Configuring The Tftp Server - Dell DX6000 Getting Started Manual

parameter to define the IP address of the TFTP server and the filename parameter to define the
bootstrap loader program to download.
group {
next-server 172.16.1.10;
filename "/pxelinux.0";
# Hosts allowed to network boot into DX Storage
host clusternode1 { hardware ethernet 00:90:cb:bf:45:26; }
host clusternode2 { hardware ethernet 00:90:b2:92:09:e4; }
host clusternode3 { hardware ethernet 00:90:0d:46:7a:b4; }
}
In the preceding DHCP configuration file example, the DX Storage nodes are explicitly defined by
MAC address to prevent the unintended booting of DX Storage by other servers or workstations.

2.4.2. Configuring the TFTP Server

In addition to the DHCP, you must configure a TFTP server from which to load the DX Storage
software. The following steps are necessary to setup a TFTP boot server.
1. Install and configure TFTP server software on the boot
2. Create the /tftpboot directory
3. Copy the kernel and fsimage files to the /tftpboot/profiles/castor
You should also review the information discussed in
Redundancy".
2.4.2.1. Installing and Configuring TFTP
There are many free and commercially available packages that provide a TFTP server and UNIX
distributions commonly include this in their standard setup. For example, the tftp-hpa package for
UNIX is known to work with DX Storage.You can get source code from
software/network/tftp/
2.4.2.2. Creating the tftpboot Directory Hierarchy
After installing the TFTP server, you must configure it to serve the directory where the network boot
files are located. This directory is typically /tftpboot because TFTP is almost exclusively used for
booting network devices. A sample template of this directory is included in the DX Storage software
distribution in the samples/Network-Boot directory.
2.4.2.3. Copying kernel and fsimage
The DX Storage software distribution media contains files named kernel and fsimage that you
must copy to the tftpboot/profiles/castor directory on the TFTP server. These files contain
the DX Storage embedded operating system and will be loaded at boot time by every DX Storage
storage node.
After copying the directory template and the DX Storage software files, the tftpboot directory on
the TFTP server should contain the following files.
File name
tftpboot/pxelinux.0
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hierarchy.
and it is also available as a binary package in many Linux distributions.
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server.
Section 2.4.2.4, "DHCP and Boot Server
http://www.kernel.org/pub/
Description
Boot loader program
directory.
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