Oracle Sun Fire X2270 M2 Installation Guide

Conguring a Linux Server to Support PXE
Installation
This topic describes how to congure a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) server on a
Linux system and use it to install Linux on your servers.
PXE is a powerful and convenient solution for setting up a number of servers so their
conguration is identical. It allows you to congure a server, which you can then use to install
identical versions of the OS on any number of network systems.
The on-board network interface card (NIC) in your server supports the PXE network booting
protocol. The system BIOS and network interface BIOS on your server automatically query the
network for a DHCP server. If that DHCP server on the network has been congured to support
the PXE protocol and PXE image servers on the same network, then the BIOS on your system
can be used to install a bootable Linux image on your server.
Conguring a PXE server consists of the following procedures.
Step Description Link
1 Verify the presence of, or
install, the following servers
and services:
■
DHCP – See “How to Install and Congure a DHCP Server” on
page 42
.
■
Portmap – See “How to Install Portmap on Your DHCP Server” on
page 44
.
■
TFTP – See “How to Congure the TFTP Service on Your DHCP
Server” on page 45
.
■
Neopxe – See “How to Install and Congure the neopxe Boot Server
Daemon” on page 46
.
■
NFS – See “How to Congure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server”
on page 47
.
2 Disable the rewall.
“Disabling the Firewall” on page 49
3 Create a PXE installation
image.
“How to Create a PXE Installation Image for Red Hat Linux” on page 51
“Creating a PXE Image for SUSE Linux” on page 53
4 Install Linux from a PXE
server.
“How to Install Linux From a PXE Server” on page 55
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Oracle Sun Fire X2270 M2 Specifications

General

Brand	Oracle
Model	Sun Fire X2270 M2
Category	Server
Language	English