[rhn-users] bare metal provisioning

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi Michael,

Michael Barrett wrote:
> While using RHN I don't see in the tool where I can control the service 
> processors of my hardware in order to achieve bare metal provisioning.  
> Is that something I need to do outside of the tool after I setup my 
> kickstart template within the tool?

You'll either need to set up a pxe server to work with the Satellite 
server or create and use custom boot discs [2] to achieve baremetal 
provisioning. Please see the following section of our reference guide 
for more information about this:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/satellite/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite-5.0.0/html/Reference_Guide/s2-sm-system-kickstart.html

~m

[1] 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/satellite/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite-5.0.0/html/Reference_Guide/s4-system-ks-PXE.html
[2] 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/satellite/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite-5.0.0/html/Reference_Guide/s4-system-ks-ISO.html