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>2.5. Adding Hosts</H1
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> Each diskless client must have its own <I
CLASS="FIRSTTERM"
>snapshot</I
>
directory on the NFS server that is used as its read/write file
system. The <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Booting Tool</B
> can be used to
create these snapshot directories.
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> After completing the steps in <A
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>Section 2.4 <I
>Finish Configuring the Diskless Environment</I
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>, a
window appears to allow hosts to be added for the diskless
environment. Click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>New</B
> button. In the dialog
shown in <A
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>Figure 2-1</A
>, provide the following
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><B
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>Hostname or IP Address/Subnet</B
> —
Specify the hostname or IP address of a system to add it as a host for
the diskless environment. Enter a subnet to specify a group of
systems.</P
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><B
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>Operating System</B
> — Select the
diskless environment for the host or subnet of hosts.</P
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>Serial Console</B
> — Select this checkbox
to perform a serial installation.</P
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><B
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>Snapshot name</B
> — Provide a
subdirectory name to be used to store all of the read/write content
for the host.</P
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><B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Ethernet</B
> — Select the Ethernet device
on the host to use to mount the diskless environment. If the host
only has one Ethernet card, select <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>eth0</B
>.</P
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> Ignore the <B
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>Kickstart File</B
> option. It is only used
for PXE installations.
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>Figure 2-1. Add Diskless Host</B
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> In the existing <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>snapshot/</TT
> directory in the diskless
directory, a subdirectory is created with the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Snapshot
name</B
> specified as the file name. Then, all of the files
listed in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>snapshot/files</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>snapshot/files.custom</TT
> are copied copy from the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>root/</TT
> directory to this new directory.
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