Product specifications

○ SSH

○ DHCP

○ Save your configuration

# service iptables save

Configure the rest of the required services and initialize the tftp storage to provide the files needed to start up

the system.

● Configure TFTP

○ Append to file: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp

bind = <192.168.0.100>

○ Activate tftp

# chkconfig tftp on

○ Restart xinetd

# service xinetd restart

● Configure PXE

○ Copy PXE base files

# mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg

# cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot/linux-install

# cp /usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32 /var/lib/tftpboot/linux-install

○ Copy the installation images

# cp <RHEL6_ISO>/images/pxeboot/* /var/lib/tftpboot/linux-install

○ Copy the contents of the RHEL for SAP HANA-ISO to a place which is accessible by ftp or http

○ Create directory for the installation tree

# mkdir -p </var/ftp/pub/rhel6/dvd>

○ Copy DVD contents

# rsync -av <RHEL6_ISO>/* </var/ftp/pub/rhel6/dvd>

● Create a menu for the PXE boot

File: /var/lib/tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default

timeout 100

default menu.c32

label 1

menu label ^ 1) RHEL 6.5 (SAP HANA Desktop)

kernel vmlinuz

append initrd=initrd.img ks=http://<kickstart.example.com>/hana.cfg

Restart the modified services and check the kickstart file.

To make sure everything is working as expected, perform the following steps:

● Check the kickstart files.

P U B L I C

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 Configuration Guide for SAP HANA

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