Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90079, October 2013)

4 Simple Network: Creating a Server for Anonymous Clients............................42
Overview of Anonymous Clients...............................................................................................42
Configuring an Ignite Server to Boot Anonymous PA-RISC Clients..................................................42
Using the Server Setup Wizard............................................................................................42
Editing the instl_boottab file................................................................................................42
Configuring an Ignite Server to Boot Anonymous Itanium-Based Clients..........................................43
Working With DHCP..........................................................................................................43
Understanding PXE Booting of Itanium-Based Systems........................................................43
Ignite-UX Server and Boot Helper Setup for DHCP.............................................................43
Isolating Ignite-UX From Noncontrollable DHCP Servers ....................................................45
5 Complex Networks: Challenges and Solutions..............................................47
How To Use This Chapter........................................................................................................47
Complex Network Challenges..................................................................................................47
Multiple Subnets................................................................................................................48
Remote Systems.................................................................................................................48
Multiple Boot Servers..........................................................................................................49
Avoiding Complex Network Issues............................................................................................49
An Ignite-UX Server for Each Subnet.....................................................................................50
A Multi-Capable Server for Each Subnet...............................................................................50
Extend the Local Subnet......................................................................................................50
Using Virtual LANs Properly for Ignite-UX..............................................................................50
Complex Network Solutions.....................................................................................................51
Automating HP-UX OS Version Selection...............................................................................51
Limit Network Response by System Class...............................................................................52
Directed Boot....................................................................................................................52
Server Selection.................................................................................................................52
Limit Network Boot Response by Network Interface Address....................................................52
Control Network Boot via Response Timing...........................................................................53
Install Remote Clients Through a Network Router....................................................................53
Multiple NICs Attach the Ignite Server to Multiple Subnets.......................................................54
Getting the Client the Correct Networking Information........................................................54
Having the Client Contact the Correct Server....................................................................55
Ignite-UX bootp Boot Helper................................................................................................55
HP-UX DHCP PXE Next Server Boot Helper for Integrity Systems...........................................56
Configuring a Next Server Boot Helper for Integrity systems...........................................56
Forwarding Boot Requests via bootp Relay.......................................................................57
Multi-Capable Subnet Boot Server........................................................................................59
Non-HP-UX Next Server Boot Helper................................................................................59
Non-HP-UX bootp Boot Helper........................................................................................59
6 Complex Networks: Multi-Capable Servers..................................................61
Configuring an RDP Server for Specific MAC Addresses..............................................................61
Configuring an RDP Server to Delay PXE Response......................................................................61
Configuring an RDP Server to Initiate HP-UX Installation...............................................................62
Setting up RDP MenuOptions via Windows Commands..........................................................62
Setting up RDP MenuOptions via Interactive UI......................................................................63
Using an RDP MenuOption for HP-UX...................................................................................66
Linux DHCP PXE Next Server Boot Helper for HP-UX Installation....................................................66
Configuring an HP-UX Server to Support Linux Boot and Installation...............................................67
RedHat Installation From an HP-UX Server.............................................................................69
SuSE Installation From an HP-UX Server.................................................................................70
Configuring an HP-UX Server to Support Windows Installation......................................................70
7 Managing I/O for Installation and Recovery................................................71
Introducing Multipathing..........................................................................................................71
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