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  • Boot from CD-ROM, we use text model install

Type Linux text to install under text environment

  • Choose a language: English Keyboard Type: us Installation Method: Local CDROM

  • Partition

 

Mount point

File System type

Size(MB)

 
swap

2048

/boot

ext3

100

/

ext3

5120

/data1

ext2

All available   

 

 

 

 

 
  • Set IP address for eth0 and eth1

     eth0: 192.0.17.100/255.255.255.0

     eth1: 192.1.3.100/255.255.255.0

  • Selection Customize software selection then select the needed packages:

Administration Tools

Development Tools

Editors

FTP Server

GNOME Desktop Environment

Graphical Internet

KDE Desktop

Kernel Development

Network Servers

Printing Supportt

Server Configuration Tools

       Web Server

       Windows File Server

       X Windows System

2 Configuration for NetBench

2.1 Server configuration

  • Login as root, open in terminal, add user admin, delete password of root

[root@ntsvr ~]# adduser admin

[root@ntsvr ~]# passwd –d root

  • Edit the rc.local、hosts and sysctl file.

[root@ntsvr ~]# cd  /etc

[root@ntsvr etc]#vi  rc.local

Add one line: setterm –powersave off –blank 0

[root@ntsvr etc]#vi hosts

Add one line: 192.0.17.1 controller

[root@ntsvr etc]#vi  sysctl.conf

   Set net.ipv4.ip_forword=1

[root@ntsvr ~]#service network start

 
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  • Select Firewall Configuration

Security Level: Disabled   SELinux Disabled

  • Select System service

Disable ip6tables, iptables and sendmail

  • Edit fstab file

[root@ntsvr ~]#df /*check /data1 and remember where /data1 mount*/

[root@ntsvr ~]#umount  /data1

[root@ntsvr ~]#vi /etc/fstab

 

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[root@ntsvr ~]#mount  /data1

[root@ntsvr ~]#df –k /data1   /*check /data1 where is it ounted

  • Create Default folder in /data1, and then change owner and permission

[root@ntsvr ~]#mkdir /data1/Default

[root@ntsvr ~]#chown admin:admin /data1/Default

[root@ntsvr ~]#chmod 777 /data1/Default

[root@ntsvr ~]#ll /data1

  • Edit smb.conf file

[root@ntsvr ~]#cd /etc/samba

[root@ntsvr samba]#vi smb.conf

Add a line at [global]: null passwords = yes

Change the interfaces setting

Change security=share /*line 101*/

Add few lines at end of the file

     [Default]

     comment = NetBench Share folder

         path = /data1 Default

     read only = no

        public = yes

  • Set the IP address for NIC1 and NIC2

 [root@ntsvr samba]#cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

 [root@ntsvr network-scripts]#ls

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:0

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:1

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#cp ifcfg-eth1 ifcfg-eth1:0

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#vi ifcfg-eth0:0

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#vi ifcfg-eth0:1

[root@ntsvr network-scripts]#vi ifcfg-eth1:0

 
NIC1

NIC2

DEVICE

eth0

eth0:0

eth0:1

eth1

eth1:0

BROADCAST

192.0.17.255

192.1.1.255

192.1.2.255

192.1.3.255

192.1.4.255

IPADDR

192.0.17.100

192.1.1.100

192.1.2.100

192.1.3.100

192.1.4.100

NETWORK

192.0.17.0

192.1.1.0

192.1.2.0

192.1.3.0

192.1.4.0

  • Change run level 5 to level 3

[root@ntsvr ~]#vi  /etc/inittab

Change id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: (Change 5 to 3)

            #4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4

      #5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5

      #6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

  • Restart server

  • To start the samba service

[root@ntsvr ~]# /etc/init.d/smb start

  • Check the samba service whether has been installed

[root@nrsvr~]#rmp –q samba

 

2.2 Client and controller configuration

Client

  • Reboot the clients

  • Press “CTRL+F1” to open the “Remote Run” panel

  • Press ”CTRL+F9” to search the clients in the same group till all the clients can be found

  • Run clients to connect to the controller

Controller

  • Restart controller

  • Set to NetBench controller

  • Launch controller, check all required clients are all connected successfully

3 Run NetBench

  • Start to log on the controller, check all required clients log in correctly, and then press OK

  • Click the “add test suite” icon, and then select test suites from the window appears.

  • Enter a name for the results files and any comments in the comments box.

  • Click OK, and then start to run the test suites.

  • Check the clients status are in green mark or yellow mark.

4 Results

  • Choose View Results from the Results menu at the controller window

  • At the Select Results window, choose the result file produced by the suite.

  • View the results in an Excel workbook by using special Excel marcos.