2 Cold-installing a Client Across the Network

This chapter describes adding a client to an Ignite-UX server, and then installing HP-UX on that client from the Ignite-UX server over the network. You must have superuser privileges to cold-install a client. You can stop anywhere in this procedure and resume where you left off at later time.

This document assumes the network boot clients are on the same subnet as the Ignite-UX server.

Glossary terms are italicized when used for the first time in this manual.

Add a Network Entry for the Client to the IP Address File on the Server.

This process is machine-dependent; follow the procedure for Intel® Itanium®-based or PA-RISC-based, depending on your client system type.

Procedure for Itanium®-based machines

1.Collect client information. To allow a client to boot from the Ignite-UX server, you must add information about the client to the appropriate file on the Ignite-UX server. The following information is required:

•Hardware address (ha) – the client's MAC address.•IP address (ip) – the client's assigned internet address.

For more information on adding client information to the /etc/bootptab file, see the documentation within the /etc/bootptab file and the HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator's Guide: HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3, specifically the section on adding client or relay information. HP-UX technical documentation can be found at http://docs.hp.com.

2.Edit the /etc/bootptab file (don't worry that it appears to be [Read-only]):# vi /etc/bootptab

3.Add an entry for your client. A typical bootptab file has a generic, default client specification defined, identified by tc=. In this example, ignite-defaultsis that entry. If your bootptab has a different default specification, substitute it for ignite-defaults. The MAC address should be in hexadecimal, but without the leading “0x”.

The following is an example bootptab entry. For information on what each entry means, see bootpd(1M).

ignite-defaults:\ ht=ethernet:\ hn:\ dn=domain_name.com:\ gw=10.1.1.1:\ sm=255.0.0.0:\ ds=10.1.1.2 10.1.1.3:\ vm=rfc1048:\ bf=/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi:

iuxclient1:\ tc=ignite-defaults:\ ha=0018FE2F01B3:\ ip=10.1.2.87:4.Save the /etc/bootptab file and exit vi::wq!Procedure for PA-RISC-based machines

1.Edit the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file (don't worry that it appears to be [Read-only]):

# vi /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab

2.Add an entry for your client. If a network entry already exists for your client, you may edit it so it looks like the entry below. The client's MAC address should be in hexadecimal, with a leading “0x”.

client_IP_address:client_MAC_address::reserve3.Save the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file and exit vi:

:wq!

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