Preparing the New OTP Hosts for OTP Installation

Before you can install OTP to the new OTP host or hosts, you must install the Solaris OS and the remote agent on each new OTP host as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts, and configure the Solaris OS on each host as described in Configuring Solaris 10 Update 2.

To Add New OTP Hosts to the OTP Master Server

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the OTP master server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://OTP master server:9090 where OTP master server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the OTP master server.

2. Click Host Setup in the left menu to display the Host Setup page.

3. Click hosts in the central menu to display the hosts page.

   1. In the host field, type the name of the new OTP host.

   2. (Optional) In the description field, type a description of the host.

   3. Click create.

   The host details edit page is displayed.

4. Specify the new OTP host values on the details edit page.

   1. Click include remote agent on this physical host.

   2. Click the arrow to the right of the connection type field to display the drop-down list.

      Choose TCP/IP (unencrypted).

   3. In the ip address or name field, type either the IP address of the host or the host name.

   4. In the port field, type 7000.

   5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click save.

      The host is added to the hosts list on the production OTP host. The hosts list page is displayed.

   6. Click Host Setup.

   7. Click the name of the host you are setting up.

   8. Click Update remote agent.

   9. Check the box to the left of the host name, and then click prepare host...

      The host is prepared for provisioning.

Next Steps

Repeat this procedure for every new OTP host. When you have finished adding all hosts to theOTP master server hosts list:

• If you are installing the Open Telecommunications Platform to a standalone OTP host, install the Open Telecommunications Platform as described in Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Standalone OTP Host.

• If you are installing Open Telecommunications Platform to a clustered OTP system, install the Open Telecommunications Platform as described in Installing the Open Telecommunications Platform on a Clustered OTP System.