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Configuring a Linux Server to Support PXE
Installation

This topic describes how to configure a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server on a
Linux system and use it to install Linux on your servers.

PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of servers so their
configuration is identical. It allows you to configure a server, which you can then use to install
identical versions of the OS on any number of network systems.

The on-board network interface card (NIC) in your server supports the PXE network booting
protocol. The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the
network for a DHCP server. If that DHCP server on the network has been configured to support
the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network, then the BIOS on your system
can be used to install a bootable Linux image on your server.

Configuring a PXE server consists of the following procedures.

Step

Description

Link

1

Verify the presence of, or
install, the following servers
and services:

■

DHCP – See

“How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server” on

■

Portmap – See

“How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server” on

■

TFTP – See

“How to Configure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP

Server” on page 45

■

Neopxe – See

“How to Install and Configure the neopxe Boot Server

Daemon” on page 46

■

NFS – See

“How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server”

2

Disable the firewall.

“Disabling the Firewall” on page 49

3

Create a PXE installation
image.

“How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux” on page 51

“Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux” on page 53

4

Install Linux from a PXE
server.

“How to Install Linux From a PXE Server” on page 55

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Summary of Contents for Sun Fire X2270 M2

Page 1: ...Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems Part No 821 1367 September 2011 12 ...

Page 2: ...s costs or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third party content products or services Ce logiciel et la documentation qui l accompagne sont protégés par les lois sur la propriété intellectuelle Ils sont concédés sous licence et soumis à des restrictions d utilisation et de divulgation Sauf disposition de votre contrat de licence ou de la loi vous ne pouvez pas copier reproduire trad...

Page 3: ...stribution Media 17 Updating OEL 19 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 21 Installing SLES10 or SLES11 From Distribution Media 21 Installing SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media 22 Installing SLES10 or SLES 11 Using a PXE Network Environment 27 How to Install SLES10 or SLES11 Using Network PXE Boot 27 Post SLES Installation Tasks 29 How to Update the SLES Operating System 30 Installing System De...

Page 4: ...emon 46 How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server 47 Disabling the Firewall 49 How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Oracle Enterprise Linux 50 How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux 51 Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux 53 How to Install Linux From a PXE Server 55 Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration 57 SUSE Linux Ho...

Page 5: ...ment Description Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Specific Documentation Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Documentation Integrated HTML version of all starred documents including Search and Index Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Getting Started Guide Pictorial setup quick reference Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide How to install rack and configure the server up to initial power on Sun Fire X2270 M2 Ser...

Page 6: ... M2 Server Safety and Compliance Guide Safety and compliance information about your server Oracle Integrated Controller Disk Management Sun x64 Server Disk Management Overview Information about managing your server storage x64 Servers Applications and Utilities Reference Documentation Sun x64 Server Utilities Reference Manual How to use the available utilities included with your server Integrated ...

Page 7: ...d welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit comments by going to this link http www oraclesurveys com se ashx s 25113745587BE578 Download Server SystemTools and Drivers Patches and the Tools and Drivers CD DVD ISO image file for your server are now available by from My Oracle Support MOS Use this procedure to access server specific downloads on MOS Go to http support oracle com Sign in...

Page 8: ...ns automatically Documents History May 2010 initial publication June 2010 collection refresh revisions to 11 March 2011 Product Notes document updated for document errata and SW v1 1 0 and SW v1 2 0 releases Windows Operating System Installation Guide revised for document errata Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation Guide revised for document errata Service Manual revised for document errat...

Page 9: ...ding how to view and configure serial and video output and how to erase your primary boot disk which is necessary if an OS is already installed Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS on page 13 4 Install Oracle Enterprise Linux on your server Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux on page 17 5 Install SUSE Linux on your server Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on page 21 6 Install Red Hat Lin...

Page 10: ...lowing tasks can be performed using SIA Note The available tasks are server dependent and might vary Perform an assisted installation of a supported Linux operating system SIA installs appropriate drivers and platform specific software eliminating the need to create a separate driver disk You provide the licensed OS distribution media from a CD or network image file and the SIA wizard sets up the ...

Page 11: ...http www oracle com goto hia See the Sun Installation Assistant 2 3 through 2 4 User s Guide for x64 Servers for more information about SIA Obtaining SIA 11 ...

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Page 13: ...mands and GRUB menu selections can change this behavior Your server is equipped with a serial port and a video port Serial port From the moment you start the SP until the OS assumes control of the display all output appears on the serial port There are two ways to connect to the serial port Physically by connecting a cable to the serial port See How to Configure the Serial Port on page 14 Virtuall...

Page 14: ...software flow control XON XOFF Power on the server Console output appears on the serial port If the output does not appear it might be necessary to configure the output in the BIOS Use the following step to configure the output in the BIOS If necessary check the BIOS settings a During POST press F2 F4 on a remote keyboard during the boot process to enter the BIOS b Use the right arrow key to navig...

Page 15: ...y data you wish to save before starting this procedure Back up any data on the hard drive that you want to save Insert theTools and Drivers CD into the servers CD DVD drive If your server does not have a CD DVD drive use the remote console JavaRConsole See the ILOM 3 0 documentation collection for details http docs sun com app docs prod sf x2270m2 l en a view Boot the system from theTools and Driv...

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Page 17: ...lling OEL from Distribution Media Before installing OEL on your server you must obtain the following items OEL media set CD or DVD or an equivalent ISO image The ISO image can be used for remote installation or for creating an installation DVD See How to Download OEL Media on page 18 DVD ROM drive Note If you are installing remotely the DVD ROM drive keyboard mouse and monitor are connected to the...

Page 18: ...he updated ISO images Find and download Oracle Enterprise Linux Proceed to How to Install OEL From Distribution Media on page 18 How to Install OEL From Distribution Media If necessary configure your console display and erase your boot hard drive See Preliminary Tasks Before Installing an OS on page 13 for details While configuring an operating system for a networked server it is necessary to prov...

Page 19: ... Solaris OS it appears as a partition during the installation process If you choose to install OEL on that partition it will overwrite the OS If you wish to preserve the partition you must install OEL on a different partition Proceed to Updating OEL on page 19 How to Update the OEL Drivers on page 20 Updating OEL Use this procedure to update OEL to the latest OS Note If your system is on a publicl...

Page 20: ...h your server for the latest drivers for installed components The Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Tools Drivers CD is provided in the Documentation and Media Kit which is an option you can order If necessary you can also download an ISO image of the Tools Drivers CD at http wikis sun com display SystemsComm Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Ensure that the device driver media is available at boot For a distributi...

Page 21: ... 21 Installing SLES10 Using Local or Remote Media on page 22 Installing SLES10 or SLES 11 Using a PXE Network Environment on page 27 How to Install SLES10 or SLES11 Using Network PXE Boot on page 27 Post SLES Installation Tasks on page 29 How to Update the SLES Operating System on page 30 Installing System Device Drivers to Support Additional Hardware on page 31 How to Install System Device Driver...

Page 22: ...ng the installation media and launching the SLES installation program For further details about installing SLES see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server documentation collection from Novell at http www novell com documentation suse Ensure that the installation media is available to boot For a distribution CD DVD insert the SLES10 boot disc CD labeled number 1 or DVD into the local or remote CD DVD ROM...

Page 23: ...llation then press Enter This option continues the normal user interactive installation process The Language screen appears Note The Language screen might take several minutes to appear In the Language screen select the appropriate language option then click Next The License Agreement screen appears In the SUSE Linux Novell License Agreement screen click Accept The SUSE YaST installation program i...

Page 24: ...ble updates to the operating system Alternatively see How to Update the SLES Operating System on page 30 for information about how to manually update your SLES OS Review and if necessary perform the post installation tasks described later in this chapter Refer to Post SLES Installation Tasks on page 29 After completing this procedure review and perform the required post installation tasks in Post ...

Page 25: ...specify a temporary boot device for the SLES installation The Please Select Boot Device menu appears In the Boot Device menu select either the external or virtual CD DVD device as the first boot device then press Enter The device strings listed on the Boot Device menu are in the format of device type slot indicator and product ID string After a few seconds the SUSE initial boot screen appears In t...

Page 26: ...n appears In the Installation Settings screen do the following a Click the Partitioning option b Select Create Custom Partition then click OK c Partition the disk as appropriate Refer to the YaST Partitioning instructions for more information Note If the Solaris OS is preinstalled on the disk you can choose to partition the disk to remove the preinstalled OS or you can choose to keep the preinstal...

Page 27: ... to the Novell SUSE documentation collection at http www novell com documentation suse How to Install SLES10 or SLES11 Using Network PXE Boot The following requirements must be met prior to performing the SLES installation from a PXE network boot environment If you are using AutoYaST to perform the installation you must Create the AutoYast profile Follow the AutoYaST installation instructions in t...

Page 28: ...ble boot device In the Boot Device menu select the PXE installation boot device physical port that is configured to communicate with your network installation server The network bootloader loads and a boot prompt appears Wait for the five second time out The installation kernel begins to load The SUSE Linux Novell License Agreement screen appears In the SUSE Linux Novell License Agreement screen c...

Page 29: ...theYaST documentation to perform the following tasks a Create a password for your account b Configure and test the Internet access and network settings c Register the OS then download available updates to the operating system Alternatively see How to Update the SLES Operating System on page 30 for information about how to manually update your SLES OS Review and if necessary perform the post instal...

Page 30: ...a network HTTP proxy the following additional configuration step must be performed c Exit theYaST utility and run the following command run set prefs proxy url Proxy_URL where Proxy_URL is the fully qualified URL of your proxy server for example http proxy yourdomain 3128 d After successfully running the command launchYaST again Register with the Novell Customer Center Note You need your Novell Cu...

Page 31: ...Drivers CD is provided in the Documentation and Media Kit which is an option you can order If necessary you can also download an ISO image of the tools and drivers CD from the downloads page http wikis sun com display SystemsComm Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server If your server does not contain a service processor obtain the linux zip file from the Sun download site The linux zip file contains the Linux dr...

Page 32: ... downloaded the file download the linux zip file from the Sun download web site Unzip the contents of the linux zip file to a USB flash device or shared network location that will be accessible during the installation Change to the mounted USB device or shared network location by typing the following command cd mount_point Run the install script by typing the following command sh install sh The sy...

Page 33: ...a RAID array you must configure the RAID array before installing your OS See your disk management documentation collection for details While configuring an operating system for a networked server you must provide the logical names assigned by the OS and the physical name MAC address of each network interface See Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration on...

Page 34: ...for Diskless Booting Information about configuring your server and Red Hat Linux for diskless booting Available for download as the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide for the x86 Itanium and AMD64 Architectures at http www redhat com docs manuals enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide Guide for securing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software Available for download from http www...

Page 35: ...terprise Linux Update Media Kit from http rhn redhat com How to Install RHEL From Distribution Media on page 35 How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software on page 36 How to Install RHEL From Distribution Media Configure the server and boot it from the distribution media For details see Booting From OS Distribution Media on page 37 The server boots from the distribution media Do one of the...

Page 36: ... network updating your system can help to improve security Updating RHEL consists of the following procedures How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software on page 36 How to Update the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software You must already have RHEL installed on your server Your server must have access to the Internet Run the yum update program yum Answer the questions and make your choices befo...

Page 37: ... media on a CD or DVD Insert the distribution media into the CD DVD drive Connect to the console For more information see Accessing the Console During Installation on page 13 Power on or reset the server BIOS messages appear on the console Insert the distribution media Additional BIOS messages appear on the console When you see a message offering a series of selections press F8 Initializing USB Co...

Page 38: ... it in the CD DVD drive Start and configure a remote console session For more information see the ILOM 3 0 documentation collection a Connect to the console b When the Remote Console window appears open the Devices menu and select CD ROM if you are using physical media CD ROM Image if you are using an ISO file c If Keyboard and Mouse are not selected select them as well Your remote console session...

Page 39: ...rogram on the media Follow the steps in your vendors OS installation guide See your ILOM documentation collection for additional details http docs sun com app docs prod sf x2270m2 l en a view 6 See Also Booting From OS Distribution Media 39 ...

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Page 41: ...nd PXE image servers on the same network then the BIOS on your system can be used to install a bootable Linux image on your server Configuring a PXE server consists of the following procedures Step Description Link 1 Verify the presence of or install the following servers and services DHCP See How to Install and Configure a DHCP Server on page 42 Portmap See How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Ser...

Page 42: ...system running SUSE 10 one for SUSE 10 and another for SUSE 11 However you cannot install a PXE server for Red Hat Linux on a system running SUSE Linux Nor can you install a PXE server for SUSE Linux on a system running Red Hat Linux Linux Distribution CDs and DVDs The following table lists the supported versions of Linux and the number of CDs or DVDs in the distribution TABLE 2 Linux Distribution...

Page 43: ...mnt cdrom d Remove the CD or DVD from the CD DVD drive Set up your DHCP configuration file for example etc dhcpd conf so that only PXEClient requests receive PXEClient responses Note If the server does not already have a dhcpd conf file in its etc directory you can copy the dhcpd conf file from the sample DHCP configuration file in the tmp rhel4u3 pxefiles directory Add the following entry to the ...

Page 44: ...d Hat type chkconfig dhcpd on For SUSE use YaST to configure the services to start at bootup For example yast system Runlevel Editor How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server on page 44 How to Install Portmap onYour DHCP Server If your server does not include a portmap server you need to install it Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep po...

Page 45: ...Service onYour DHCP Server Determine whether theTFTP server package is already installed on the server Type rpm qa grep tftp server IfTFTP is not listed install it as follows a Mount the CD DVD drive mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom b InstallTFTP For RHEL 4 8 insert the DVD or CD4 and type rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS tftp server For RHEL 5 3 insert the DVD or CD2 and type rpm Uvh mnt cdrom RedHat RPMS ...

Page 46: ...is procedure replace name with the corresponding version of Linux For example Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 uses rhel4 pxefiles Install the neopxe boot server daemon onto the system that is your DHCP server cd tmp name pxefiles neopxe 0 2 0 configure make make install where name is the file name corresponding to your version of Linux For example rhel4 pxefiles Append the path usr local sbin neopxe to...

Page 47: ...ber of seconds the prompt is displayed before the server defaults to the first service for booting service number is an integer in the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot service boot server is the IP address of the boot server for that boot service boot file is the name of the boot file that is read from your home pxeboot directory label is the text string that is displayed when the boot m...

Page 48: ...he CD or DVD from the server Add the following line to the etc exports file and save it home pxeboot no_root_squash no_subtree_check insecure Start the NFS service service nfs start Configure the server to always start the NFS service chkconfig nfs on chkconfig nfslock on Note If you are using a DNS server verify that DNS entries exist for the range of addresses defined in the PXE subnet dynamic b...

Page 49: ...ts How to Disable the Firewall for SUSE Linux UseYaST to edit services for run levels For example type rcSuSEfirewall2 stop Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux on page 53 How to Disable the Firewall for Red Hat Linux Stop the ipchains service Type service ipchains stop Stop the iptables service Type service iptables stop Stop the ipchains service from starting when you restart the server Type chkc...

Page 50: ...nts of the each distribution CD to the appropriate PXE target subdirectory Note Eject and insert CDs only when the CD DVD drive is unmounted mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom cp r mnt cdrom home pxeboot oel5 umount mnt cdrom If you are installing from a DVD you have to do this only once When the copy is done proceed to the next step Copy the vmlinuz and initrd img files to the appropriate PXE target subdi...

Page 51: ...add console ttyS0 9600 to the append line Save the modified version of the home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default file How to Install Linux From a PXE Server on page 55 How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux When you create a Red Hat Linux Preboot Execution Environment PXE installation image on the same server that is your DHCP server it will also act as your PXE server The PXE server...

Page 52: ...eboot rhel4 cp home pxeboot rhel4 images pxeboot vmlinuz home pxeboot rhel4 cp home pxeboot rhel4 images pxeboot initrd img home pxeboot rhel4 Copy the kickstart file ks cfg to your PXE server Type cp tmp rhel4u3 pxefile ks cfg home pxeboot rhel4 The kickstart configuration file contains a configuration that might not be optimal for your operating environment Modify the file as necessary to suit y...

Page 53: ...XE server It is divided into two tasks How to Set Up and Copy SUSE Software to a Directory on page 53 How to Set Up SUSE PXE Files on page 54 How to Set Up and Copy SUSE Software to a Directory The following steps explain how to create the directory setup containing SLES10 SP2 or SLES11 files for PXE installation You can use a different target directory from the home pxeboot sles10 directory shown...

Page 54: ...XE image Type cp tmp slesN autoinst xml home pxeboot slesN where N is 10 for SLES 10 and 11 for SLES 11 Add the following entry to the home pxeboot pxelinux cfg default file and save it Type the text block from append through autoinst xml in the following example as one continuous line with no returns Note Substitute sles11 for sles10 if it is appropriate default sles10 label sles10 kernel sles10 ...

Page 55: ...e PXE client attempts to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server A list of PXE servers appears Select a PXE server from the list The corresponding Linux installation image downloads onto the PXE client To configure the Linux operating system for your server refer to the manual that is shipped with your Linux media kit Update the operating system For Red Hat Linux see Overview of Red Hat Enterpri...

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Page 57: ... configuring the SUSE Linux OS while installing it you reach a point where you must enter the logical and physical names MAC addresses of the network interfaces This topic explains how to launch a user shell during the SUSE Linux OS configuration to obtain the logical and physical network interface names that you need to continue with the configuration Find and record the MAC addresses of all your...

Page 58: ...utput identifies the logical names SUSE assigned to the network interface The HWaddr 00 14 4F 0C A1 53 entry in the second column first row refers to the physical MAC address of the network port Note This MAC address is an example the MAC addresses in your server will be different Record the SUSE logical network interface name with the physical port MAC address for future reference You need to ref...

Page 59: ...OK The Keyboard Type screen appears In the KeyboardType screen select the appropriate configuration and then click OK The Setup Network screen appears In the Setup Network screen click No The Rescue screen appears In the Rescue screen click Skip The user shell appears At the command prompt in the user shell type the following command to display all network interfaces and then press Enter ifconfig ...

Page 60: ...rk interface name with the physical port MAC address for future reference You need to refer to this record when configuring the network interfaces during the Red Hat OS installation When you are done do one of the following to exit the user shell From the ILOM select Remote Control Remote Power Control Reset From the ILOM Remote Console select Ctrl Alt Delete in the Keyboard menu From other consol...

Page 61: ...ibution DVDs Red Hat Enterprise Linux list of 42 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server list of 42 drivers updating Oracle Enterprise Linux 20 F firewall disabling 49 firmware upgrades using SIA 10 I installing Oracle Enterprise Linux 17 20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 33 36 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 21 32 system device drivers 31 installing Linux from a PXE server 55 L local or remote media installation SUS...

Page 62: ...nux installation 33 Red Hat Enterprise Linux creating a PXE installation image 51 53 distribution CDs list of 42 distribution DVDs list of 42 documentation 33 installing 33 36 logical and physical interface names identifying 59 60 media kits 35 PXE installation configuring neopxe daemon 46 47 configuring NFS service 47 48 configuring TFTP service 45 46 configuring the DHCP server 42 44 disabling t...

Page 63: ...uring NFS service 47 48 configuring TFTP service 45 46 configuring the DHCP server 42 44 disabling the firewall 49 installing portmap 44 45 system device drivers 31 system device drivers SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 31 32 T TFTP service configuration 45 46 U updating Oracle Enterprise Linux 19 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 36 Index 63 ...

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