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Test System

The NFSv4 testing system at OSDL is available to the community. Accounts are provided by request -- contact bryce at osdl dot org.

Once your account is activated, you can log in to the OSDL shell server via ssh login.osdl.org -l USERNAME. From here, you can then ssh to the NFSv4 testing machines:

The tarballs and patches for source code, tests, and tools are mounted at /nfsv4_testing/packages/. Code is compiled and installed from /usr/src.

Console and Power Control

The power and console control is on the machine 'build'.

To power cycle a machine, issue this command from build: 

 $ power cycle cl009

The power script also accepts 'on', 'off', and 'reset' as options in addition to 'cycle'.

The console can also be accessed from 'build': 

 $ console cl009

This puts your terminal window into console mode for the machine. The console functions are accessed via " c". To disconnect from the console, issue the command " c .". To see other commands, you can print the help via " c h". To issue a "BREAK" command through the serial line (for sending SySRQ commands), use " c l 1" (that's a lowercase letter L and a number one).

Reimaging

The test machines can also be reimaged from 'build'. This is done via the command: 

 $ clbuild cl009

This shows a list of available distro images that can be used. Note that most images fail to work on cl009 and cl010. Of the available images, the following have been verified to install and boot on these machines: 

 32 - SuSE 9.2 plm               OK    Couldn't set up network
 33 - SuSE 9.2 core services     OK    Couldn't set up network
 35 - Fedora Core 3 for stp2     OK
 36 - Fedora Core 3 Virgin       OK
 37 - Fedora Core 3 EFAD         OK
 39 - Gentoo 03/23/2005          OK

Note that these images boot up without the other NFSv4 components, and without the network connection between cl009 and cl010, thus require significant post-imaging reconfiguration.