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1. Gateway Address: If the client must go through a gateway to reach the install server, enter the gateway IP
address in this field.
2. Subnet Mask: If the network the client uses to reach the install server uses a subnet mask, enter the
subnet mask here.
3. Client Network adapter name: If the client will use a different network adapter to reach the install server
than was used to reach the boot server, use the arrow button to select an adapter name from the list. If you
select a different adapter, you must also fill in the additional field as well:
a. Client IP Address: Enter the IP address associated with the adapter selected. If you are using a
different install server than the boot server, the install server must recognize the client by this IP
address and the hostname associated with this IP address must have been used to configure the client
in the administrator application. If you are using the same server but an alternate server network, you
must enter the client IP address that will be used to contact the server using the server’s alternate
network. Refer to the
Configure Servers
option for information on using an
Alternate Server Network
.
Using the Same Boot Server to Install Different Linux
Versions
The same boot server may be used to boot clients of any platform, network type and Linux version. The boot
server does not need to have any device support installed to support the client’s hardware and does not need to
run the same level of Linux as the client. If every system is different, you may create a separate boot image for
each client. Or, you may create a single boot image for all clients of similar hardware type and Linux version.
SBAdmin will create a network boot image from any client, and then copies that boot image to the boot server.
Each boot image is saved under a different name (of your choosing) and may be separately selected when you
configure a client to network boot. This allows a single boot image to be used to install different client systems.
This 2-step process is described above in this section. First,
(which also copies
the boot image to the boot server), then
Enable the Network Install of a Client
by selecting the boot image on
the server you previously created.
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