Gathering Information for WAN Boot Installations

You need to gather a wide variety of information to configure your network for a WAN boot installation. You might want to write down this information as you prepare to install over a WAN.

Use the following worksheets to record the WAN boot installation information for your network.

Table 12–2 Worksheet for Collecting Server Information


Information Needed	Notes
Install server information Path to the WAN boot miniroot on install server Path to the custom JumpStart files on the install server
WAN boot server information Path to the `wanboot` program on the WAN boot server URL of the `wanboot-cgi` program on the WAN boot server Path to the client's subdirectory in the `/etc/netboot` hierarchy on the WAN boot server (Optional) File name of the PKCS#12 certificate file (Optional) Host names of any machines other than the WAN boot server that are required for WAN installation (Optional) IP address and TCP port number of the network's proxy server
Optional server information URL of the `bootlog-cgi` script on logging server IP address and TCP port number of the network's proxy server

Table 12–3 Worksheet for Collecting Client Information


Information	Notes
IP address for the client's subnet
IP address for the client's router
IP address of the client
Subnet mask for the client
Host name for the client
MAC address of the client