Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 17-03-2009 Deployment Manual page 131

11.1.3 Remote Installation via VNC—PXE
Boot and Wake on LAN
This type of installation is completely hands-off. The target machine is started and
booted remotely. User interaction is only needed for the actual installation. This approach
is suitable for cross-site deployments.
To perform this type of installation, make sure that the following requirements are met:
• Remote installation source: NFS, HTTP, FTP, or SMB with working network
connection.
• TFTP server.
• Running DHCP server for your network.
• Target system capable of PXE boot, networking, and Wake on LAN, plugged in
and connected to the network.
• Controlling system with working network connection and VNC viewer software
or Java-enabled browser (Firefox, Konqueror, Internet Explorer, or Opera).
To perform this type of installation, proceed as follows:
1 Set up the installation source as described in
Server Holding the Installation Sources"
FTP network server or configure an SMB installation source as described in
Section 11.2.5, "Managing an SMB Installation Source"
2 Set up a TFTP server to hold a boot image that can be pulled by the target system.
This is described in
3 Set up a DHCP server to provide IP addresses to all machines and reveal the lo-
cation of the TFTP server to the target system. This is described in
"Setting Up a DHCP Server"
4 Prepare the target system for PXE boot. This is described in further detail in
Section 11.3.5, "Preparing the Target System for PXE Boot"
Section 11.3.2, "Setting Up a TFTP Server"
(page 136).
Section 11.2, "Setting Up the
(page 126). Choose an NFS, HTTP, or
(page 134).
(page 145).
(page 139).
Section 11.3.1,
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