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N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Installation Guide
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Preface
Chapter 1 N1 Provisioning Server Overview
Architecture and Components
Physical Components
Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis
Control Plane Server
Control Center Management PC
N1 Image Server
Control Plane Switch and Data Plane Switch
Logical Components
Resource Pool
Control Plane
Fabric Layer
N1 Provisioning Server Concepts
Administration
Control Center
Command-Line Tools
Resource and Network Virtualization
Logical Server Farms
Description Languages
Network Packages
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Provisioning Server Software
Provisioning Server Features
Components
Service Processor
Control Plane Database
Image Server
Control Center Functionality
Provisioning and Configuration
Flexing
Software Image Management
Monitoring
Physical Infrastructure Management
N1 Provisioning Server Security
Password Encryption
Control Plane Security
Provisioning Server Security
Accessing the Control Center
Login Name and Password Management
Login Lockout
Reaccessing the Control Center After a Failure
Encryption and Filtering
Resource Pool Security
Ethernet Security
Physical Network Security
Network Virtualization and Security
Logical Server Farm Security
Server Accounts and Passwords
External Ethernet Port Connection Security
Implementation and Installation Roadmap
Chapter 2 Hardware and Software Requirements
B1600 Blade System Chassis
Blade System Chassis Hardware Requirements
Blade System Chassis Firmware Requirements
Control Plane System Requirements
Network Interface Card (NIC) Requirements
Switch Requirements
JRE Version Requirements
Third-party Software Requirements
Chapter 3 N1 Provisioning Server System and Network Preparation
N1 Provisioning Server Configuration and Connections Overview
N1 Provisioning Server Supported Configurations
Required Connection Information
Chassis Switch and System Controller (SSC) Connections
Connection Port Naming
Connecting a Separate Image Server
Installing Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Cards
Sun GigaSwift Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Card
SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface Card
Installing the Solaris Operating System, version 8 2/02
Disabling Remote Logins From Root Accounts
To Disable Remote Root Account Logins
Installing Required Patches
Solaris Operating System, version 8 2/02 Patches
To Install the Solaris Version 8 2/02 Patch Cluster
GigaSwift Gigabit Ethernet Patch
To Download and Install the GigaSwift Ethernet Patch
Connecting the Chassis to the Control Plane Server and Switches
Connecting a Single Chassis with a Single SSC
To Connect A Single Chassis With a Single SSC to the Control Plane Server
Connecting a Single Chassis with Two SSCs
To Connect A Single Chassis with Dual SSCs to the Control Plane Server and Switches
Connecting Two or More Chassis
To Connect Two or More Chassis to the Control Plane Server and Switches
Connecting Terminal Servers
Configuring the Control Plane Switch
Configuring Data Plane Switch Connections
To Configure Data Plane Switch Ports
Assigning IP Addresses in the Control Plane
To Manually Set an SSC IP Address, Netmask, and Gateway
Installing the N1 Provisioning Server Database
Chapter 4 Installing Provisioning Server Software
Installation Worksheets
Prerequisites
Installation Worksheet
Installing the N1 Provisioning Server Software
To Install the Provisioning Server and Image Server Software
Installing Sun SNMP Management Agent on the N1 Provisioning Server
Chapter 5 Upgrading to N1 Provisioning Server 3.1
Upgrading to N1 Provisioning Server Version 3.1
To Delete Queued Requests
To Upgrade from N1 Provisioning Server Version 3.0 to Version 3.1
To Synchronize a Chassis's Physical State and Its Information in the Database
To Update the Control Center Application Server
To Import Operating System Images
Chapter 6 Post-Installation Tasks
Validating the N1 Provisioning Server Installation
To Validate Package Installation on the Control Plane Server
To Validate Installation by Creating and Activating a Farm
Migrating From Oracle to PostgreSQL
To Migrate N1 Provisioning Server 3.0 Data from Oracle to Postgres
Chapter 7 Uninstalling N1 Provisioning Server, Blades Edition Software
Uninstalling N1 Provisioning Server Software
To Uninstall the N1 Provisioning Server Before the Installation or Upgrade Completes
To Uninstall the N1 Provisioning Server After the Installation or Upgrade Completes
Appendix A Installation Main Menu Description
Appendix B N1 Provisioning Server Packages
Glossary
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