Provision Job - Devices
The Devices panel lets you specify the devices, identified by MAC address, to provision the next time this Job executes. The panel also lets you provide network information, such as IP addresses and the DNS configuration, for those devices. See the following sections:
IP Configuration
The IP Configuration settings also appear in the system package. The IP Configuration settings you enter in a Provision Job override the settings in the system package.
Obtain IP address automatically | Specifies that the network connection should obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server. |
Specify IP Manually (for each device) | Specifies that the network connection should use the static IP addresses that you specify on the Devices list at the bottom of this panel. |
Specify IP Range | Specifies a range of IP addresses that the system can use to assign a unique address to each device. Select this option and provide an address for Start IP and End IP of the range. The Devices list at the bottom of this panel displays the IP address assigned to each device. |
Subnet mask | Specifies the subnet mask for the IP addresses in the range. |
Default gateway | The address of the IP router that is used to forward traffic to destinations outside of the local network. |
Associated boot image | (PXE devices only) From the Selected Boot Image list, select the boot image for provisioning the servers. |
Skip Linux Pre-Install | For Red Hat Linux, SUSE, Citrix, and VMWare ESX, to skip using a pre-boot image and boot directly using the installer ramdisk and kernel, select this option. For information, see Using-the-Skip-Linux-Pre-Install-image-option |
Devices to Provision
Build the list of devices to provision by clicking Add 
, Delete 
, and Edit 
. When you click Add, the Add a New Device panel appears.
Computer Name | Enter a unique name for the server. If you are provisioning multiple servers, the wizard names the first server using the name you provide, and then it appends sequential numbers to that base name for the other servers. For example, if you enter MyServer in the Computer Name field, the wizard uses MyServer for the first server, names the second server MyServer_1, the third server MyServer_2, and so on. |
(Windows only) Auto-generate Computer Name | Select this option to allow the Windows installer to auto-generate the computer names. If you select this option, the Computer Name field is ignored. |
OM server name | (Optional) Enter a different name to use in the BMC Server Automation Console for this server. This name must be resolvable to the IP address of the server. |
Available and Selected Devices | The Available Devices list displays the devices available for provisioning. For each device, the list displays information supplied when the device was imported into the BMC Server Automation system.
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