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7.4 Client Installations

During this phase, you will network boot your client nodes and they will automatically be installed and configured as specified in Section 7.3 above. For a detailed explanation of what happens during client installation, see Appendix B.

7.4.1 Network boot the client nodes

See Appendix A for instructions on network booting clients.


7.4.2 Check completion status of nodes

After several minutes, the clients should complete the installation. You can watch the client consoles to monitor the progress. Depending on the Post Installation Action you selected when building the image, the clients will either halt, reboot, or beep incessantly when the installation is completed.

The time required for installation depends on the capabilities of your server, your clients, your network, and the number of simultaneous client installations. Generally, it should complete within several minutes.

7.4.3 Reboot the client nodes

After confirming that a client has completed its installation, you should reboot the node from its hard drive. If you chose to have your clients reboot after installation, they will do this on their own. If the clients are not set to reboot, you must manually reboot them. The filesystems will have been unmounted so it is safe to simply reset or power cycle them.

Note: If you had to change the BIOS boot order on the client to do a network boot before booting from the local disk, you will need to reset the order to prevent the node from trying to do another network install.

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