diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkdsklsnode.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkdsklsnode.1.pod index 84ef2c01b..a04db5fe5 100644 --- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkdsklsnode.1.pod +++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/mkdsklsnode.1.pod @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ B command may be used to initiate a network boot of the nodes. +This xCAT command can be used to define and/or initialize AIX/NIM diskless machines. Once this step is completed you can use either the xCAT B command or the B commands to initiate a network boot of the nodes. The command can be used to define and initialize a new NIM machine object or it can be used to reinitialize an existing machine to use a different operating system image. -This command will also create a NIM resolv_conf resource to be used when installing the node. If a resolv_conf resource is not already included in the xCAT osimage definition and if the "domain" and "nameservers" values are set then a new resolv_conf resource will be created and the name will be added to the osimage definition. +This command will also create a NIM resolv_conf resource to be used when installing the node. If a resolv_conf resource is not already included in the xCAT osimage definition and if the "domain" and "nameservers" values are set then a new NIM resolv_conf resource will be created and allocated to the nodes. The "domain" and "nameservers" attributes can be set in either the xCAT "network" definition used by the nodes or in the xCAT cluster "site" definition. The setting in the "network" definition will take priority. diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/nimnodeset.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/nimnodeset.1.pod index 36a7cd05a..33e5b07f7 100644 --- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/nimnodeset.1.pod +++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/nimnodeset.1.pod @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ B command may be used to initiate a network boot of the nodes. +This xCAT command can be used to initialize AIX/NIM standalone machines. Once this step is completed the either the xCAT B command or the B commands to initiate a network boot of the nodes. If you are using xCAT service nodes the B command will automatically determine the correct server(s) for the node and do the initialization on that server(s). The osimage_name is the name of an xCAT osimage definition that contains the list of NIM resources to use when initializing the nodes. If the osimage_name is not provided on the command line the code checks the node definition for the value of the "provmethod" attribute (which is the name of an osimage definition). If the osimage_image is provided on the command line then the code will also set the "provmethod" attribute of the node definiions. This command will also create a NIM resolv_conf resource to be used when installing the node. If a resolv_conf resource is not already included in the xCAT osimage definition and if the "domain" and "nameservers" values are set then a new -resolv_conf resource will be created and the name will be added to the osimage definition. +NIM resolv_conf resource will be created and allocated to the nodes. The "domain" and "nameservers" attributes can be set in either the xCAT "network" definition used by the nodes or in the xCAT cluster "site" definition. The setting in the "network" definition will take priority.