SIM Setup Guidelines

1. Setting up the SIM:

Execute the following in exactly the same order:

Connect a monitor and keyboard to the PC

Powercycle the PC holding down < del > until the BIOS menu is entered.
Under the "Boot" menu, enable "PXE Boot to LAN".
Hit to save and exit. The PC will reboot.
Again, hold down < del > until the BIOS menu is entered.
Under the "Boot" menu, select "Boot Device Priority".
There should be three boot device choices : "FLOPPY DRIVE", "Intel (R) Boot Agent Ve", and
"IBA FE Slot 0140 v4116". The exact values of the last choice may be slightly different.
Select "IBA FE Slot 0141 v4116" as the first boot device.
Disable the second and third boot device.
Under the "Exit" menu select "Save Custom Defaults"
Hit to save and exit. The PC will reboot.
Once the PC reboots, it is going to search for a DHCP server. The MAC address will be displayed,
note this down.

2. Log into the DHCP server and modify dhcpd.conf

IP: 138.120.224.191, Login: root, pw: admin1 Modify file /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and add an entry for your sim like
this.

Before you being changing this file, please make a backup copy. All our sims need this file to boot!

host sim152 {
hardware ethernet 00:0C:F1:B9:0D:54;
fixed-address 138.120.224.118;
filename "vxrom-7x50.pxe";
}

Download vxrom image form this link http://135.121.12.119/craig/VSG_sim/ and then ftp to
IP: 138.120.224.191 save vxrom file in /tftpboot and then go to etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf edit vxrom file changes
Should be like this

host sim152 {
hardware ethernet 00:0C:F1:B9:0D:54;
fixed-address 138.120.224.118;
filename " vsg.vxrom.pxe";
}
Save the file and then restart the dhcp daemon. IP: 138.120.224.191

/etc/dhcp restart.

3. Create nvram and bof files

You need to add 3 files and 1 directory to the filesystem similar to the following:

tftpboot/sim152/nvram.dat / tftpboot/sim152 /tftpboot/sim152/bof.cfg

Create a directory in tftpboot for your sim such as 'sim152' for sim152 with an ip address of
138.120.224.152.
It is easiest to just copy the nvram.dat and bof.cfg files into your sims directory from another sims dir and
then modify it.
In the bof, the primary image, primary config and ip address need to be changed.
In the nvram.dat file, the path and ip address have to be modified.
Compare the nvram file with http://135.121.12.119/craig/VSG_sim/sim113/
Copy any nvram.xxxxxxxxxxxx file to nvram.<your-mac-address>. This is the mac address of the
sim pc, with no spaces and all upper case.
Modify the nvram.<mac-address> file that you just created- change the path and ip address as
you did in nvram.dat.

4. Copy software images

You need to add 1 directory, 1 file and two links similar to the following:

/home/admin1/images/sim152/i386-boot.tim /home/admin1/images/sim152 /i886-both.tim

Create a directory such as 'sim152' for sim152.

i386-boot.tim and i386-boot.tim are soft links.
In this server the software images are located at /home/admin1/images/
Copy the config.cfg file into this directory as well
Download the i386-boot.tim and i386-boot.tim from http://135.121.12.119/craig/VSG_sim/vsg_tor/5_0/
and upload to directory /home/admin1/images/sim152.

5. It should work! :
Reboot the sim and login again you will login as vsg.