diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/create_img.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/create_img.rst index e28499eb9..d23677adf 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/create_img.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/create_img.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Select or Create an osimage Definition Before creating image by xCAT, distro media should be prepared ahead. That can be ISOs or DVDs. -XCAT use 'copycds' command to create image which will be available to install nodes. 'copycds' command copies the contents of distro from media to /install// on management node. +XCAT use 'copycds' command to create image which will be available to install nodes. "copycds" will copy all contents of Distribution DVDs/ISOs or Service Pack DVDs/ISOs to a destination directory, and create several relevant osimage definitions by default. If using an ISO, copy it to (or NFS mount it on) the management node, and then run: :: @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ If using a DVD, put it in the DVD drive of the management node and run: :: copycds /dev/ -The 'copycds' command automatically creates several osimage defintions in the database that can be used for node deployment. To see the list of osimages, run :: lsdef -t osimage @@ -45,5 +44,5 @@ If need to change osimage name to your favorite name, below statement maybe help :: lsdef -t osimage -z rhels6.2-x86_64-install-compute | sed 's/^[^ ]\+:/mycomputeimage:/' | mkdef -z - + diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/deploy_os.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/deploy_os.rst index 1106bafd1..3c8ed47fb 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/deploy_os.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/common/deployment/deploy_os.rst @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Choose such additional attribute of nodeset according to your requirement, if wa Start the OS Deployment ======================= -Start the deployment involves two key operations. One is setup node boot from network, another is reboot ndoe: +Start the deployment involves two key operations. First specify the boot device of the next boot to be network, then reboot the node: For Power machine, those two operations can be completed by one command '**rnetboot**', :: rnetboot But for x server, those two operations need two independent commands. -Set x server boot from network, run +Specify the boot device boot from network next time, run :: rsetboot net