Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of Internal/OpenFlow/HostSetup

Timestamp:

May 28, 2010, 9:38:27 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

akoshibe

Comment:

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Internal/OpenFlow/HostSetup

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 }}}
 
-= Ubuntu 9.10, 10.04 = 
-Current Ubuntu NetFPGAs run Ubuntu version 8.04 and !OpenFlow ver. 9.0. Here we try to move to newer distributions w/ !OpenFlow Ver. 1.0. The hardware we use here is the NetFPGA cube, another version of the NetFPGA pre-built solution.    
-
-node1-1: 192.168.202.8      - 10.04 Server
-node1-2: 192.168.202.164    - 9.10
+= Ubuntu 10.04 = 
+Current Ubuntu NetFPGAs run Ubuntu version 8.04 and !OpenFlow ver. 1.0. Here we try to move to newer distributions w/ !OpenFlow Ver. 1.0. The hardware we use here is the NetFPGA cube, another version of the NetFPGA pre-built solution. A user named 'test' with root privs was added for this purpose.    
+
+'''Linux distro:''' [[BR]]
+Ubuntu Server 10.04, w/ xfce4 WM [[BR]]
+kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic-pae 
+
+'''Packages:''' [[BR]]
+NetFPGA base 2.1.0 [[BR]]
+Tunneling OpenFlow NetFPGA 1.0.0
+
+'''Host info:''' [[BR]]
+node1-1: 192.168.202.8  [[BR]]    
+node1-2: 192.168.202.164    
 
 === Installing Ubuntu. ===
 
 1. set boot priority of CD drive to 1st
-
-2. Boot as a live CD and install from there. Trying direct install just resulted in the system starting up BusyBox (9.10) or just proceeding to live CD Mode (10.04).  
-
-=== NetFPGA drivers. ===
-'''dependencies.'''[[BR]]
+2. If desktop edition, boot as a live CD and install from there. Trying direct install just resulted in the system starting up BusyBox (9.10) or just proceeding to live CD Mode (10.04). Server edition can be installed directly w/out issues.   
+
+=== Setup: NetFPGA drivers. ===
+'''1. dependencies.'''[[BR]]
 There is an updated dependency list:
 
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  1. run apt-get as usual for the packages. 
 
-=== Kernel memory allocation. ===
+'''2. Kernel memory allocation. '''
 Ubuntu versions beyond 8.04 (assume anything w/ kernels beyond v 2.6.28) use GRUB 2. GRUB 2 gets rid of menu.lst, so kernel memory must be allocated via the following method (ref. http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8229620):
 
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 Then run `update-grub` to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg with the new parameter (you never want to modify grub.cfg directly).  
   
-
+'''3. Symlinks.'''
+The steps are the same as before. 
+
+'''4. Install packages.'''
+1. set variable NF_ROOT to proper directory w.r.t. /bin/nf_register_gen.pl - in case of node1-1:
+{{{
+export NF_ROOT=/home/test/netfpga
+}}}