You can create a new bootable image using one of the supported
bootable media: ISO image, CD, DVD, USB flash drive, or PXE files.
Complete the following procedure to create bootable media.
- On a command line, enter the
command name with no options to start the Bootable Media Creator wizard.
The command name varies and is based on the operating system
from which you are running the command. The following table lists
the name of the command for each supported operating system.
| Operating system |
Command name |
| Microsoft Windows |
lnvgy_utl_bomc_v.r.m_windows_i386.exe |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0, to
Update 1 |
lnvgy_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel7_x86-64.bin |
| Red Had Enterprise Linux 6.0 64-bit, to
Update 7 |
lnvgy_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel6_x86-64.bin |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, |
lnvgy_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles12_x86-64.bin |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 64-bit, to
SP4 |
lnvgy_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles11_x86-64.bin |
- On the Welcome page,
type a description in the Descriptive name field.
The descriptive text is displayed on the screen when you use the bootable
media.
- Click Next.
- On the Media Purpose page,
complete these fields and then click Next:
- Updates
- Select this check box to bundle UpdateXpress System Pack Installer and
firmware updates for the targeted systems on the bootable media.
Notes: - If you create bootable media on a system that is the same machine
type as the target system or a system that is in the supported systems
list, the machine type is automatically highlighted and selected.
- Updating firmware is performed using UpdateXpress System Pack Installer.
- This function updates only firmware. Device drivers must be updated
separately.
- IBM Intellistation Pro is no longer available or supported.
- Include firmware updates in the bootable media
- This option is displayed only if you have selected Deployment.
By default, the Lenovo ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD includes
only device driver updates. Select this check box to include firmware
updates on the CD. The firmware updates are deployed after the operating
system deployment has finished.
- Diagnostics
- Select this check box to bundle Dynamic System Analysis on
the bootable media.
Note: This option is disabled if you select Deployment.
- Deployment
- Select this check box to create a Lenovo ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD.
This option is disabled if you select Diagnostics.
Selecting this option disables the following options:
- Diagnostics
- Enable Task Autorun
- Create the media to use tui mode
Note: This option is displayed only on Microsoft Windows platforms.
- Enable Task AutoRun
- Select this check box to automatically start either UpdateXpress System Pack Installer or Dynamic System Analysis, when
you boot from the media. This option cannot be selected with Deployment.
- Create media to use a text-based (non-graphical) user
interface
- Select this check box to start the tools in a text user interface.
If this check box is not selected, the tools start in a graphical user
interface. This option cannot be selected with Deployment.
- On the Acquire Location page,
complete these fields and then click Next:
- Check the Lenovo website
- Select this radio button to acquire the latest updates from the
Lenovo website before creating the bootable media.
- UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSPs)
- This is the preferred method to obtain updates.
- Select this radio button to acquire complete UpdateXpress System Packs. Each UpdateXpress System Pack contains
an integration-tested bundle of online, firmware updates for each
System x and BladeCenter system.
- Latest available individual updates
- Select this option to acquire individual updates.
- Look in a local directory
- Select this option to acquire updates, tools, and boot environment
from the local system. Type the fully qualified path and file name
in the given field, or click the Browse to
select the file.
- On the HTTP Proxy page,
complete the following steps:
- Select a proxy option:
- Do not use proxy
- Select this option if you do not require an HTTP proxy server
to connect to the Web.
- Use proxy
- Select this option if you require an HTTP proxy server to connect
to the Web, and then complete these fields:
- Host name
- The host name, IP address, or domain name of the HTTP proxy server.
- Port
- The port number for the HTTP proxy server.
- If credentials must be specified to authenticate to
the HTTP proxy server, select the Authenticate using the
following credentials check box and enter the following
credential information:
- User name
- The user name to use for authenticating to the HTTP proxy server.
- Password
- The password for the specified user name.
- To test the connection to the specified HTTP proxy server,
click Test Connection.
- Click Next to
go to the Targeted Systems page.
- On the Targeted Systems page,
select one or more machine types that you want the bootable media
to support and then click Next.
Use
Update
List to update the system support list for all functions.
Use Rollback to
roll back to the original system support lists bundled with each function.
Tips: - Click Select All to select all machine
types or click Unselect All to deselect all
machine types.
- You can manually add or delete machine types for Lenovo systems
using the Add or Delete button.
- If a function is not supported by a system, selection of the unsupported
function is disabled for that system.
- To add support for new systems or updates released after the current
version of the Bootable Media Creator, use Update List to
update the support list from the Lenovo website.
- On the Target Directory page,
specify the directory where you want to store the downloaded files.
- On the Media Format page,
specify the format to use for the bootable media.
- To create an ISO image:
- For Device type, select CD/DVD.
- Select Write to image file and then type
the fully qualified path and file name for the ISO image in the given
field.
- To create a CD or DVD:
- For Device type, select CD/DVD.
- Select Write directly to device to write
the bootable medium to the specified CD or DVD drive.
- For Disk, select the letter associated
with the CD or DVD drive for Windows (such
as E:) or the device name for Linux (such as /dev/hdb).
- To create a USB flash drive:
- For Device type, select USB.
- Select Write directly to device to write
the bootable medium to the specified USB flash drive.
- For Disk, select the letter associated
with the USB flash drive for Windows (such
as E:) or the device name for Linux (such as /dev/hdb).
- To create PXE files:
- For Device type, select PXE.
- For PXE TFTP server address, specify the
IP address of the TFTP server to use for PXE boot.
- For Directory to write PXE files to, select
the fully qualified path or click Browse to select the
path where you want to write the PXE files in the given field.
- Click Next.
If you selected only UXSPI functions on the
Media
Purpose page, the
Unattended Mode Configuration page
is displayed. Complete the following applicable fields:
- Do not use unattended mode
- Select this radio button to disable unattended mode.
- Use unattended mode
- Select this radio button to enable unattended updates. If you
select this option you must complete the following additional fields:
- Upload log files to:
- Use this list to choose where to place the log files when unattended
updates are complete. Your choices are:
- TFTP Server
- FTP Server
- NFS Share
- Samba Server
- USB Drive
Note: - To upload log files to a TFTP, FTP, or Samba server, or to an
NFS share, the directory where the files are to be uploaded must already
exist (it will not be created as part of the upload process), and
it must allow anonymous access.
- To upload the unattended log package to the specified location,
you must ensure that you can perform the following actions, if you
are using the Rhel6.4 x86-64 operating system environment:
- For Samba shares: mount -t cifs //$address/$directory $mount_point -o
user=anonymous, password=anonymous
- For NFS shares: mount -t nfs $address:$directory $mount_point
- For FTP and TFTP uploads, ensure that the local file can be uploaded
to the address and directory specified in the FTP or TFTP command.
- Server Address
- The address of the server where the log files will be loaded.
- Save to directory
- The directory where the logs are saved.
- On the Confirm Choices page,
review the configuration information you provided for creating the
bootable media.
- Optional: Click Save to
save this configuration information to a file, which you can import
into this tool to recreate this bootable media at a later time.
- Click Next.
The Creation
Progress page is displayed. Bootable Media Creator acquires UpdateXpress System Pack updates
if appropriate, acquires Dynamic System Analysis if
specified, and then creates the bootable media. A progress bar indicates
that the acquisition and creation are in progress and shows the percentage
of progress.
- When the bootable media is finished,
click Next.
- Click Finish.