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>1.3. Adding PXE Hosts</H1
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> After configuring the network server, the interface as shown in <A
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>Figure 1-2. Add Hosts</B
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> The next step is to configure which hosts are allowed to connect to the
PXE boot server. For the command line version of this step, refer to
<A
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>Section 1.3.1 <I
>Command Line Configuration</I
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> To add hosts, click the <B
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>New</B
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>Figure 1-3. Add a Host</B
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> Enter the following information:
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><B
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>Hostname or IP Address/Subnet</B
> —
Enter the IP address, fully qualified hostname, or a subnet of
systems that should be allowed to connect to the PXE server for
installations.
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><B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Operating System</B
> — Select the
operating system identifier to install on this client. The list is
populated from the network install instances created from the
<B
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>Network Installation Dialog</B
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> — Select this option
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> — Specify the location
of a kickstart file to use such as
<TT
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><B
>http://server.example.com/kickstart/ks.cfg</B
></TT
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This file can be created with the
<B
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>Kickstart Configurator</B
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> Ignore the <B
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>Snapshot name</B
> and
<B
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>Ethernet</B
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>1.3.1. Command Line Configuration</H2
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> If the network server is not running X, the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>pxeboot</TT
>
utility, a part of the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>system-config-netboot</TT
>
package, can be used to add hosts which are allowed to connect to the
PXE server:
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><TT
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>pxeboot -a -O <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><os-identifier></I
></TT
> -r <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><value></I
></TT
> <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><host></I
></TT
></TT
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> The following list describes the options:
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><TT
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>-a</TT
> — Specifies that a host is to be
added.</P
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><TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-O</TT
>
<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><os-identifier></I
></TT
> — Replace
<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><os-identifier></I
></TT
> with the operating
system identifier as defined in <A
HREF="s1-netboot-pxe-config.html"
>Section 1.2 <I
>PXE Boot Configuration</I
></A
>.</P
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><TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-r</TT
> <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><value></I
></TT
>
— Replace <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><value></I
></TT
> with the ram
disk size</P
></LI
><LI
><P
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><host></I
></TT
> — Replace
<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><host></I
></TT
> with the IP address or
hostname of the host to add.
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