This readme will guide you to: - Prepare a pen drive with the Abilis-VMX installer - Prepare the Compact Flash with the Abilis part of an Abilis-VMX system - Install the Linux part of an Abilis-VMX system - Default configurations and demos ********* HOW TO PREPARE A PEN DRIVE WITH THE ABILIS-VMX INSTALLER ********* PREREQUISITES You should already have obtained: - Windows 2k, xp, vista, seven - The abilis-vmx installer zipfile - One or more abilis-vmx images - A pen drive with enough disk space to hold both the images you want to provide and the installer PROCEDURE 1. Expand the abilis-vmx installer zipfile 2. Insert the pen drive into the computer 3. Run "make_pendrive.bat". If on Vista/Seven right click on "make_pendrive.bat" and choose "Run as Administrator" 4. Follow the instructions printed at video 5. Copy to the directory \abilis-vmx\images of the pen drive the abilis-vmx images you want to provide with the installer. Copy the .7z files, do not extract them. 6. Once finished, securely remove the pen drive ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE 1. Expand the abilis-vmx installer zipfile 2. Copy to files/images the abilis-vmx images you want to provide with the installer 3. Insert the pen drive into the computer 4. Run "make_pendrive.bat". If on Vista/Seven right click on "make_pendrive.bat" and choose "Run as Administrator" 5. Follow the instructions printed at video 6. Once finished, securely remove the pen drive ********* HOW TO PREPARE A CF WITH ABILIS PART OF AN ABILIS-VMX SYSTEM ********** PREREQUISITE - Windows 2k, xp, vista, seven - A compact flash reader connected to the Windows pc - The Compact Flash where to install the Abilis part - The Abilis distribution self-extract file, cpx-XXXXX-vmx-package.exe PROCEDURE 1. Expand cpx-XXXXX-vmx-package.exe 2. Run "install.bat." If on Vista/Seven right click on "install.bat" and choose "Run as Administrator" 3. Follow the instructions printed at video 4. Copy the drivers.cfg. Either the default one provided in the package or one previously prepared by you. Note that self extract file cpx-XXXXX-tools.exe contains various tools, including the offline configurator "config.exe". 5. Once finished, securely remove the Compact Flash ********* HOW TO INSTALL LINUX PART OF AN ABILIS-VMX SYSTEM ********** PREREQUISITE - The pen drive previosuly created - The Compact Flash where you already installed the Abilis part - An Abilis-VMX hardware equipped with one or more harddisks - A serial terminal configured with 115200-8-n-1 , Linux emulation, UTF-8. Alternatively a vga video and a keyboard to connect to the Abilis-VMX. PROCEDURE 1. Power off the Abilis-VMX hardware 2. Insert the Compact Flash into the Primary CF slot. On some system there is only one slot. 3. Insert the pen drive into a USB port directly owned by the Motherboard. For the Compact Abilis any USB port can be used. 4. The installation can be executed either via a serial terminal or via a monitor and a keyboard: - serial: connect a serial terminal to the serial port of Abilis-VMX, 115200-8-n-1 , Linux emulation, UTF-8. - monitor/keyboard: connect a monitor and a keyboard The installation will default to the serial, to use video/keyboard you have to press any key when the request "press any key to continue." appears on video and then choose the VGA/Keyboard entry from the menu 4. Power on the Abilis-VMX hardware, the bios will boot the Compact Flash which in turn will detect the installer on the pen drive and will pass the control 5. When the message "Do you want to begin Abilis VMX installation (y/n)?" appears you can press y and start the installation 6. Follow the instructions that appears on the screen 7. When the installation is finished remove the pen drive prior to reboot ********* Default configurations ********** The image abilis-vmx-clean_xxxx.tar.7z is that basic for the installation of Abilis-VMX, it provides only the DOM0. In theory every user should install this basic version and then add their own Xen virtual machines, but we provide few additional images for convenient demos. The Compact Flash with the Abilis part may have any configuration depending on what has been copied there (drivers.cfg), however we provide a default configuration (drivers.cfg) also for the Abilis part. If the default configurations are kept you will have what follows. Remind that the ethernet on-board is used by DOM0 and sw bridge to offer access to a physical interface to all DOMs. DOM0 also interconnects with Abilis-VMX O.S. using a virtual interface, xhn, which is in turn connected to another sw bridge to offer an internal virtual lan between all DOMs and Abilis-VMX O.S. ##Abilis - Abilis part, VMX version eth: eth2 (labelled eth2 on CompactAbilis, or first pci add on others) ipres: ip-2 ipadd ip-2: 192.168.1.1 mask ip-2: 255.255.255.0 veth: veth-1 ipres: ip-5 ipadd ip-5: 10.0.0.1 mask ip-5: 255.255.255.0 ssh and telnet enabled without password ##DOM0 - Linux hypervisor eth: eth0 that becomes xenbr0 when xen starts the bridge (ethernet on the motherboard) ip xenbr0: 192.168.1.2 mask xenbr0: 255.255.255.0 veth: xhnbr0 ip xhnbr0: 10.0.0.2 mask xhnbr0: 255.255.255.0 password di root: entered during installation, often is choosen to be root For the additional demo images the defaults are: ##DOM1 - Linux Debian Lenny eth: eth0 ip eth0: 192.168.1.3 mask eth0: 255.255.255.0 veth: eth1 ip eth1: 10.0.0.3 mask eth1: 255.255.255.0 password di root: root ##DOM2 - Windows XP ip1: 192.168.1.4 mask ip1: 255.255.255.0 ip2: 10.0.0.4 mask eth1: 255.255.255.0 User: abilis Pwd: abilis The Windows desktop is available in two ways, with slightly different characteristics: - via VNC at the DOM0 ip, 192.168.1.2 - via RDP at 192.168.1.4 ******* End of the document *******