After configuring the network server, the interface as shown in
Figure
3-2 is displayed.
The next step is to configure which hosts are allowed to connect
to the PXE boot server. For the command line version of this step,
refer to Section 3.3.1
Command Line Configuration.
To add hosts, click the New button.
Enter the following information:
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Hostname or IP Address/Subnet —
The IP address, fully qualified hostname, or a subnet of systems
that should be allowed to connect to the PXE server for
installations.
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Operating System — The operating
system identifier to install on this client. The list is populated
from the network install instances created from the Network Installation Dialog.
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Serial Console — This option
allows use of a serial console.
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Kickstart File — The location of a
kickstart file to use, such as https://server.example.com/kickstart/ks.cfg. This
file can be created with the Kickstart
Configurator. Refer to Chapter 2 Kickstart Configurator for details.
Ignore the Snapshot name and Ethernet options. They are only used for diskless
environments. For more information on configuring a diskless
environment, refer to Chapter 4
Diskless Environments for details.
If the network server is not running X, the pxeboot utility, a part of the system-config-netboot package, can be used to add
hosts which are allowed to connect to the PXE server:
pxeboot -a -K <kickstart> -O <os-identifier> -r <value> <host>
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The following list explains the options:
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-a — Specifies that a host is to
be added.
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-K <kickstart> — The location of the
kickstart file, if available.
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-O <os-identifier> — Specifies the
operating system identifier as defined in Section 3.2 PXE Boot
Configuration.
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-r <value> — Specifies the ram disk
size.
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<host> — Specifies
the IP address or hostname of the host to add.
For more information on command line options available for the
pxeboot command, refer to the pxeboot man page.
