From 6b1207ad8f08dcc4da7382ced0c7a42ac8c3d5c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lissav Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:38:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More improvements to template README git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xcat/code/xcat-core/trunk@14 8638fb3e-16cb-4fca-ae20-7b5d299a9bcd --- xCAT/templates/e1350/README | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/xCAT/templates/e1350/README b/xCAT/templates/e1350/README index 6b9d9bd8a..a7f97c449 100644 --- a/xCAT/templates/e1350/README +++ b/xCAT/templates/e1350/README @@ -1,22 +1,31 @@ -This set of templates, *.csv files, is based on the address scheme given: -ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/1350FS_0507.pdf. -Additional information can be found in the /usr/share/doc/xCAT/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf] -manual in the install. +README for: /usr/share/xcat/templates/e1350 directory +----------------------------------------------------- -Check the 1350 default templates to see, if they apply to your environment. -If you decide to use some of the templates or create your own, then you can -use the tabrestore command on each template to load the tables in the database. -The templates are located : /usr/share/xcat/templates/e1350 directory. +The set of *.csv files in this directory are sample xCAT table values that +you may wish to use as templates for defining your xCAT cluster. +The data is based on defining a cluster using the address scheme given in: +ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/1350FS_0507.pdf. +Additional information on using xCAT 2.0 can be found in +/usr/share/doc/xcat/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf] on your system. -To load the database tables with a set of templates: -for i in *.csv; do tabrestore $i; done +Check the 1350 default templates to see if they apply to your environment. +If you decide to use some of these templates, modify them, or create your own, +you can first edit the files and then load them into the database, or load the +files first and then edit the database once they are loaded. -To verify run tabdump . For example: tabdump nodetype +To load a file, use the tabrestore command on each template to load the tables +in the database. + +To load the database tables: + for i in *.csv; do tabrestore $i; done + +To verify that a table has been correctly loaded, run "tabdump ". +For example: + tabdump nodetype - -You can add nodes to the database by using the nodeadd command. -See example below and /usr/share/doc/xCAT/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf]. +You can add nodes to the database by using the nodeadd command. +See the example below and details in /usr/share/xcat/xCAT2.0.doc[pdf]. For example, to add 2048 IPMI rackmount nodes which happen to start at the first U of the first rack, with each rack having a 1U switch