Clients Configuration (alix*)
De
serial port with MAC
Buy a serial/usb converter. Follow e.g. the tutorial (http://plugable.com/2011/07/12/installing-a-usb-serial-adapter-on-mac-os-x/)
minicom -s
And then configure the serial port:
115200 (CTRL AZ, and o) without flow control save default configuration /dev/cu.usbserial
Client’s first configuration
to boot a client via PXE, activate by default the PXE boot:
boot it (ethernet plugged with PoE) s during the memory checkup activate the PXE boot
voyage debian installation
For the first node to install, let boot it directly after having copied the new debian voyage to the compact flash (requires a CF reader)
- download the voyage-current, tar -xjvf *****.bz2
- ./usr/local/sbin/voyage.update
- configure correctly the partitions, alix target, boot, etc.
- plug the new CF in the alix node and let reboot it
the instructions: getting_voyage [Voyage Linux]
Problems & Solutions
What to do when a new node is inserted in the testbed
You must modify DNSmasq, pubsub, tftpboot. We have set up a custom script:
/exprima/admin/create_node.sh @MAC HRN
E.g. /exprima/admin/create_node.sh 00:0d:b9:1f:3A:B4 3 The node will boot by default on the omf-5.4 image.
