1.2 Dependencies Between
LDAP, Branch Server, and Point of Service Terminal
Figure 1-2 illustrates
the dependencies between LDAP, the Branch Server, and Point of Service terminal.
- Every type of terminal in the Novell
Linux Point of Service network (for example, IBM SurePOS 300 Series)
must have an associated Hardware Reference object (scCashRegister) in the LDAP directory.
The scCashRegister object stores information about Point of Service hardware
and associates the terminal type with a specific image object (scPosImage).
- Every Point of Service image must have an associated
Image Reference object (scPosImage)
in the LDAP directory.
- The scPosImageVersion attribute in the Image Reference
object (scPosImage) must be set to active in LDAP before the Branch
Server can download the corresponding image from the Administration
Server. For instructions on activating client images, see Section 6.5.2, Activating Images.
- When the Image Reference object is set to active,
the Branch Server can download the corresponding image file from
the Administration Server to its local /tftpboot/ directory. The
Branch Server stores boot images in the /tftpboot/boot/ directory.
Client images are stored in the /tftpboot/image/ directory.
- At boot time, the Branch Server provides the boot
and client images required to boot the Point of Service terminal.