N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, System Administration Guide

Image Creation Methods and the Steps Involved

The following table summarizes the command line image creation methods supported by the N1 Provisioning Server software.

Table 3–1 Image Creation Methods

Steps 

Creating from JumpStart Setup 

Creating from existing disk, flash, or JumpStart Image 

Prerequisite for this operation. 

Set up a Solaris JumpStart environment. 

Image must exist in the CPDB. 

Run the image -p command on the control plane server. Wait for the command to complete.

Run the image -p -j command on the control plane server. Wait for the command to complete.

Run the image -p -i command on the control plane server. Wait for the command to complete.

Open a terminal window (terminal 1) and logon to the system controller.  

Open a terminal window and logon to the system controller using the system controller ID (admin) and password (admin). 

At the sc prompt type console -f blade-ID to get console access.

Open a terminal window and logon to the system controller using the system controller ID (admin) and password (admin). 

At the sc prompt type console -f blade-ID to get console access.

Open another terminal window (terminal 2) and logon to the system controller to get console access to the resource pool server. 

Open another terminal window and logon to the system controller to get console access to the resource pool server. 

Open another terminal window and logon to the system controller to get console access to the resource pool server. 

From terminal 1 set up the resource pool server to start the installation from the resource layer network. Wait for this operation to complete. 

From terminal 1 set up the resource pool server to start the installation from the resource layer network. 

At the sc prompt type bootmode bootscript="boot net:dhcp" blade -D for x86 architecture or bootmode bootscript="boot net:dhcp - install" blade-ID for SPARC architecture.

Type reset -y blade-ID. Wait for this operation to complete.

 

From terminal 2 logon to the resource pool server.  

From terminal 2 logon to the resource pool server. The default password for root user is root.

 

From terminal 2 shut down the resource pool server.  

From terminal 2 shut down the resource pool server by issuing the command /usr/sbin/shutdown -y -g0-i0 for Solaris.

 

From terminal 1 reboot the resource pool server to boot from disk. Wait for this operation to complete. 

From terminal 1 configure the resource pool server to boot from disk at the system controller prompt by typing bootmode bootscript="boot disk" and reset -y blade-ID. Wait for this operation to complete.

 

From terminal 2 logon to the resource pool server as root user with password root and customize the installation.

 

From terminal 2 logon to the resource pool server as root user with password root and customize the installation.

From terminal 2 customize the resource pool server. 

 

From terminal 2 customize the resource pool server. 

From terminal 2 shut down the resource pool server.  

From terminal 2 shut down the resource pool server by issuing the command /usr/sbin/shutdown -y -g0-i0.

 

From terminal 1 and 2 set up the resource pool server to start installation from the resource layer network. 

If the resource pool server is a SPARC blade, run the following command in OBP from terminal 1: setenv boot-device net:dhcp.

From terminal 2 set up the resource pool server to boot from the resource layer network. 

At the sc prompt type bootmode bootscript="boot net:dhcp" blade-ID

If the resource pool server is a SPARC blade, run the following command in OBP from terminal 1: setenv boot-device net:dhcp.

From terminal 2 set up the resource pool server to boot from the resource layer network. 

At the sc prompt type bootmode bootscript="boot net:dhcp" blade-ID

Run the image -r command.

Run the image -r command.

Run the image -r command.