MDC configuration task list ········································································································································· 185

Creating an MDC ························································································································································ 186

Assigning hardware resources to an MDC ··············································································································· 186

Assigning an interface card to an MDC ··········································································································· 186

Assigning physical interfaces to an MDC ········································································································· 187

Specifying a CPU weight for an MDC ·············································································································· 188

Specifying a disk space percentage for an MDC ··························································································· 188

Specifying a memory space percentage for an MDC ····················································································· 189

Starting an MDC ·························································································································································· 189

Accessing an MDC ······················································································································································ 189

Displaying and maintaining MDCs ···························································································································· 190

MDC configuration example ······································································································································ 190

MDC configuration example ······························································································································ 190

Using automatic configuration ······························································································································· 196

Understanding automatic configuration ···················································································································· 196

Overall automatic configuration process ·········································································································· 196

Interface selection process ·································································································································· 198

Automatic-configuration parameter acquisition process ················································································· 199

Configuration file acquisition process ··············································································································· 199

Deploying and configuring servers for automatic configuration ············································································· 201

DHCP server configuration guidelines ·············································································································· 202

HTTP server configuration guidelines ················································································································ 202

TFTP server configuration guidelines ················································································································· 202

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