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1. Enter share name ex home share SHARE Enter user name USER NAME OF SHARED LOCATION Enter password PASSWORD Attach in progress Waiting for response Response received Check status of job either with option 3 or 5 The main menu is returned after attempting to connect the device To check if the device has been connected correctly use option 3 or 5 for more information Detach Network ISO image from persistent boot This capability disconnects the persistent connection to the network iso image option 4 The option that allows usage of this capability is option 7 Detach Network ISO from option 4 10 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO r Al Enter option 1 9 7 Sample Output Detach in progress Waiting for response Response received ISO image has been detached successfully The main menu is returned at the end of operation Retrieve the status of the attachment of Network ISO image for persistent boot This capability is used check if the connection of the network ISO image was successful If it is successful the type of image and the location of the image that is currently connected to the iDRAC s host system will be outputted Option 5 fromthe main menu Status of option 4 allows usage of this capability Enter option 1 9 5 Sample Output Checking Status Waiting for response Response received Persistent attachment
2. Scripting WSMAN to Deploy OS using remote ISO image to stage and boot This Dell Technical White Paper provides information about scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment for attaching remote ISO s on Dell PowerEdge servers with iDRAC 1 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO eu This document is for informational purposes only and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies The content is provided as is without express or implied warranties of any kind 2012 Dell Inc All rights reserved Dell and its affiliates cannot be responsible for errors or omissions in typography or photography Dell the Dell logo and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others February 2012 Rev 1 0 2 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO Contents Executive SUMMAT Y c2 lt c cretarehantibiccnsucwre nondiaecs oes Sree bane peebonetaexboececese cee ieew ees 4 MtrOdUCTION sec icenten ees abos secant ren iaai teen eateucteetees ENTAI AI DENT
3. Detaches Emulated USB Device from D F Retrieves the status of D G Skips booting to the persistent Emulated USB Device with the Network ISO Image one time on next boot Script Usage Use the following script for harnessing the above capabilities osd_boot_network py The script is interactive and menu driven It does not have positional arguments The script package contains the file README_OSD_Boot_Network This readme provides more information on the script usage 1 On running the osd_boot_network py script you will be prompted for Enter iDRAC IP Address iDRAC IP Enter User Name USER NAME Enter User Password PASSWORD The first argument asks for the iDRAC s IP address on the target system The second argument asks for the iDRAC s user name If the user is an AD account then the syntax is USER DOMAIN The third argument asks for the iDRAC s password 2 The script establishes a connection with the iDRAC and also performs Certificate validation Pinging iDRAC IP Waiting for response Done Getting SSL Certificate Waiting for response Done 6 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO 3 Once a successful connection is established the following main menu is returned The main menu allows you to pick an option number which corresponds to a needed operation on the system Sample output of the main menu 1 Attach and Boot to Network ISO
4. one time Detach Network ISO from option 1 Get Job Status Attach Network ISO for persistent boot Status of option 4 Skip next boot to persistent Network ISO Detach Network ISO from option 4 Change iDRAC Target Quit Enter option 1 9 Attach Network ISO image for immediate one time boot This capability attaches a remote ISO image to the target iDRAC s host OS as an Emulated USB device The host will boot to the emulated USB device one time if the attachment is successful Option 1 from the main menu Attach and Boot to Network ISO one time allows usage of this capability Sample menu option Enter option 1 9 1 The user must enter a choice of either NFS or CIFS share type The NFS share requires the IP address image name and share name of the Linux s system carrying the ISO image The CIFS share requires the IP address image name share name user name and password of the Window s system holding the ISO image Sample script and user interaction 0 NES 2 CIES 7 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO DOLL Enter share type 0 Specify NFS required information Enter IP address iDRAC IP Enter image name ex iso img IMAGE NAME Enter share name ex home share SHARE NAME Boot in progress Waiting for response Response received A job is created Retrieve job status in progress Waiting for response Respons
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6. J obStatus will fail The J obStatus requires for an iDRAC have network connection at all times The iDRAC loses its network connection when the host is being rebooted if the host and iDRAC are sharing the same NIC A few expected responses when polling for job status JobName JobStatus MessageID Messag BootToNetworkISO Success OSD1 The command was successful BootToNetworkISO Rebooting to ISO Timed out Unable to get job status Attach Network ISO image for persistent boot This capability is used to connect an image at either an NFS or CIFS mount location to the host as an Emulated USB device When the host reboots it will automatically boot to the USB device until 9 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO DCA detached Option 4 from the main menu Attach Network ISO for persistent boot allows usage of this capabilitiy Enter option 1 9 4 The user will have to enter their choice of either NFS or CIFS share type The NFS share requires the IP address image name and share name of the Linux s system carrying the ISO image The CIFS share requires the IP address image name share name user name and password of the Window s system holding the ISO image Sample script and user interaction Specify share type 0 NES 2 CIFS Enter share type 2 Specify CIFS required information Enter IP address IP ADDRESS Enter image name ex img iso IMAGE NAME
7. and network reachable to talk to WSMAN 2 Verify Python version 2 7 is installed on your system If you need assistance refer to the python release site 3 Download the python scripts package from Dell Tech Center The scripts relevant to this document include the following 4 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO a osd_boot_network py b provider_common py c wsman_common py Figure 1 Environment Diagram Pictorial View of the Environment 1 Administrator 7 _ 3 Network Share KN 5 WSMAN over SSL TFTP NFS CIFS Share with ISO Target System Figure 1 shows the pictorial view of the environment It starts with administrator 1 running scripts to send WSMAN commands through an SSL connection The target system 2 is a Dell PowerEdge 11G or later server equipped with iDRAC service processor The network share 3 is used to attach the ISO image to the target iDRAC s host The iDRAC s host will boot to the emulated USB holding the ISO image 5 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO The operating system booting to a network ISO provides the following capabilities A Attaches Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for immediate one time boot B Detaches Emulated USB Device from A C Retrieves the J ob Status of the attached image D Attaches Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for persistent boot E
8. e J ob Status of the attached image D Attach Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for persistent boot E Detach Emulated USB Device from D F Retrieve the status of D and G Skip booting to the persistent Emulated USB Device with the Network ISO Image one time on next boot Having these done remotely and securely Dell iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller enables you to be more productive and efficient Learn more Visit Dell com PowerEdge for more information on Dell s enterprise class servers 13 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO
9. e received Job is in state Rebooting to ISO Select choice 3 to monitor job status The main menu is returned at the end of the operation Detach Network ISO image from one time boot This capability is used to detach the Emulated USB device from the target iDRAC s host attached previously using option 1 Option 2 from the main menu Detach Network ISO from option 1 allows usage of this capability Enter option 1 9 2 Sample output of the response Detach in progress Waiting for response Response received ISO image has been detached successfully The main menu is returned at the end of the operation The Emulated USB containing the ISO image is detached 8 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO Dea L Retrieve the J ob Status This capability pulls the job status of attaching the Emulated USB containing an ISO image onto the iDRAC s host Option 3 from the main menu Get Job Status allows usage of this capability Enter option 1 9 3 Sample output of the response Retrieving job status in progress Waiting for response Response received JobName JobStatus MessageID Messag Boot ToNetworkISO Rebooting to ISO Once the J ob status is polled the menu comes back up You can continue to poll the status using option 3 The host will boot to the Emulated USB WARNING If the iDRAC and host are sharing a NIC while the host is booting to the emulated USB the
10. l lose network connection when the host is booting to the ISO image 12 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO Where to Find More Information Learn more about firmware inventory as defined by the Dell CIM profile specification http www delltechcenter com page DCIM Library Profiles DCIM Software Hnventory Profile l 0 Learn more about firmware update as defined by the Dell CIM profile specification http www delltechcenter com page DCIM Library Profile DCIM Software Update Profile 1 0 Learn more about job control as defined by the Dell CIM profile specification http www delltechcenter com page DCIM 4 ob Control Profile 1 1 WSMAN Interface Guide for Linux http attachments wetpaintserv us BM k79WsVP3FOj wl50xR_w2088275 WSMAN Interface Guide for Windows http attachments wetpaintserv us utYVFQFaHmnfG LHEnx1YQ2026735 WSMAN command line open source for Linux Openwsman http sourceforge net proj ects openwsman WSMAN command line for Windows Winrm http msdn microsoft com en us library windows desktop aa384291 v VS 85 aspx All about Lifecycle Controller in iDRAC http support dell com support edocs software smusc smlc Ic_1 5 index htm Summary This document provides information on how to A Attach Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for immediate one time boot B Detach Emulated USB Device from A C Retrieve th
11. ll PowerEdge servers equipped with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC provides secure simple scriptable and standards based remote management capability through Web Services for Management WSMAN WSMAN is a network based management protocol that enables a user to access systems management data objects and methods supported by the target platform You can utilize he WSMAN API by scripting WSMAN can be scripted using command line tools such as winrm on Windows and wsmancli on Linux The scripting language used in this document is Python which can run on both Windows and Linux You may need to read specification documents to understand the terminology and concepts in this document The audience for this document is systems administrators who typically work with command line tools and scripts In this document you will learn how to A Attach Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for immediate one time boot B Detach Emulated USB Device from A C Retrieve the J ob Status of the attached image D Attach Network ISO image to host OS as Emulated USB Device for persistent boot E Detach Emulated USB Device from D F Retrieve the status of D G Skip booting to the persistent Emulated USB Device with the Network ISO Image one time on next boot Environmental Check Point Before you begin complete the following tasks 1 Prepare a target system Dell PowerEdge server with iDRAC enabled configured
12. of network iso name at share ip address is successful The main menu is returned at the end of operation Skip booting to the persistent Network ISO Image on next boot This capability skips booting to the attached ISO Image next time the host reboots for one time Option 6 of the main menu Skip next boot to persistent Network ISO allows usage of this capability Enter option 1 9 6 Sample Output Checking Status Waiting for response Response received Skip booting to remote ISO image for one cycle is successful 11 Scripting WSMAN Operating System Deployment Boot Network ISO eau The main menu is returned at the end of operation Changing iDRAC Target The option 4 from the main menu Change iDRAC Target allows you to change the iDRAC target being used You can use this option to shift to a different iDRAC Enter option 1 5 4 Sample output of the response Enter iDRAC IP Address New iDRAC IP Enter User Name USER NAME Enter User Password PASSWORD Pinging New iDRAC IP Waiting for response Response received iDRAC IP address is set to New iDRAC IP The script establishes a connection with the iDRAC and also performs Certificate validation Once a successful connection is established the main menu is returned NOTE The option to attach an ISO image to the host also boots the host to the ISO image If the iDRAC and iDRAC s host both share a NIC the iDRAC wil
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