pyhpecw7.features.install_os module

Install an operating system on HPCOM7 devices.

class pyhpecw7.features.install_os.InstallOs(device)

Bases: object

This class is used to get and build the startup software image. It is often used in conjunction with file_copy.FileCopy, which can transfer an image.

Parameters:device (HPCOM7) – connected instance of a pyhpecw7.comware.HPCOM7 object.

device

connected instance of a pyhpecw7.comware.HPCOM7 object.

Type:HPCOM7

build(os_type, ipe=None, boot=None, system=None, delete_ipe=False, stage=False)

Stage or execute the configuration commands for changing the primary startup image.

Parameters:

• os_type (str) – REQUIRED - ‘ipe’ (for IPE packages) or ‘bootsys’ (for separate boot and system files.
• ipe (str) – REQUIRED if os_type is ‘ipe’ - The full path of the remote IPE file.
• boot (str) – REQUIRED if os_type is ‘bootsys’ - The full path of the remote boot .bin file.
• system (str) – REQUIRED if os_type is ‘bootsys’ - The full path of the remote system .bin file.
• delete_ipe (bool) – OPTIONAL - Whether to delete the remote IPE file after config change. Defaults to False.
• stage (bool) – whether to stage the commands or execute immediately

Returns:

True if stage=True and successfully staged etree.Element XML response if immediate execution

get_config()

Return a dictionary of current and startup image names.

Returns:A dictionary of ‘current’, ‘startup-primary’, and ‘startup-backup’ image file names. For each, there is a ‘boot’ image and a ‘system’ image:

{
    'current': {
        'boot' : <current boot image>,
        'system': <current system image>,
    }
    'startup-primary': {
        'boot' : <primary startup boot image>,
        'system': <primary startup system image>,
    }
    'startup-backup': {
        'boot': <backup startup boot image>,
        'system': <backup startup system image>
    }
}