Preface; Intended Audience; Typographic Conventions - HP BL860c Deployment Manual

Preface

This document provides instructions for configuring and using the SmartSetup Scripting Toolkit
(SSTK) on HP Integrity servers running Linux.
As of this publication, SSTK is supported on the following Linux distributions:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
□ RHEL4U4 (Backward compatible only
□ RHEL4U5
□ RHEL4U6
□ RHEL4U7
□ RHEL4U8
□ RHEL5
□ RHEL5U1
□ RHEL5U2
□ RHEL5U3
□ RHEL5U4
□ RHEL5U5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
□ SLES10SP1
□ SLES10SP2
□ SLES11
□ SLES10SP3
□ SLES11SP1
IMPORTANT:
use SSTK v3.1 (SSTKLnx3.1) because support is discontinued for these distributions as of
SSTK v3.2.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for system administrators responsible for installing, configuring, and
managing Linux. Administrators must have knowledge of OS concepts, commands, and
configuration. It is also helpful to have knowledge of Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) concepts.

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions.
Command
A command name or qualified command phrase.
ComputerOut
Text displayed by the computer.
Ctrl-x
A key sequence. A sequence such as Ctrl-x indicates that you must hold down the key labeled
Ctrl while you press another key or button.
ENVIRONVAR
The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
1. No testing occurs on older updates or service packs though every effort is made to maintain backward compatibility.
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To continue to use SSTK with SLES9SP3 or SLES9SP4, you must retain and
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