Mass Provision IDV Host

Follow the instructions below to begin the mass provisioning process for the IDV Hosts.

Prerequisite

• Enable PXE boot on IDV Host, refer to the PXE Boot Setup in BIOS section.
• Disable secure boot on IDV Host, refer to the Guide to Disable Secure Boot on Intel® NUCs.
• Configure Virtual Machines operating system, USB port and display port pass-thru assignments, refer to the Configure IDV Host or Configure IDV Host with GUI sections.

Setup

1. Connect the bare-metal IDV Hosts to the same network as the Provisioning Server through the ethernet as seen in Figure 6.
2. Press the IDV Host power button to begin the PXE boot process. If PXE boot does not occur, bring up the boot menu during POST usually by pressing certain keys on the keyboard (BIOS dependent) and selecting ‘UEFI PXE’.
3. On the iPXE boot menu, select the idvhost-auto.iso boot image to boot from.
4. The operating system installation process will begin automatically, follow the instructions of the installer to kick-start the provisioning process.
5. Upon a few reboots, the default wallpaper will show the indicated IDV Host completed provisioning. The VM image sync will kick-start in the background for the first bootup. Once sync is done, VM will auto-launch on the monitor. VMs may take up to 20 minutes to launch. If the VM does not launch after one hour, run the following the command at IDV host for initial troubleshooting:
   # To check if the VM is running at background
   $ virsh list
   
   # To check on the log file
   $ cat /mnt/idv-disks/logs/vm-autostart.log
   
   # To check if the images are available
   $ ls -la /mnt/idv-disks/imgs
   
   # To check if the VM images are fully synced
   $ ls -la /mnt/idv-disks/vm
   

   If there is any NFS mount issue or auto-launch issue, refer to the Troubleshooting sections to troubleshoot the problem:

   • Failed to Mount NFS
   • Failed to auto-launch VM after IDV Host Provisioning
6. On the first provisioned IDV Host, complete the configuration as shown in the section Configure IDV Host
7. Reboot the IDV Host and wait for the VM to launch. It should launch after a few minutes. It may take longer for the first time.
8. When the screen below appears, the IDV Guest is booting.



9. A typical lab or classroom deployment consists of a single IDV Server and several IDV Hosts connected on the same network. To set up additional IDV Servers for labs or classroom deployments, proceed to the next section for mass IDV Server provisioning.