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Pxe & Aoe: Preboot Execution Environment ATA Over Ethernet

PXE & AoE allow booting computers over a network and accessing storage devices independently of local storage. PXE uses DHCP and TFTP to boot systems, retrieving a boot image from the TFTP server. AoE enables accessing SATA storage over Ethernet, allowing SAN-like functionality with standard networking. Setting up PXE & AoE requires configuring DHCP, TFTP and vblade services on a server and installing drivers on Windows clients to access storage via AoE.

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Pxe & Aoe: Preboot Execution Environment ATA Over Ethernet

PXE & AoE allow booting computers over a network and accessing storage devices independently of local storage. PXE uses DHCP and TFTP to boot systems, retrieving a boot image from the TFTP server. AoE enables accessing SATA storage over Ethernet, allowing SAN-like functionality with standard networking. Setting up PXE & AoE requires configuring DHCP, TFTP and vblade services on a server and installing drivers on Windows clients to access storage via AoE.

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PXE & AoE

Preboot Execution Environment


ATA over Ethernet

國立中央大學電子計算機中心97學年度SNMG教育訓練課程
NCUCSIE SNMG xbddc ([email protected])
Outline
• What is “PXE” ? “AoE” ?
– Introduction

• How does it work


– Architecture
– Flow chart

• Install & Setup


– Servers (dhcpd, tftpd, vbladed)
– Windows

• Demo
• Reference
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Introduction
• AoE
– abbr. of ATA over Ethernet
– is a network protocol designed for simple,
high-performance access of SATA storage
devices over Ethernet networks.
– It gives the possibility to build SANs with low-
cost, standard technologies.

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Introduction (cont’d)
• PXE
– abbr. of Preboot eXecution Environment
– is an environment to boot computers using
network interface independently of available
data storage devices (like hard disks) or
installed operating systems.
– was introduced by Intel as part of the Wired
for Management framework

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Architecture

• Desktop PCs all without HDD and support PXE boot function
• DHCP & TFTP Server can be either split into two or just all built in 6
one
Flow chart

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http://www.argontechnology.com/ docs/htm/pxe/pxe.gif
Installation
• DHCP Server:
– net/isc-dhcp3-server
– # make install

• TFTP Server:
– ftp/tftp-hpa
– # make install

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Installation (cont’d)
• vblade:
– #fetch
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ao
etools/vblade-18.tgz
– #tar zxf vblade-18.tgz
– #cd vblade-18 ; make PLATFORM=freebsd

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Installation (cont’d)
• make you own Boot ROM image:
– http://rom-o-matic.net/
• and save it to /root

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Setup - dhcpd.conf
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 86400;
option domain-name "csie.ncu.edu.tw";
option routers 140.115.50.254;
option domain-name-servers 140.115.50.2;
option perform-mask-discovery on;
option mask-supplier on;
ddns-update-style none;
allow booting;
allow bootp;

subnet 140.115.50.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {


option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
next-server 140.115.50.60; # where to find the tftpd server
filename “gpxe-0.9.3-e1000.pxe"; # boot program (from gpxe)
option root-path “e0.0p1"; # aoe’s shelf, slot, partition
}

host venux {
hardware ethernet 00:11:2f:b8:6d:c8;
fixed-address 140.115.50.75;
}

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Setup - Windows
• Install WinAoE, the AoE driver for Windows
– http://www.winaoe.org/

• By modifying the Windows registry to let AoE driver be


loaded while OS startup
– Find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\e1
express
– and change the "Start" key to 0 (boot)

• Step by step instruction:


– http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_aoe

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Setup – Windows (cont’d)
• Turn off the Windows Virtual Memory
feature (pagefile.sys)

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Start it
• # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd forcestart
• # /usr/local/libexec/in.tftpd -Lv -s /root
• # ./vblade 0 0 em0 /dev/ad8

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Reference
• Introduction to PXE
– http://www.argontechnology.com/docs/htm/pxe/index.shtml
• Wikipedia
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATA_over_Ethernet
• SYSLinux, PXELinux, …
– http://syslinux.zytor.com/
• WinAoE
– http://winaoe.org
• vblade
– http://aoetools.sourceforge.net/
• qaoed
– http://code.google.com/p/qaoed/
• Etherboot, gPXE
– http://etherboot.org/
– http://etherboot.org/wiki/sanboot/winnt_aoe
• Rom-o-matic
– http://rom-o-matic.net/
• Setup PXE Boot on FreeBSD in 3 minutes
– http://jnlin.org/2006/10/29/141/

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Questions?

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