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HP Vectra 486M - MI Setup Manual

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  • Page 1 Remote software deployment Setup guide for PXE and RIS evaluation Ver.1.0...
  • Page 2 Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents INTRODUCTION ..........................5 SETUP TO TEST PXE FEATURE .....................6 2.1. R ........................6 EQUIRED CONFIGURATION 2.2. C 2000 S ................8 ONFIGURATION OF THE INDOWS ERVER PXE EVALUATION PROGRAM SETUP ..................9 3.1. I PXE E ............9 NSTALL NTEL VALUATION ROGRAM ON YOUR ERVER 3.2.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    1. Introduction The scope of this document is to evaluate the remote deployment capabilities and basic troubleshooting for PXE or RIS. It also partially illustrates some network concepts and the reader is assumed to have a basic knowledge of networking (DHCP, DNS, IP address…).

  • Page 6: Setup To Test Pxe Feature

    2. Setup to test PXE feature 2.1. Required configuration To setup and test PXE capabilities, the following assumptions are made to simplify the procedure and explanation: 1 The tests will be performed on a local area network, where there are at least two different PCs. It is possible to have more than two, but all the PCs should be in the same sub-network - no gateway or external server is required for routing data from one PC to another.
  • Page 7 7 To install RIS, users will need a second drive letter (at least). RIS does not use C: or any drive letter with Windows 2000 or later OSs. As such, it is a good idea to have either a second hard disk drive or use at least 2 different partitions (minimum 4GB per partition).

  • Page 8: Configuration Of The Windows 2000 Server

    2.2. Configuration of the Windows 2000 Server After installing the Windows 2000 server version, users should use the server wizard to setup a working DHCP server (go to Start>Programs>Administrative Tools>Configure your server). Users need to define a DHCP scope - a range of IP addresses the server allocates to clients.

  • Page 9: Pxe Evaluation Program Setup

    3. PXE Evaluation Program Setup 3.1. Install Intel PXE Evaluation Program on your Server Download the installation pack from Intel’s web site (for reference, this document refers to build 82 of Intel PXE PDK). If the server is already configured for RIS, users will need to stop serving the RIS client.
  • Page 10 Right click and then click on STOP. The service should stop. 5 Restart the server to avoid any side effects. 6 The Intel PXE PDK software can be installed by double clicking on the software package. A temporary directory will be prompted.

  • Page 11: Configure Intel Pxe Evaluation Program On Your Server

    3.2. Configure Intel PXE Evaluation Program on your Server 3.2.1. PXE Server: Main Interface. 1. Go to Start>Programs>PXE PDK>PXE PDK Configuration Program. A window similar to the one below will appear: In this example, W2KSRV is the computer name of the PXE server.
  • Page 12 example) and select “enable Boot Server” or/and “enable proxyDHCP Server”. 3.2.2. PXE Server: ProxyDHCP Server Configuration From the main interface, right click on ProxyDHCP Server (green icon) and then click on "Configure proxyDHCP Server" In the “proxyDHCP” tab, uncheck “use DHCP port for listening”...
  • Page 14 In the “Client Options” tab, check “Broadcast Discovery” only and validate this by clicking “OK”. In the “Bootserver Options” tab, uncheck “Provide Multicast …” (unless you want to use multicast) and do NOT update the IP address. It is important that the IP address is NOT within your network subnet’s IP address range (check the DHCP server scope).
  • Page 15 3.2.3. PXE Server: Boot Server Configuration From the main interface, right click on Boot Server (green icon) and then click "Configure Boot Server". In the “General Options” tab, uncheck “Use DHCP Port for Listening” (used when the PXE server is not a DHCP server). Uncheck all other boxes.
  • Page 16 In the “MTFTP Options” tab, uncheck “Enable Multicast Transmit” and validate this by clicking “OK”. Note that the “MTFTP Files” tab only contains information. Users should not change anything in it. Write down how many files are displayed in this screen. If a message telling you that the number of MTFTP files does not match the range is displayed, enter the number of files in the “Multicast Address Range”...
  • Page 17 3.2.4. DHCP Server: Configuration for use with a PXE Server. As the DHCP server should have a fixed IP address, hp recommends users to set this IP address to 192.168.1.1. To do this, go to Start>Settings>Network and Dial-up Connections. Right click on the LAN area connection that belongs to your PXE’s test network and select Properties.
  • Page 18 your Server. Then select DHCP and follow the steps indicated. In this document, the scope is supposed to be 192.168.1.5 up to 192.168.1.254. Go to Start>Programs>Administrative Tools>DHCP. Your DHCP server’s IP address should be part of the DHCP’s sub-network scope. (In this document, the W2KSRV IP address is 192.168.1.1 and the network mask is 255.255.0.0.
  • Page 19 The Windows should look similar to the one below: There are two options added for this example: option 6 and 15. These options are not necessary for the PXE tests, and are only added as W2KSRV also happens to be a domain controller.
  • Page 20 3.2.5. Intel PXE PDK: Configuration to Serve Floppy-like Boot Images. The Intel PXE PDK server enables emulation of a bootable floppy diskette, via PXE. If you have not already done so, create a bootable diskette under DOS (using format a: /s) or under Windows 98SE (double click on My Computer, then right click on the Floppy A: icon, select format and check Copy System Files.) Note that this procedure will erase the...
  • Page 21 will be the result. Here, it will be an IP address within the range of 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.254. 2. Is the RIS installed and running? è Check here for the procedure to check/stop the RIS service. 3. Whether you changed the network configuration during this boot.
  • Page 22 3.2.6. Intel PXE PDK: Building & Mapping PXE Boot Images and PXE Menu 1. In PXE PDK Configuration Program, double click on “Client Boot Menu” that appears in the proxy DHCP Server. There are three architectures listed. 2. Double click on “X86PC”. The references on the right (local, API, DOSUNDI, RIS) are a list of the boot menus as they appear on the PXE client’s side (retaining these references makes the PXE boot options on the client’s...
  • Page 23 5. Go in to “Configure DHCP proxy” and then the “Client Options” tab (how to do this?). Click on “Add to boot server discovery list”. 6. Enter 1000 in the “Bootserver type” box and the IP address of the PXE server in the “IP Address” box (in this document, this is 192.168.1.1).
  • Page 24 folder. Check the path you noted before (for example, [...]\X86PC\UNDI\BOOT). If the BOOT directory is not created at the [...]\X86PC\UNDI level, create it. If you have or are likely to have a floppyless PXE client(such as an e-PC), download the dosundi.0 file from hp’s support web site at: http://www.support.vectra.hp.com/vectrasupport/leve l4/1441vdg175en.exe.html...
  • Page 25 3.2.7. PXE Client Start Switch on a PXE client (press F12 or any other key to boot on the LAN). After a while the following text should be displayed: ”Press F8 to view Menu”. Pressing F8 will display the list under the proxyDHCP server’s Boot menu list.

  • Page 26: Setup To Test Ris Feature

    4. Setup to Test RIS Feature 4.1. Stop/Remove Other PXE Servers RIS uses PXE to start the procedure. Due to this, any other PXE servers should be stopped. Users will first need to stop any other PXE services on their RIS server.

  • Page 27: Ris Pxe Server Pre- Requisites

    4.2. RIS PXE Server Pre- requisites RIS services require Active Directory. Users will also have to configure their servers as a root domain controller, DHCP and Domain Name Server. (They will not need any forwarding/trusting to other domains for RIS to work. No configuration of the routing services is required either.) Allow the server configuration wizard to guide you through this process (go to Start>Programs>Administrative...

  • Page 28: Ris Server Setup

    5. RIS Server Setup 5.1. RIS Image Creation: Procedure to be Followed If the Windows 2000 CD-ROM needs to be upgraded by a Service Pack, the CD-ROM should first be copied into a temporary folder. The Service Pack should then be applied to this folder and finally this folder should be imported as a CD- ROM image under RIS interface.
  • Page 29 5. Finally, click on Next>. The RIS setup wizard starts. Click on Next> and then enter the path to your OS CD-ROM or copy of the OS on the hard disk drive. (Remember that any Service Pack installation should occur before this stage). Applying any Service Pack directly to the RIS image without using the image creation wizard is not supported.

  • Page 30: Ris Image Customization: Oem Drivers

    5.2. RIS Image Customization: OEM Drivers The RIS Setup Wizard creates an RIS image in the drive letter configured during RIS installation. In this example, it is E: and the RIS images are stored in E:\RIS\Setup\English\Images. In this folder, there should be a “Win2000.pro” folder or the equivalent folder name entered when prompted for the RIS directory name.
  • Page 31 overwrite some OS files when doing this (confirm this on a case by case basis). è Note that the wording of the folder names is important to the OS. Do not rename the folders provided in this document. 8. Go to […]\win2000.pro\i386\templates and select the RISTNDRD.SIF file.
  • Page 32 14. Restart the BINL service by right clicking on My Computer, then on Manage. Double-click on Services and Applications, then on Services and then right click Boot Information and Negotiation Layer. Right click and then click on Restart. The RIS server is now ready to serve RIS clients...

  • Page 33: Ris Client Start

    5.3. RIS Client Start 1. Switch on an RIS client (press F12 or any other key to boot on the LAN). After a while, the message “Press F12 for network service boot” will be displayed. 2. Press the F12. A blue welcome screen, in text mode, will then appear.

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