This page is for the configuration of the blade servers.
The server is a HP/Compaq blade chassis with 5 BL10e blades. Thanks to HP NewZealand for sponsoring this machine!
A second chassis and ten extra blades were later donated by The Total Team http://www.totalteam.co.nz/ via CraigFalconer.
The blades all run Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (Etch). Read about the set up at WlugAdmin. The server was configured and is maintained by the WlugSysadmins.
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There are 5 blades:
The blades have 2 interfaces, eth0 will have their realworld IP and network, eth1 will have a private network between all the blades using 10.100.100.0/24.
Orcon have allocated 60.234.66.112/28 for WLUG's use, .113 is the gateway
# | Name | RW IP | FireWall | Root password | Private IP | NTP | Serial Console | Compaq Tools | Notes |
1 | hoiho | 60.234.66.114 | Done | Set | 10.100.100.5 | Syncs to db | OK | disk errors | |
2 | 60.234.66.115 | Done | Set | 10.100.100.4 | Syncs to db | OK | |||
3 | www1 | 60.234.66.116 | Done | Set | 10.100.100.2 | Syncs to db | OK | ||
4 | www2 | 60.234.66.117 | Done | Set | 10.100.100.3 | Syncs to db | OK | disk errors | |
5 | db | 60.234.66.118 | Done | Set | 10.100.100.1 | Syncs to nz.pool.ntp.org | OK | ||
6 | runs ubuntu, not configured | ||||||||
7 | runs ubuntu, not configured | ||||||||
8 | (will become hoiho) | runs debian 5, new hdd, no public network connectivity yet |
New SSL Cert
== zcat's PXE debian install notes ==
Start here for setting up dhcp and tftp; http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en
also http://stateless.geek.nz/2008/03/01/setting-up-a-pxe-linux-recovery-deployment-server-using-debian-lennyetch/ is helpful (basically the same stuff, condensed)
Only the bottom row (eth0) can be PXE booted. Hopefully the hoiho chassis has been configured with this as the 'private' network.
It's possibly also a good idea to lock down PXE boot to specific MAC addresses so no other blades can accidentally be PXE booted into the installer.
Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg and add the first line "serial 0 115200 0"
Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/txt.cfg and add "console=ttyS0,115200" to the kernel options.
PXE boot the desired blade, the boot menu and debian installer should all be accessable from the iLO serial console.