With this initial release of Provisioner 6.3.0, the provisioning of Ubuntu and Debian is supported in a single NIC-single VLAN configuration only. It is not yet supported in a dual NIC-dual VLAN configuration due to lack of an Internet proxy.

 

Login to the Provisioner PXE Server's Graphical User Interface

 

 

After you have used loadlinux.pl to prepare your ISO media, access the MAC-Independent Provisioning dashboard and select the "Add System Role" option:

 

 

Select the distro you want to provision (remember, if there’s an asterisk next to a dropdown selection, it means that the distro media is loaded and ready for use):

 

 

After you have selected your operating system of choice, the form’s fields will be automatically populated:

 

 

Click "OK" and you will see your newly created MAC-Indy Provisioning Role in the MAC-Independent Roles page:

 

 

Certain Ubuntu and Debian distributions require kernel parameters to be entered in the GUI. This is also how you would specify which NIC to use for provisioning with multi-NIC systems.

 

 

Finally, boot the Client System to the network and you will be presented with the Client-Side menu similar to this:

 

Select the OS or Hypervisor to be installed by number(s) or letter(s) using the Client system's keyboard. If you have set a "Default", that selection will be installed "unattended" starting in 60 seconds.

 

Note: this screen will not appear on a client system if either a MAC-Specific Provisioning Role or a MAC-Specific Imaging Profile already exists for it. MAC-Independent (PXE Menu) provisioning works only with unknown MACs. A MAC is "known" to LBMP if it was used for MAC-Specific Provisioning or Imaging.

If the MAC address is known, the client system will instead display a screen similar to the one below: