Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Installation/Nodes

Timestamp:

Jul 21, 2011 11:25:46 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

jhickey

Comment:

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Installation/Nodes

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 = Overview =
 
-The testbed needs to know what switches are connected to it and 
+The testbed needs to know what switches are connected to it and what power ports they are plugged into.  Right now, we insert these manually into the database.
 
 Testbed nodes need to be setup to boot from the network by default.  This is done through the Preboot eXecution Environment, available for most network cards.  For onboard network cards, it is typically enabled through the BIOS.
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 == Setting up your serial server ==
+ TBD
+
+= Testbed Nodes =
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+== Network connections == 
+
+Generally each node will have a control network interface and experimental interfaces.  The control network interface should be on a switch port that is on the CONTROL (VLAN 2003) network.  The experimental interfaces should be on ports that are enabled, but can be in a default VLAN for now. 
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+== BIOS settings for testbed nodes ==
+
+The testbed nodes should be set to boot only off of the network.  Disable hard drive boot to prevent failed PXE requests from falling through to booting whatever is on the disk.
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+= Setting up the PXE environment on boss =
 
 == Installing a PXE boot loader ==
+
+When the PXE boot ROM is loaded during machine boot. 
 
 The default bootloader for testbed nodes