• Install a standard Branch Server. For detailed instructions, see Chapter 6,
Setting Up a Branch Server (page 49).
• Install a high availability Branch Server cluster of two nodes in an active/pas-
sive setup. For general information on how to set up a high availability envi-
ronment, refer to the High Availability Guide, available from
http://www
.novell.com/documentation/sles11/
.
• For stores where the Branch Server is only running the Point of Service in-
frastructure (i.e. the Branch Server is running no additional applications),
the Branch Server can be installed as a control terminal running on Point of
Service hardware.
7
After a Branch Server is installed, you must complete the following steps to ini-
tialize the Branch Server, before attempting to boot its Point of Service terminals:
7a
Run the
posInitBranchserver.sh
script to initialize and configure
the Branch Server.
7b
Run
possyncimages.pl
to download the Point of Service images from
the Administration Server to the
/srv/tftpboot
directories on the Branch
Server. For detailed instructions, see Section 6.5, “Downloading Images
from the Administration Server” (page 64).
7c
Start the core script (
posleases2ldap
) as a daemon process on the Branch
Server. This script controls all other scripts. For more information, see Sec-
tion 6.6, “Starting the Core Script” (page 65).
8
Deploy the Point of Service terminals, following the general instructions in
Chapter 7, Deploying Point of Service Terminals (page 67).
Depending on your network configuration and terminal hardware, you must
prepare the Point of Service terminals to boot using one of the following proce-
dures:
• If the Point of Service terminals have access to the network, the terminals
can PXE boot and download their image files from the Branch Server. This
method is typically used for workstations that aren't equipped with a hard
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