Plan for optimal configuration of the host server on your network.

To ensure that optimal resources are available to the virtual machine processes, the host server should be dedicated to running the Xen virtualization software. You should not run additional OES services, including eDirectory™, on the host server. It is recommended that you add the host server to an existing eDirectory tree, but do not configure it to hold a master replica.

Obtain a static IP address for each virtual server that you want to create. OES 2 does not support dynamically-assigned IP addresses for servers.

If you want to use a response file to perform a “silent” (unattended) installation of NetWare, you can create the response file ahead of time and copy it to a directory on the host server or make it available in an installation source directory. For more information about creating NetWare response files, see NetWare Response File Reference in the OES 2: NetWare Installation Guide .

If you want to run the host server installation from a network installation source, set up an installation server for OES 2 Linux software including the SLES 10 SP1 media and the OES 2 Linux add-on CD. For procedures on creating the installation sources, see “Setting Up the Server Holding the Installation Sources” in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Administration Guide

When creating the installation source for the SLES 10 SP1 host server, you need the following media: