Installation guide

PXE installation of XenServer Host

Element Description Required?

Attributes:

type: url, nfs, or local

If url or nfs, put the url or NFS path in the PCDATA; if

local, leave the PCDATA empty. For example,

http://server/scripts

</source>

server:scripts

</source>

<admin-interface> The single network interface to be used as the host

administration interface.

Attributes:

proto: dhcp or static

name: eth0 for example.

Children:

• <ip>: The IP address, if proto="static"

• <subnet-mask>: The subnet mask, if proto="static"

• <gateway>: The gateway, if proto="static"

All three child elements are required if proto="static"

<timezone> In the format used by the TZ variable, e.g. Europe/

London, or America/Los_Angeles.

<nameserver> The name of a nameserver. You should use one of

these elements for each nameserver you wish to

nominate.

<hostname> Specify if you want to manually set a hostname. N

<bootloader> Specify which bootloader to install for startup time.

Only change this if you have problems booting.

Currently either grub (the default) or extlinux.

You can also perform automated upgrades by varying the answerfile appropriately. You would set

the mode attribute of the installation element to reinstall, specify the disk on which the existing