Provisioning Server Features

The N1 Provisioning Server software provides the following services.

• Management of all of the blade system chassis and server blades

• DNS resolution for the subnetwork on which it is installed

• Management of both internal and external IP addresses and subnets for the N1 Provisioning Server network

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  Note –

  N1 Provisioning Server software controls the contents of the /etc/dhcpd.conf and /etc/named.conf files. Any manual edits to these files are overwritten by the N1 Provisioning Server software.

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• Management of the N1 Provisioning Server virtual local area networks (VLANs)

• Distribution and installation of operating system master images to blades in a farm

  The installation program includes a base Solaris Operating System image for booting and running server blades. You can make changes to the base image and then take a snapshot of the new image. This snapshot becomes a new image.

The N1 Provisioning Server software does not offer the following functions:

• Server blade and SSC firmware maintenance and upgrade

• Control plane switch and data plane switch management

  The N1 Provisioning Server software manages only the blade system chassis server blades and SSCs. You must connect and configure the control plane and data plane switches before you install the N1 Provisioning Server software.