GE XVB601
Company site: GE Intelligent Platforms
Board page on company site: XVB601
Documentation: Datasheet Hardware Reference Transition Module Installation Guide Product Configurations Ruggedization
Customization for the CLON cluster
List of boards
- [01] 00:20:38:04:23:5E / 129.57.68.88 / croctest1
- [02] 00:20:38:04:23:60 / 129.57.68.89 / croctest2
General software structure
- following is installed in /tftpboot area on clon10 server:
linux-install/Centos5PAE_new/initrd.img
/initrd.img.backup
/vmlinuz
/msgs/boot.msg
/expert.msg
/general.msg
/param.msg
/rescue.msg
/snake.msg
/pxelinux.0
/pxelinux.cfg/81394458 -> croctest1
/81394459 -> croctest2
/croctest1
/croctest2
/default
/pxeos.xml
Every client must has a file in /pxelinux.cfg/ area with the name containing IP address in HEX format, for example croctest1's IP is 129.57.68.88, so file name must be 81394458. It can be a symbolic link. The contents of the file for croctest1:
default Centos5PAE_new
label Centos5PAE_new
kernel Centos5PAE_new/vmlinuz
append initrd=Centos5PAE_new/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 init=disklessrc NFSROOT=129.57.167.16:/vol/diskless/Centos5 ramdisk_size=31809 ETHERNET=eth0 SNAPSHOT=croctest1.jlab.org NISDOMAIN=CCCHP acpi=force vga=0x305 vmalloc=256MB console=ttyS0,9600
Customizing kernel installed on the FLASH
- /usr/bin/system-config-network
- fix /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group
- fix /etc/nsswitch.conf
- fix /etc/yp.conf (add lines domain CCCHP server clon00.jlab.org and ypserver clon10.jlab.org)
- fix /etc/sysconfig/network (add line NISDOMAIN=CCCHP)
- /etc/init.d/ypbind start
- chkconfig ypbind on
- set RHEL-style automounts
- /etc/init.d/autofs restart
- fix symbolic links to /apps, /home, /usr/local etc