The Administrator Orchestrating the Ballet

A person never really appreciates a ballet until they participate in it themselves. Then they learn to appreciate the work and practice that goes into the final show. Well now here's your chance to get behind stage and see just what's going on.
DON'T PANIC
A drama coach of mine used to yell that at me before we'd go onstage. (OK, so maybe not but it might have helped now and then.) Actually you shouldn't panic anyway. Most of the thinking through has already been done for you, and if you work at Fermilab, then alot of the dirtiest work has been done as well.

We shall first look at the basics. This ballet has two acts, and a cast of at least 4. All of the cast have to be able to communicate with each other via the network. The Co-Star (console server) needs to be able to talk with the Star (node) via it's normal console connection.
It would probrubly be easiest to look at the whole production and see how it flows together before looking too much at the cast. So just take a glance at the cast below, and then procede to different acts. There will be links to each of the cast when needed so you need not worry to much about not seeing them again.

Ballet
Act 1 - The Installation
Act 2 - The Configuration

CAST
Star - Node being installed/configured
Co-Star - Console Server
Support Act1 - Network Install Server
Support Act2 - FTP Server
Extras - Other Machines


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Last edited May 18, 2001