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Some IPMIs, notably the Supermicro and ASRock IPMIs, let you use a Samba or NFS share to offer an .iso to the server. This is particularly useful when setting up a server or recovering a server that will not boot. Usually, a live CD can be booted into. | Some IPMIs, notably the Supermicro and ASRock IPMIs, let you use a Samba or NFS share to offer an .iso to the server. This is particularly useful when setting up a server or recovering a server that will not boot. Usually, a live CD can be booted into. | ||
==ASRock IPMIs | ==ASRock IPMIs)== | ||
NFS is more reliable when within a Linux setup, so backfw itself is designed to act as a NFS server to host ISOs. | NFS is more reliable when within a Linux setup, so backfw itself is designed to act as a NFS server to host ISOs. | ||
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# Select Advanced Settings | # Select Advanced Settings | ||
## Enable: Yes | ## Enable: Yes | ||
## Server address: 192.168.1.1 | ## Server address: 192.168.1.1 (server behind backfw) or 185.113.128.13 (server not behind backfw) | ||
## Source path: /usr/share/images/ | ## Source path: /usr/share/images/ | ||
## Share type: NFS | ## Share type: NFS | ||
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To add a new image, go backfw itself and store the image in /usr/share/images Make sure that it is world readable. | To add a new image, go backfw itself and store the image in /usr/share/images Make sure that it is world readable. | ||
==Supermicro IPMIs | ==Supermicro IPMIs== | ||
Samba is set up on psiren.gigatux.com and requires the following information in the IPMI page in order to get running. Note, this might not work for Coventry Supermicro servers now that servers are behind backfw. | Samba is set up on psiren.gigatux.com and requires the following information in the IPMI page in order to get running. Note, this might not work for Coventry Supermicro servers now that servers are behind backfw. | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 22 March 2016
Some IPMIs, notably the Supermicro and ASRock IPMIs, let you use a Samba or NFS share to offer an .iso to the server. This is particularly useful when setting up a server or recovering a server that will not boot. Usually, a live CD can be booted into.
ASRock IPMIs)
NFS is more reliable when within a Linux setup, so backfw itself is designed to act as a NFS server to host ISOs.
- Go to Configuration -> Images Redirection
- Select Advanced Settings
- Enable: Yes
- Server address: 192.168.1.1 (server behind backfw) or 185.113.128.13 (server not behind backfw)
- Source path: /usr/share/images/
- Share type: NFS
- Click on 2 / CD/DVD and then Add Image. Select one of the images from below.
- Select 2 / CD/DVD again and then Start Redirection
- Check it has been successful by going back into Configuration -> Images Redirection
The images currently available are:
- CentOS-5.11-x86_64-bin-1of9.iso
- CentOS-6.7-x86_64-minimal.iso
- CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso
- debian-7.9.0-amd64-CD-1.iso
- debian-8.3.0-arm64-CD-1.iso
- ubuntu-14.04.3-desk-amd64.iso
Note, the maximum length of a filename here is 31 characters even though it lets you enter 32 characters in the filename.
To add a new image, go backfw itself and store the image in /usr/share/images Make sure that it is world readable.
Supermicro IPMIs
Samba is set up on psiren.gigatux.com and requires the following information in the IPMI page in order to get running. Note, this might not work for Coventry Supermicro servers now that servers are behind backfw.
- Share host: <the IP address of psiren.gigatux.com>
- Path to image: \SAMBA\ubuntu-14.04.3-server-amd64.iso
- User (optional): samba
- Password (optional): <the samba password>