Set up PXE boot VM

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PXE boot VM

  • The ROCs and VTPs are booted using PXEboot. The PXEboot is hosted in a virtual machine located at the Hall ESX clusters. The VM name is "cdaqpxe.jlab.org"

Set up the PXE boot

  • Install required packages: yum install nfs-utils tftp-server syslinux-tftpboot syslinux
  • Enable nfs-server and tftp as root:
systemctl enable nfs-server.service
systemctl start nfs-server.service
systemctl enable tftp
systemctl start tftp
  • Create PXE boot directory:
cd /tftpboot
mkdir linux-diskless
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