Installation Instructions

Configuring the SkyPilot Gateway Pro | 25
Automatically Provisioning All Network Devices
Table 4-3 summarizes the steps required to automatically provision all devices on
a network. Although it’s possible to provision SkyPilot devices in any order, by
following this sequence you can ensure that devices are able to form links as soon
as they come online.
Table 4-3. Automatically Provisioning All Network Devices (Page 1 of 2)
Step Refer to
1 For new SkyPilot network
deployments, custom-
install the operating
system software on the
SkyPilot EMS server.
The appropriate installation manual:
 SkyPilot OS Installation: Red Hat Linux
9.0
 SkyPilot OS Installation: Fedora Core 2
and 4
 SkyPilot OS Installation: Red Hat
Enterprise Linux ES 3 and 4
2 For new SkyPilot network
deployments, install the
server component of
SkyPilot EMS, and then
install the client
component of SkyPilot
EMS on any appropriate
computer.
SkyPilot EMS Installation
3 For new SkyPilot Gateway
Pros, set up the DHCP
server and, if the
provisioning server is
behind a firewall, specify
ports for data traffic
between the server and
SkyPilot devices.
”Adding Devices to the DHCP
Configuration File” in SkyPilot Network
Administration
4 Provision the SkyPilot
Gateway Pro(s).
The following automatic provisioning
topics in SkyPilot Network Administration:
 “Provisioning a Device”
 “Starting SkyProvision”
 “SkyProvision Display Pane”
 ”Searching for Configured Devices”