To enable the autoinstall system to configure the branch server, detailed information about the hard disk and the network interfaces must be defined in the LDAP directory. Figure 10-1 represents the LDAP objects required to define the structure for a Branch Server.
Figure 10-1 LDAP objects required for Branch Server definition
Table 10-1 reviews
the attributes for each LDAP object required to provide the Branch
Server definition. For more information about the LDAP directory,
refer to The
Novell Linux Point of Service LDAP Directory
in
the Novell Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.
Table 10-1 Attributes for Branch Server LDAP objects.
LDAP Object |
Required Properties |
---|---|
scLocation |
Defines general information about the Branch Server network. Required attributes include the following:
For more information, see Creating an scLocation Object. |
scServerContainer |
Specifies a container for the Branch Server definition. The only required attribute for this container object is the cn. For information, see Adding an scBranchServer Object. |
scBranchServer |
Specifies a container for the hardware objects that provide the Branch Server definition. The only required attribute for this container object is the cn. For more information, see Adding an scBranchServer Object. |
scNetworkcard |
Provides the configuration for a Branch Server network interface card. Required attributes include the following:
For example: posAdmin.pl --user cn=admin,o=mycorp,c=us --password secret --base cn=bs,cn=server,cn=lab,ou=boston, o=mycorp,c=us --add --scNetworkcard --scDevice eth2 --ipHostNumber 192.168.1.150 --ipNetmaskNumber 255.255.248.0 --scModul e100 |
scHarddisk |
Provides the configuration for the Branch Server’s boot hard disk. Required attributes include the following:
The partitioning scheme for Branch Servers is the same as for Point of Service terminals. For scPartitionsTable, use the form ‘size type mount;...’, where size is specified in megabytes, type is either L for Linux file systems or S for swap space, and mount specifies where in the file system hierarchy the partition is mounted. For size, you can use the wildcard “x” to automatically compute the size of the file system as follows:
Separate partition entries with a semicolon (;). For swap space partitions, “x” must be used as the mount point. For a simple branch server, the scPartitionsTable value of ‘x S x;x L /’ is suggested, which creates the default swap space and one large root file system. For example: posAdmin.pl --user cn=admin,o=mycorp,c=us --password secret --base cn=bs,cn=server,cn=lab,ou=boston, o=mycorp,c=us --add --scHarddisk --cn sda --scDevice /dev/sda --scHdSize 40960 --scPartitionsTable 'x S x;x L /' |
scService |
Defines Branch Server services, which can include DHCP, DNS, FTFP, NTP, and RSYNC. Required attributes include the following:
NOTE:High Availability services (scHAServices) are not supported for Automatic Branch Server Installation. For more information, see Adding an scBranchServer Object. |
For more information about using posAdmin to create LDAP objects,
see Using
posAdmin to Manage the LDAP Directory
in the Novell
Linux Point of Service 9 Administration Guide.