Oracle® Virtual Networking Host Drivers for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Installation and Boot Guide

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Updated: July 2016
 
 

Installing to SAN Disk (PXE Installation Method)

PXE installing involves creating a server boot image that resides on another device, typically a LUN in the SAN. PXE booting is useful for blades and other diskless servers that lack an internal hard drive where the kernel, OS/hypervisor, and host drivers can be loaded. When PXE installing a server's boot information, you will create a driver disk, inject the Oracle Virtual Networking host drivers into the boot image, then reboot the server.

Enabling the host drivers consists of the following main tasks: