Difference between revisions of "GSP Virtualisation with Xen"
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= Server installation = | = Server installation = | ||
− | + | The key settings when installing a server are: | |
+ | * keyboard: US | ||
+ | * no device drivers | ||
+ | * no supplemental packs | ||
+ | * skip media verification | ||
+ | * set the Dom0 password for the pool (they are different per pool) | ||
+ | * pick the management interface (untagged ve11, on the GSP Piet this is eth2) | ||
+ | * static IP configuration, see teugel for hostname. IP: 172.22.64.XX, Subnet: 255.255.192.0, Gateway: 172.22.127.254 | ||
+ | * hostname: put the right one "vms-<pool>-<seq>.inst.ipmi.nikhef.nl", DNS: 194.171.97.225, 194.171.97.224, 192.16.199.17 | ||
+ | * TZ: Europe/Amsterdam | ||
+ | * Use NTP: 194.171.97.240, 172.22.64.2, 194.171.97.224 | ||
+ | And install XCP! | ||
+ | |||
+ | To configure the server for Nikhef/NDPF, with all performance/config tweaks, all commands are collected in a single script to download from stal and run on a fresh Dom0. | ||
wget http://stal.nikhef.nl/cfg/XCP15-config.sh | wget http://stal.nikhef.nl/cfg/XCP15-config.sh | ||
sh XCP15-config.sh | sh XCP15-config.sh |