Hi Venky,
Venky Papavinasam wrote: > Hi Jan, > > Thanks for the info. > > Sounds like I'll not be able to take advantage of the existing PXE > setup for Opensolaris install at all. In order to setup install server for installing clients with OpenSolaris, you need to setup more things than just PXE. For instance, appropriately configured TFTP and HTTP servers are required. You could of course set up all those things manually, but this is definitely not easy thing to do if you are not already familiar with AI server and AI client internals. If you would like to play with this, I would recommend to take advantage of virtualization - install guest with OpenSolaris and configure it as AI server with separate DHCP server which you already have configured. > > I was told that there may be other scripts and tools to get this done. > But haven't seen any. If you know of any, please let me know. I am not aware of any such scripts or tools. That said, support for AI server on Linux operating system is one of long term goals which are being considered. Thank you, Jan > > Thanks. > -Venky > > > > > jan damborsky wrote: >> Hi Venky, >> >> >> On 04/21/09 19:58, Venky Papavinasam wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have been adviced by Dana to contact this alias for opensolaris >>> install related questions. >>> >>> We (x64 SQA) have to provide opensolaris install support using PXE. >>> We have a PXE environment already available and a (AMD based)Linux >>> system is been used as an install server, containing all the OS >>> images. We have a separate DHCP server. I have few questions, >>> >>> 1. Can I add opensolaris to the above anvironment for net install? >>> Is there a document with the steps to follow? >> >> For the time being, only OpenSolaris is supported as platform where >> install server for OpenSolaris can be created/configured. Separate >> DHCP server can be used. >> >> As far as PXE boot is concerned, it is utilized only for >> x86 platform, Sparc takes advantage of 'wanboot'. >> >> In your particular case, one potential solution might be to >> take advantage of virtualization - I assume (I haven't tried yet) >> that you could create AI server (utilized by both x86 as well >> as Sparc clients) as virtual machine (e.g. as a guest in Virtual Box) >> using your Linux system as a host operating system. >> >> As far as setting up AI server is concerned, you can take a look >> at following link: >> >> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/setup.html >> >> Please be aware that documentation is currently in update process >> for June release. >> >> Thank you, >> Jan >> >>> >>> 2. We will have to support both AMD and SPARC blades for >>> opensolaris installation. Will there be a problem in doing so? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -Venky >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >> >
