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Topic Title: SUN X2200 support
Topic Summary: Experimental certified or not?
Created On: 12/14/2006 04:48 AM

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12/14/2006 04:48 AM
TTiSoB New User Posts: 3 Joined: 12/14/2006	According this http://www.virtualiron.com/products/servers.cfm the SUN X2200 is experimental certified. But in this post the SUN isn't listed. I tried the bootdisk on a X2200 but it can't get an ip-address from dhcp. It keeps timing out. Will the SUN X2200 be certified?
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12/14/2006 05:37 AM
TTiSoB New User Posts: 3 Joined: 12/14/2006	Can I set the bootparameter so that it doesn't use dhcp but a static ip-address?
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12/14/2006 10:38 AM
darmlin Apprentice Posts: 23 Joined: 05/03/2006	Yes, the X2200 M2 will be certified and added to the docs you reference. We did have a beta site successfully run on the X2200 M2 and included the NVidia drivers to handle the ports other than the Broadcoms built-in in the 2200 M2. In general with problems PXE booting you need to make sure that your networking for your dedicated management network is set up properly. Here's a typical layout with fictious addresses used for illustration. Management Server eth0 (172.15.15.221) - public/corporate network to access the Virtual Iron Virtualization Manager eth1 (10.10.1.1) - Dedicated management network that the Virtual Iron Virtualization Manager's dhcp/tftp engine . Typically plugged into a separate 1Gb Ethernet switch or VLANd port on a switch. Managed Node (X2200 M2) eth0 - PXE turned on cabled into same switch or VLAN as eth1 on Mgmt Server I often plug in a laptop or another server and assign it a static address on the dedicated managment server (i.e. 10.10.1.10) and then ping the mgmt server to make sure it is up and visible on that network (10.10.1.1). Then boot your managed node and watch it PXE boot. The logs for the dedicated managment network's DHCP server are in the VirtualIron/VirtualizationManager/system/logs/dhcpd.log file(on all platforms the mgmt server runs on) and you will see DHCPDISCOVER, etc from the interface you are booting on.
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12/14/2006 02:00 PM
darmlin Apprentice Posts: 23 Joined: 05/03/2006	If you are booting from CD currently no. We'll add the ability to set a static address when booting the CD ROM in a future release. Once you have PXE boot working with the 2200 M2 you'll be on to the more interesting features. Most likely this is something simple.
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12/15/2006 04:03 AM
TTiSoB New User Posts: 3 Joined: 12/14/2006	Simple it was.. I installed on another X2200 SLES9 and the eth0 is the ethernet port above the usb ports. That confused it. Plugged in 4 network cables and the dhcp request was fulfilled. Then it was simple finding out which network cable was on the ethernet port that is eth0. Thnx for the help.
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