(*1)
Installation using DeploymentManagerLite ( DPM ).
Refer to manual of DPM and kickstart for details.
- Download
- Download a archive ( filename: DPM_420Ma_RHES3.zip ) from
[ HERE ] and extract it
to get 'ks.cfg' and 'syslinux.cfg'.
- Setting up network servers
- Set up DHCP server for the Bladeserver to get IP address via network.
- Set up NFS server to export '/exports/CD' folder.
And copy all included in Red Hat Linux installation CDs there.
*This location is specified in 'ks.cfg'.
- Set up NFS server to export '/exports/KS' folder. And set 'ks.cfg' there.
*This location is specified in 'syslinux.cfg'.
- Customise 'ks.cfg' according to your environment.
At least, you must set up the following item
- IP address of NFS server.
- Root passward.
- Partitions of HDDs.
Set up with 'sda','sdb',... as scsi drives, 'hda',hdb',... as IDE drives.
- Packages you plan to install.
* For details, refer to Red Hat Linux documentation about kickstart.
* 'ks.cfg' dose not approve anything except 'LF' as newline-code.
Take care some meddlesome editor would automatically insert 'CR+LF'.
- Setting up DPM server (* See the documentation about DPM for details.)
- Connect DPM server, NFS server, DHCP server and the Bladeserver to the same network segment.
- Install DPM in a Windows from the EXPRESSBUILDER CDROM.
- Make folder C:¥Program Files¥NEC¥DeploymentManager¥PXE¥Images¥pxelinux¥RHES3
And Copy files 'vmlinuz' and 'initrd.img' from 'images/pxeboot' folder in Red Hat instration CD1
there.
* These location are specified in 'syslinux.cfg'.
- Copy syslinux.cfg to C:¥Deploy¥AnsFile¥Linux¥.
* If you install optional LAN adapter,
you may need to append kernel parameter 'ksdevise=eth1' to /etc/grub.conf according to the order of ether intarfaces.
- Start DPM software and make scenario-file for installation.
- Registar the Bladeserver into the DPM server.
- Execution of the scenario
Execute the scenario on DPM and installation start automatically.
| No. |
Evaluation |
Result |
Comment |
| Cfg.1 |
| 1 |
Operating system installation |
D |
Installation in this RAID Drive is not supported. |
| 2 |
Create a partition of 4GB or more |
A |
Confirmed by writing and reading data. |
| 3 |
Make a file system, mount and unmount it |
A |
| 4 |
Read/Write at over 2GB region |
A |
| 5 |
Maximum Number of Partitions |
6 |
| 6 |
Disk failure/Auto Rebuild |
A |
Auto Rebuild after replacing dead HDD.
|
