Index

Activating tasks
Configurations Area

Boot diskette
creation
Create Boot Diskette

Clients
adding, modifying, deleting
Configure Client List
definition
Introduction
disk space
Client Requirements
Ethernet address
Client View Area
Gateway IP address
Configure Parameters
hostname
Client View Area
IP address
Client View Area
list
Client View Area
netmask
Configure Parameters
replicate with boot diskette
Completing Installation
required machines
Hardware Requirements
synchronization
Synchronize Clients

Configuration parameters
Configurations Area

Configuration requirements
Before You Begin

Configure Client List task
Configure Client List

Configure Parameters task
Configure Parameters

Connection requirements
Before You Begin

Console
definition
Introduction
RPMs
Installing on the Console
software
Software Requirements

Console function
Console Requirements

Create Boot Diskette task
Create Boot Diskette

Delete Image task
Delete Image

DHCP server
Why not distribute directly from master to clients?

DHCP use
Why is DHCP required?

Disk crashes
What if the machine designated as the master crashes?

Disk types
How identical do the client disks need to be to the master disks?

Exclusion list
Modify Exclusion List

Floppy drive device
Configure Parameters

Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions

Golden master
creating or updating image
Prepare Image
definition
Introduction
hostname
Configure Parameters
required machine
Hardware Requirements
RPMs
Installing on the Golden Master
software
Software Requirements
when to install
Golden Master Requirements

Hardware and software requirements
Preinstallation Requirements

Image name
Configure Parameters
Synchronize Clients

Image/client differences
Can SystemImager show the differences between an image and the client?

Installation
prerequisites
Installation Prerequisites
procedures
Installing SGI SystemImager

KickStart comparison
How Does SGI SystemImager Compare to the Red Hat KickStart Script?

Log messages
How do I view log messages?

Machine connections
Hardware Requirements

Machine requirements
Hardware Requirements

Main window
client view area
Client View Area
configurations area
Configurations Area
task button area
Task Button Area

Modify Exclusion List task
Modify Exclusion List

Multiple master image types
Can I specify several multiple master image types?

Network configurations
Hardware Requirements

Preinstallation requirements
Preinstallation Requirements

Prepare Image task
Prepare Image

Pricing and distribution
What is the price and distribution mechanism for SGI SystemImager?

ProPack
Software Requirements

Propagation while system is up
Can updates of an entire disk, a filesystem, selected directories, or files be propagated while the system is up?

Red Hat
Software Requirements

Replication process
Introduction

Required machines
Hardware Requirements

Required software
Software Requirements

RPMs
for console
Installing on the Console
for golden master
Installing on the Golden Master
for server
Installing on the Server

rsync command
for image/client differences
Can SystemImager show the differences between an image and the client?
for scanning and comparing
Can SGI SystemImager scan and compare files on the nodes against a reference and then perform any necessary updates?

Scanning and comparing files
Can SGI SystemImager scan and compare files on the nodes against a reference and then perform any necessary updates?

Server
definition
Introduction
disk space
Server Requirements
hostname
Configure Parameters
IP address
Configure Parameters
required machine
Hardware Requirements
RPMs
Installing on the Server
software
Software Requirements

Software requirements
Software Requirements

Synchronization group size
Configure Parameters

Synchronize Clients task
Synchronize Clients

System administration
Introduction

SystemImager
before you run
Before You Begin
description
Introduction
main window
Main Window
preinstallation requirements
Preinstallation Requirements
starting
Starting SystemImager

SystemImager automation
Can SGI SystemImager install and update data in an automated manner while the cluster is running?

Task button area
Task Button Area

Tasks
activated
Configurations Area
Configure Client List
Configure Client List
Configure Parameters
Configure Parameters
Create Boot Diskette
Create Boot Diskette
Delete Image
Delete Image
details
Tasks
Modify Exclusion List
Modify Exclusion List
Prepare Image
Prepare Image
Synchronize Clients
Synchronize Clients

VA SystemImager
Introduction

Version control
Is there a way to track changes in the master image?