Managed Boot Clients

The Managed Boot Clients Web Extension allows you to create a server record with a pre-configured network boot option or configure network booting for an existing server record matched by a MAC address.

It also enables you to select a Build Plan to run automatically when the server reaches Maintenance mode. To do this, run the extension and perform the steps below.

  1. Define a server.

    You can also register an iLO with the target server during this step. Select “Enabled iLO Settings” for additional input.

  2. Select a boot image and a Build Plan

  3. Customize by adding custom attributes, if required, and press Start.

    After the Build Plan job completes, a Pre-Unprovisioned server record is created with any defined Custom Attributes.

    Note: The Managed Boot Clients Web Extension configures DCHP only on request. It does not support concurrent configuration for one or multiple devices. When configuring multiple devices, the same Managed Boot Clients process must be used.

    For the example above, the following CSV was used:

    `00:13:E8:9A:93:AA,pxe_image=winpe32,dhcp.ip=10.2.3.10,dhcp.hostname=m0010,customer=Opsware,dns_server=10.6.4.2,root_password=wealth`
    `00:13:E8:9A:93:AB,pxe_image=winpe32,dhcp.ip=10.2.3.11,dhcp.hostname=m0011,customer=Opsware,dns_server=10.6.4.2,root_password=wealth`
    `00:13:E8:9A:93:AC,pxe_image=winpe32,dhcp.ip=10.2.3.12,dhcp.hostname=m0012,customer=Opsware,dns_server=10.6.4.2,root_password=wealth`
    `00:13:E8:9A:93:AD,pxe_image=winpe32,dhcp.ip=10.2.3.13,dhcp.hostname=m0013,customer=Opsware,dns_server=10.6.4.2,root_password=wealth`

     

    The Managed Boot Clients Web Extension returned:

     

    MMBC: Multiple Devices

     

    Additionally, DHCP is configured in /etc/opt/opsware/dhcpd/dhcpd_mbc.conf:

    # Begin Opsware added hosts (do not edit)

    host showcasehostnamedevsahpcom {

    hardware ethernet 00:01:03:04:05:06;

    option host-name showcasehostname;

    fixed-address 192.168.59.13;

    }

    # End Opsware added hosts (do not edit)