You use the Customer-Supplied OS Toolkit for Linux to create operating system gold images from existing instances of supported Linux operating systems for use in your fabric environment.
Note: For a list of supported Linux operating systems, access the Unisys Product Support website, navigate to the Support Site page for your release, and then click Operating Systems. On the Operating Systems page, click ClearPath Forward Supported Operating Systems to display a PDF detailing the supported operating systems for the ClearPath Forward releases.
The toolkit is distributed as an ISO image and is a collection of scripts, tools, and blueprint files, bundled into a bootable, live Linux environment—based on open source Ubuntu software—that helps you modify (prepare) a running Linux operating system for the fabric environment. Scripts in the toolkit are used to create an image from the prepared system, as well as a corresponding blueprint image. You then copy the paired images to the Fabric Management Platform, and use the Fabric Manager user interface to add the paired images to the appropriate platform. Once the images are added, you can commission a partition image that uses your operating system image on that platform.
Note: When you wish to commission a partition image that uses your operating system image, you must select the paired blueprint during commissioning.
Your existing instances of Linux operating systems must be running on hardware booted in UEFI mode. Both physical systems and virtual machines are supported when they are booted in UEFI mode.