The End User Viewing the Ballet

As an end user, you will simply be able sit down at a console, type a simple command, answer a few questions, then watch as the ballet on disks unfolds around you. The ballet can consist of any number of dancers's, from one to one hundred, though we recommend staying below twenty. If you ask for more than twenty to start, the stage becomes crowded and one or two dancers might slip off their network and fall into the orchestra pit.

How To Start and Watch The Ballet

First sit down at the console server for the desired dancers. For example, if you wanted to install and/or configure fnpc4, you would sit down at helium. Then open up a console window for each of the dancers you wish to watch. You don't actually have to watch any of the dancers, for they will install and configure themselves whether you are watching or not.
Side Note: You don't actually have to sit down at the console server, you really only have to be logged into it, which actually means you could be at home and do this.
Another Side Note: You don't have to re-install the machine in all cases, but I recommend that you do. It ensures that you have the latest products as well as cleans up any leftover files or stuff a user or sysadmin might have left.

  1. Log into the console server that serves your machine
  2. cd /root/ICABOD/
  3. ./install

      *You are then asked some questions. Your answers are in { }'s*
    1. Root Password: {vendorpassword}
    2. System Prefix: {fnpc}
    3. Host range (1-5 6 10-24): {4}
    *The machine is then re-installed, with the correct IP, and latest products.*
  4. ./config

      *You are then asked some questions. Your answers are in { }'s*
    1. Current Root Password: {installation-password}
    2. New Root Password: {current-farm-password}
    3. System Prefix: {fnpc}
    4. Host range (1-5 6 10-24): {4}
    *The machine is then configured with all that it needs.*
  5. Log off the console server

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