Setting Up The Virtual Media Boot Feature - Silicon Graphics Altix XE320 User Manual

G: Upgrading BIOS

Setting up the Virtual Media Boot Feature

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To set up the Virtual Media boot feature, you must create a Samba (SMB) shared mount on the
cluster headnode. Perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that smb (Samba package) is installed on the server.
2. Enable smb by entering the following:
chkconfig smb on
3. Create a directory for the BIOS bootable DOS images by entering the followng:
mkdir /BIOS
4. Add the following lines to file /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[bios]
comment = Bios Upgrade
path = /BIOS
public=no
valid users = root
writeable = Yes
force create mode = 0770
force directory mode = 0775
5. Create an smb password for root by entering the following and supplying a password
when prompted:
smbpasswd -a root
The SGI factory setting for the password is sgisgi.
6. Start the smb service by entering the following:
/etc/init.d/smb start
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