5 memory expansion module, the installation might hang at the initial screen. To avoid this problem, you can add the kernel parameter "allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE" parameter during the Workflow Creation and OS installation task phases. In the OS Installation tasks, a new kickstart file is needed for this deployment. 1. Create a new os installation task based on the esx4.ks. 2. Modify the new os installation task to add the kernel parameter. a. Find the following line in the task: bootloader --location=mbr b. Edit the line by adding the kernel parameter: bootloader --location=mbr --append="allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE" In the OS install section of the workflow, a field is provided for optional kernel parameters. 1. Insert "allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE" in the box for kernel parameters. o Acquiring System Enablement Packs fails to download from IBM website When acquiring System Enablement Packs(SEPs), you might encounter a message stating that the process was unable to acquire the SEP. To work around this problem, download the System Enablement Pack manually from IBM.com. You will find the SEPs at the following link: http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?brand=5000016&lndocid=TOOL-SEP 1. From the link, download the following packages where xxx is the version number: ibm_utl_tsep_xxx_anyos_x86-64.zip ibm_utl_tsep_xxx_anyos_x86-64.xml 2. Copy the packages to a local folder on the Linux source server. 3. From the main menu, click Supported Systems. 4. Click Acquire new SEPs to begin. 5. Enter a machine type for which to acquire SEPs. 6. From the Source media section, select 'Acquire from local folder'. 7. Insert the local folder which contains the SEP that was downloaded from the IBM website. o VMware installation might fail on BladeCenter HS21 Type 7995 VMware installations might fail on blades with the error message "sh: can't open /postinstall/runtk.sh". To work around this problem, you can remove the modular flash drive from the system or update the answer file (esx4.ks) to not use the firstdisk for installation. o When deploying RHEL 5.6/5.7 with xen, you need provide installation key(i.e. RHN key) via the GUI of ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edtionto implement automatic installation of xen-related packages. If no installation key provided, a message will be displayed at the beginning of OS installation and show that "xen" group doesn't exist. Choose "Continue", OS will be installed successfully, but xen-related packages will not be installed automatically. o You might need to change the Lun discovery at Brocade bios (Ctrl+b or Alt+b) to "Flash Values" or "FirstLUN" first when deploying Linux OS in legacy boot mode to external storage device connected via Broadcade 16Gb Fibre Channel Mezz card. o ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition provides support of DUD(Drive Update Disk) on RHEL and SUSE, but VMware. In other words, LTK will be able to deploy RHEL & SUSE even if prerequisite device drivers(for NIC, RAID and FC) are not included in the redistribution CD of RHEL & SUSE. But LTK can not support to deploy VMware when prerequisite device drivers(for NIC, RAID and FC) are missing. o When an OS is larger then 4GB, such as RHEL5.9, ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition does not support to build a bootable USB media with the OS source bundled. As workaround, you can choose to build a bootable CD/DVD media to work with retailed CD/DVD as OS source. Also, you can perform the OS deployment via network mode. o When using USB media created by ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition to deploy Red Hat Enterprise(RHEL) 5.x to a server equipped with Qlogic FC5172 16Gb Fibre Channel adapter, you may encounter an error "Failed to read directory /tmp/hdimage//sgdeploy/os/:". As workaround, you can follow RHEL installation wizard to press "OK", choose the right USB device and then press "OK" to continue. o When using ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition to create USB bootable media, you may encounter an error "Failed to create the boot media" if the USB device name is not like sd*4. To work around this problem, use 'fdisk' command under linux shell to format the USB media device to /dev/sd*4, then re-plug the USB device and try it again. 4.0 Information resources You can find additional information about IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition Installer in the product documentation and on the World Wide Web. 4.1 Documentation The following documentation resource provides additional information about ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition. In addition to these release notes, you can find information about how to use Scripting Toolkit in the IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition User's Guide. This publication is available in the IBM System x(TM) and BladeCenter? Tools Center on the Web at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.xseries.tools.doc/overview.html 4.2 Web resources The following Web pages provide resources for understanding, using, and troubleshooting IBM deployment and systems-management software: o IBM ServerGuide http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE ServerGuide is an IBM server installation assistant that simplifies the process of installing and configuring IBM System x, eServer xSeries and BladeCenter servers. ServerGuide goes beyond hardware configuration by assisting with the installation of your operating system, the latest system device drivers and other system components with minimal user intervention. o IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-TOOLKIT The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit is a collection of system-configuration tools and installation scripts that you can use to deploy software to your IBM eServer or xSeries server in a repeatable, predictable manner. When used with IBM ServerGuide and IBM UpdateXpress, the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit provides a total solution for deploying IBM eServer or xSeries servers in an unattended mode. o IBM ToolsCenter http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-CENTER The IBM ToolsCenter is a collection of server management tools to help manage your IBM System x and BladeServer environment. 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