Provisioning Network

A provisioning network is comprised of the provisioning interface of the OS provisioning server, the provisioning interfaces of the target platforms, and the provisioning interfaces of one or more boot and install servers. The provisioning network can be comprised of one or more subnets. An OS provisioning plug-in installation supports the use of multiple provisioning networks for OS provisioning. The protocols and technologies that are required for network-based provisioning dictate the requirements of these provisioning networks. These requirements are:

• The provisioning interface of the OS provisioning server and the provisioning interfaces of the target platform should be in a common Layer 2 broadcast domain,

• The boot and install servers provisioning interface serving the host should have IP connectivity to the subnet of the target platforms' provisioning interface. This can be achieved by one of two ways:

  • The boot and install server has a network interface in the provisioning subnet,

  • The boot and install server has a provisioning interface that is reachable from the provisioning subnet by means of routing.