Add Device - Add Device
The Add Device panel lets you specify the MAC address of the new device, the provisioning technology you plan to use for the device, an image file (for PXE provisioning), and values for properties associated with the device.
Field definitions
MAC Address | Enter the MAC address of the device that you are adding. The acceptable formats for a MAC address are: |
Description | Optionally provide descriptive text about this device. |
(PXE only) Boot Image File | Choose the image file you want to use for this device. |
Architecture | Choose the architecture of the device that you are adding; the values are x86 or x64. |
Provisioning Method | Select the provisioning technology you plan to use for this device — PXE, JumpStart, x86 JumpStart, NIM, Ignite PA-RISC, or Ignite Itanium. |
Properties | Set values for properties for this device. |
Property values for provisioning environments
The following table shows properties defined for the Device class in the Property Dictionary.
Provisioning environment | Property | Value | Required or optional? |
---|---|---|---|
PXE | ARCHITECTURE | Set ARCHITECTURE to one of the following values:
| Required |
JumpStart | ARCHITECTURE | Set ARCHITECTURE to one of the following using all lower case letters as shown:
| Required |
x86 JumpStart | ARCHITECTURE | Using all lower case letters, set ARCHITECTURE to
| Required |
NIM | CABLE_TYPE | Set CABLE_TYPE to one of the following values:
| Optional |
NIM | PLATFORM | Set PLATFORM to one of the following values, using the drop-down
| Optional |
NIM | NETBOOT_KERNEL | Set KERNEL_TYPE to one of the following values, using the drop-down
| Optional |
NIM | NET_SETTINGS | Set NET_SETTINGS to one of the following values, using the drop-down list:
| Optional |
Ignite | ARCHITECTURE | Set ARCHITECTURE to one of the following values:
| Required |