Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z - Manual (Page 48)

42 Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004
Preconfiguring Your Network to Support
Red Hat Linux Installation
The procedures provided in this appendix describe how to preconfigure your Linux
network to support PXE installation of Red Hat Linux software. Some of the
following procedures might not be necessary if you confirm that the server packages
are already in place and configured.
Note – For 32-bit users: The compressed files and extracted directories described in
the Red Hat Linux procedures in this appendix are given for a 64-bit installation. If
you are performing a 32-bit installation, the files and directories are slightly
different.
For 64-bit, the compressed file image is:
rhel3_64-pxefiles.tar.gz
and the extracted directory is: rhel3_64-pxefiles/
For 32-bit, the compressed file image is: rhel3_32-pxefiles.tar.gz
and the extracted directory is: rhel3_32-pxefiles/
All the other directories and directions are the same for both 64-bit and 32-bit.
Required Items
Preconfiguring your network for PXE installation requires the following items.
■
A Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 server equipped with:
■
A CD-ROM drive
■
PS/2 keyboard
■
Monitor
■
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 3 Media Set
■ Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers Documentation and Support Files CD
This task includes the following procedures:
■ “Copying Files From the Documentation and Support Files CD” on page 43
■ “Configuring a DHCP Server” on page 44
■
“Installing Portmap” on page 45
■
“Configuring the TFTP Service” on page 45
■ “Installing and Configuring the neopxe Boot Server Daemon” on page 46
■
“Configuring the NFS Service” on page 48
■
“Disabling the Firewall” on page 49