User guide

9–gPXE
Netbooting Over IB
IB0054606-02 A 9-5
4. Restart the DHCP server
Netbooting Over IB
The following procedures are an example of netbooting over IB, using an HTTP
boot server.
Prerequisites
 Required steps from above have been executed.
 The BIOS has been configured to enable booting from the IB adapter. The
gPXE IB device should be listed as the first boot device.
 Apache server has been configured with PHP on your network, and is
configured to serve pages out of /vault.
 It is understood in this example that users would have their own tools and
files for diskless booting with an http boot server.
Boot Server Setup
Configure the boot server for your site.
NOTE
The dhcpd and apache configuration files referenced in this example
are included as examples, and are not part of the QLogic OFED+
installed software. Your site boot servers may be different, see their
documentation for equivalent information.
Instructions on installing and configuring a dhcp server or a boot server
are beyond the scope of this document.
NOTE
gPXE supports several file transfer methods such as TFTP, HTTP, iSCSI.
This example uses HTTP since it generally scales better and is the preferred
choice.
NOTE
This step involves setting up a http server and needs to be done by a user
that understands server setup on the http server is being used