Configuration Of The Branch Server; Managing The Pos Images - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

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3 Quick Start Guide
3.3.3 Configuration of the Branch Server
Note: Update the branch server software with United Linux Service Pack
3 CD before proceeding with this section.
Expert: This guide skips the HA service configuration. For information, refer to
Section
5.3.4
on page 66.
After the installation of the SLRS software, manually start the BS configuration
script, which prompts you through the configuration:
Log in as root.
Execute the command posInitBranchserver.sh
Enter [company name] without spaces and without special characters,
for example, mycorp
Enter [country abbreviation]: us
Enter [IP Address of the AS]
The BS is then configured. A summary of the configuration is displayed.
Expert: Refer to Section
in case of failure. At this point, the base configuration of the branch server is
finished. The LDAP directory service running on the AS is accessible.

3.3.4 Managing the POS Images

The purpose of this section is to put the POS images
directory of the AS to the tftpboot directory of the BS.
Expert: The POS clients boot two images — a first and a second stage image,
which are located below the BS directories /tftpboot/boot and /tftpboot/image.
Refer to Section
15.6
Interaction
Transfer the POS Images from AS to BS. To do that, execute the com-
mand possyncimages.pl.
Verify the result of the command possyncimages.pl by checking the
contents of the following directories:
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Refer to Section
6.2
17
de for Germany, us for United States, uk for United Kingdom, etc.
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Set the value according to your AS configuration.
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The POS image, which the POS clients attached to the LAN of the BS attempt to boot,
depends on the LDAP configuration of the AS. Refer to Section
counterpart in which the POS image and POS hardware information is placed to LDAP.
36
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, for example, 192.168.2.254.
5.2.4
on page
on page
146
for further information.
on page
73
for further information.
16
.
17
64
for more detailed information and
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, located at the rsync
3.2.4
— this section is the

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