Step 4. Waiting For Client Registration On The Diskless/Dataless Server - IBM R/S6000 7012 300 Series Operator's Manual

Step 4. Waiting for Client Registration on the Diskless/Dataless Server

Before you can continue, the administrator of your server must add your machine as a
diskless client on the diskless server. Before your client can be registered (added), the
server administrator must know two things about your machine:
The hardware address of your machine (the address you wrote down in substep 3.5).
The amount of memory (RAM) in your machine (the amount you wrote down in substep
3.7).
Contact your administrator now and report your hardware address and RAM.
You must halt at this point and wait until your administrator has finished adding your client
machine to the server.
You have two choices:
You can leave this machine powered on while you wait. This way you will not have to
repeat Step 2, "Starting the System" and Step 3, "Setting Up Network Configuration"
when you are ready to continue with the setup of this machine. When your diskless
server administrator informs you the client is registered, continue with Step 5,
"Booting the Diskless Client."
If your administrator cannot add your machine to the server right away and you are
uncomfortable leaving the client on, you can turn the system power off now. After the
client has been registered, repeat Step 2, "Starting the System" and Step 3, "Setting
Up Network Configuration," and then continue with Step 5, "Booting the Diskless
Client."
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