Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1728)

Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P010097-01B Rev. A
Appendix B. Example for Installing and Configuring Linux or Citrix for PXE Boot and UEFI Boot
Linux and Citrix PXE Server Remote Installation Procedure
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4. Select the operating system identifier to install on this client. The list is populated
from the network install instances created from the Network Installation dialog
box.
5. If you use a serial console, check the Serial Console check box.
6. Specify the location of a kickstart file, such as
http://server.example.com/kickstart/ks.cfg. This file can be created with the
Kickstart Configuration.
Note: Ignore the Snapshot name and Ethernet options. They are only used for
diskless environments.
7. Click OK. This closes the dialog box and creates configuration files within:
/tftpboot/linux-install and /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg
8. Go to /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg and open the file C0A8013C. The C0A8013C file is
created when you assign the client IP using “system-config- netboot”. This is the
hexadecimal address of the IP assigned to the client NIC. It is 192.168.1.60 in the
example in Figure B-4.
Enabling the PXE Client with a PXE-enabled Adapter
The PXE client must have a PXE-enabled adapter.
1. Power on the PXE client.
2. Press <F12> to enable network boot. Pressing <F12> accesses the DHCP server IP
and the Boot Linux image.
Figure B-6 Enabling Network Boot