QLogic OFED+ Host Software User Guide, Rev. B

8–gPXE
Netbooting Over InfiniBand
The following is an example of the images.conf file
Alias /images /vault/images
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
The following is an example of the kernels.conf file
Alias /kernels /boot
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
3. Make a uniboot directory:
mkdir -p /vault/images/uniboot
4. Create a initrd.img file
Prerequisites
• “gPXE Setup” on page 8-1 has been completed.
• “Preparing the DHCP Server in Linux” on page 8-2 has been
completed
To add an InfiniBand driver into the initrd file, The InfiniBand modules
need to be copied to the diskless image. The host machine needs to be
pre-installed with the QLogic OFED+ Host Software that is appropriate for
the kernel version the diskless image will run. The QLogic OFED+ Host
Software is available for download from
http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/default.aspx
NOTE:
The remainder of this section assumes that QLogic OFED+ has been
installed on the Host machine.
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