Deployment Scenarios

How you deploy an operating system to devices in your environment depends on a number of variables. The following table describes multiple OS image deployment scenarios and instructions for deploying an operating system to those devices. For more information, see Preparing and Capturing OS Images.

Deployment Scenarios
Device State Instructions for deployment
Managed (agent installed) If the device is already managed:
  • Add the device to a group.
  • Entitle the group to an operating system (if not already entitled).
  • Use the OS Deployment Wizard to deploy the OS.

Note: If you use LSB during the OS deployment process, you will not need to make preparations for PXE or the Service CD.

Un-managed (agent not installed)

If the unmanaged device has an OS installed:

  • Deploy the HPCA agent to the device.
  • See instructions for Managed device above.

If the unmanaged device does not have an OS installed:

  • See the instructions below for how to deploy an OS to a bare-metal device.
Bare-metal (no OS installed) If the device was previously managed (for hard drive recovery, for example):
  • Group membership and any OS entitlements should still be valid. Deploy the OS using PXE or the Service CD.
If the device was not previously managed:
  • Boot the device with PXE or the Service CD.

    The device is added to HPCA using a variation on the MAC address as its device name.

  • Add the new device to a group with OS entitlement.

    The device is rebooted, and the Service CD or PXE will continue with the OS deployment.

Note: If an OS is attached to the All Devices group, the OS is installed automatically. If multiple OSs are attached to All Devices, then a choice of OS to install is presented.

Note: LSB cannot be used for deploying an OS to a bare-metal device.

 


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