Anshuman Agarwal Technical Account Manager e-mail - aagarwal@novell.com Installing and Configuring...

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Anshuman AgarwalTechnical Account Manager

e-mail - aagarwal@novell.com

Installing and Configuring

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9

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Overview

System Requirements

Variety of Options– Boot Methods (CD, Hard disk, Floppy, Network)– Control Console (Graphical, Text, Serial, SSH, VNC, Auto)– Install Sources (CD, Hard disk, NFS, FTP, HTTP, SMB)– Special Parameters and Rescue Mode

Installation Workflow

Configuration Modules

Update Procedures– Driver, System, Maintenance, Service Packs

Automation Tools– Boot Server, Install Server, CD Creator, AutoYaST

System Requirements

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System Requirements

Supported Hardware Architectures• x86

– Intel PentiumPro, Pentium II or higher

– AMD Athlon or higher

• ia64/IPF (Itanium Processor Family)

– Intel Itanium II or higher

• x86_64

– AMD64

– Intel EM64T

• IBM POWER (iSeries and pSeries)

• IBM S390 and zSeries

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System Requirements (Continued)

Memory• 256 MB per CPU

Diskspace• minimum 1 GB• recommended 4 GB

Install and update media access• CDROM drive or• Network card or• Additional local diskspace

Variety of Options

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Variety of Options

Boot Methods–CD, Harddisk, Floppy, Network

Control Console–Graphical, Text, Serial, SSH, VNC, Auto

Install Sources–CD, Harddisk, NFS, FTP, HTTP, SMB

Install Modes–Default, noACPI, Failsafe, Manual, Update, Upgrade

Special Parameters–Resolution, Language, Verbosity, Network, Probing

Rescue Mode

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Installation Boot Prompt

Testing

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Boot Methods

Bootable CDROM• SLES CD1 and Service Pack CD1 are bootable• Set CDROM as 1st boot option in BIOS

Creating and using Floppy Disks• Floppy images contained on CD1:/boot/loader• Tools to write images under CD1:/boot/tools

Network Boot (PXE)• Requires BIOS and network card with PXE support• You can use SLES as the boot server

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Control Console

Graphical Console (default)• Set resolution with F2

Text Console (ncurses)• textmode=1

Serial Console• console=<device>[,<options>] e.g. console=ttyS0,9600n8

SSH Console• usessh=1 sshpassword=testing

VNC Console• vnc=1 vncpassword=testing

Auto Console• autoyast=URL

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Install Sources

Can be manually set• with F3 or• with “install=URL”

Supported sources are• CDROM (default), install=cd://<device>• Harddisk Partition, install=hd://<device>/<dir>• NFS, install=nfs://<server>/<dir>• FTP, install=ftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<server>/<dir>• HTTP, install=http://<server>/<dir>• SMB, install=smb://<server>/<dir>• TFTP, install=tftp://<server>/<dir>

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Install Modes

Select the desired mode with the cursor keys

Installation (default)• Will try to autodetect everything

Installation – ACPI Disabled• Might help with broken BIOS, sets acpi=off

Installation – Safe Settings• Conservative mode, sets acpi=off ide=nodma apm=off noapic

nosmp vga=normal barrier=off maxcpus=0

Manual Installation• Sets manual=1

Rescue System• Sets rescue=1 and boots into rescue system

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Special Parameters

Verbosity• splash=silent or splash=verbose

Special network settings• Set default net device with netdevice=ethX (e.g. eth0)

• Set IP manually with hostip=<IPADDR>

• Set default gateway with gateway=<IPADDR>

For full list of kernel params see/usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

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Rescue Mode

Will boot a rescue system from which one can• Automatically or manually repair a system• Access and manipulate a system• Boot into an already installed system

Installation Workflow – Phase 1Setup and Package Install

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License Agreement

Testing

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Language Setup

Testing

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Install Setup Proposal (Part 1)

Testing

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System Information

Testing

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Mode Selection

Testing

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Keyboard Setup

Testing

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Mouse Setup

Testing

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Install Setup Proposal (Part 2)

Testing

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Partitioning Mode

Testing

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Disk Selection

Testing

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Disk Analysis

Testing

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Partition Resizing

Testing

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Expert Partitioning

Testing

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Software Base Selection

Testing

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Software Addon Selection

Testing

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Individual Package Search/Selection

Testing

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Install Setup Proposal (Part 3)

Testing

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Bootloader Setup

Testing

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Bootloader Section Management

Testing

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Timezone Setup

Testing

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Installation Start Confirmation

Testing

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Package Installation Progress

Testing

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Package Installation Postprocessing

Testing

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First System Boot Countdown

Testing

A “Stop” before the reboot will allow to• Verify whether all things were installed correctly• Edit files in the target system (e.g. initrd modules)• Copy log files or screenshots from ramdisk to target• Inject new files or fixes if needed

Installation Workflow – Phase 2Initial System Config

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Superuser Password Setup

Testing

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Network Setup Proposal (Part 1)

Testing

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LAN Configuration

Testing

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LAN IP Address Setup

Testing

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Hostname and Nameserver Setup

Testing

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LAN Routing Setup

Testing

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DSL Overview

Testing

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DSL Setup

Testing

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DSL Provider List

Testing

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DSL Provider Setup

Testing

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Network Setup Proposal (Part 2)

Testing

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ISDN Overview

Testing

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ISDN Card Setup

Testing

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Modem Overview

Testing

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Modem Setup

Testing

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Modem Details

Testing

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Modem Provider List

Testing

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Modem Provider Setup

Testing

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Remote Access Setup

Testing

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Test Internet Connectivity

Testing

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Test for Maintenance Updates

Testing

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Service Proposal (Part 1)

Testing

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Certificate Setup

Testing

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Service Proposal (Part 2)

Testing

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LDAP Server Setup

Testing

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User Authentication Method

Testing

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NIS Client Setup

Testing

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LDAP Client Setup

Testing

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User Authentication/Creation Setup

Testing

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Release Notes

Testing

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Hardware Setup Proposal

Testing

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Initial Config Completed

Testing

Configuration Modules

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Graphical Login Manager

Testing

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Graphical Desktop

Testing

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Control Center - Software

Testing

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Control Center - Hardware

Testing

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Control Center - System

Testing

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Control Center – Network Devices

Testing

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Control Center – Network Services 1

Testing

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Control Center – Network Services 2

Testing

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Control Center – Security and Users

Testing

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Control Center - Misc

Testing

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Example – Samba Server Setup

Testing

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Samba – SMB Shares Setup

Testing

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Samba – Primary Domain Controller

Testing

Update Procedures

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Update

Driver Update• During installation with F6 (Driver Update Disk)

• In the running system use YaST -> Misc -> Vendor Driver CD

System Update• Update or Upgrade during installation (Update mode)

• Registration of new install source and update

Maintenance Updates• YaST Online Update (YOU)

• ZENworks Linux Management (ZLM)

Service Packs• Integration during install or into running system

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Vendor Driver Update

Testing

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Update during Installation

Testing

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Integration of More Install Sources

Testing

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System Update Module

Testing

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System Update Setup

Testing

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YaST Online Update (YOU)

Testing

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YaST Online Update Setup

Testing

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Security and Maintenace Patches

Testing

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Register Service Pack as Install Source

Testing

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Install Service Pack as Patch CD Update

Testing

Automation Tools

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Automation

Boot Server• SLES contains YaST modules to set up a boot server

– DHCP server to automatically provide IP config– TFTP server to provision kernel, initrd and options

Install Server• YaST module to set up an install Server

AutoYaST• YaST module to create config for automated installation

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Automation – Install Server

Testing

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Install Server – Protocol Choice

Testing

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Install Server – NFS Setup

Testing

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Install Server – Product Integration

Testing

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Install Server – Config Summary

Testing

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Automation - AutoYaST

Testing

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AutoYaST – Auto-Install/Configure Tool

Testing

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Questions and Answers

Questions?Email: aagarwal@novell.com

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