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1. Send email to Ken Brobeck requesting:
1. create controls infrastructure for a new linuxRT CPU and / or IOC to a specific facility production server.
   1. includes $EPICS_IOCS/<cpu,ioc>  directories
   2. includes $IOC_DATA/<ioc>/<autosave,autosave-req,restore,iocInfo,archive>  directories
2. add CPU boot information to the DHCP configuration file, and reboot the DHCP server. Ken will need the following details:
1. Which facility the CPU will boot (e.g. facet, lcls, lcls2, testfac). This indicates the path to the startup.cmd  script and the DHCP server.
2.  MAC Address of the CPU
3. The CPU EPICS target architecture  (e.g. linuxRT-x86,linuxRT-x86_64,etc)
2. Proceed to Development Step #3

Development:    dev

1. Add ipxe in $TFTPBOOT/LinuxRT/boot/ipxe/<cpu>.ipxe
2. Proceed to Development Step #3

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1. , note the buildroot version must correspond to the Application buildroot version defined based on the EPICS base version
2. Create the $IOC_DATA directory for your cpu and iocs as follows:
1. cd $IOC_DATA
3.  Create the $EPICS_IOCS cpu and ioc boot directories
   1. cd $EPICS_IOCS
   2. mkdir cpu-<area>-<subsystem-prefix><2-digit#>  
   3. mkdir  sioc-<area>-<subsystem-prefix><2-digit#>
4. Setup cpu directory files
   1. cd cpu-<area>-<subsystem-prefix><2-digit#>
      Original Method: (steps 3b and 3c)
   2. Setup relative symbolic links to the common startup script and EPICS version:.
      1. ln -s ../common/st.cmd.linuxRT.cpu  startup.cmd
      2. ln -s ../common/bin/<epics base version>  epicsSpecificRelease
   3. Generate the file kernel-module.cmd. This file load kernels modules and drivers: kernel-modules.cmd
      for examples click  here.
      New Method: (steps 3d and 3e) - must be base release R7.0.3.1-1.0 or greater
   4. Setup relative symbolic like to the TOP of the IOC Application  first time only, thereafter use cram to upgrade link.
      1. ln -s ../../iocTop/<app> iocSpecificRelease
   5.  cp ../template/startup.cmd.linuxRT.cpu startup.cmd
      1. replace <cpu> with your cpu name
      2. replace <full path> with the full path to the directory with the cpu boot st.cmd file
5. Setup ioc directory files
1. cd sioc-<area>-<subsystem-prefix><2-digit# 
2. copy the ioc startup.cmd script from  $EPICS_IOCS/templat
1. for linuxRT running iocsh:    cp ../template/startup.cmd.linuxRT          startup.cmd
2. for  linuxRT running cexp:     cp ../template/startup.cmd.linuxRT.cexp  startup.cm
3. edit startup.cmd
1. 1. replace <ioc>  with your ioc name and for cexp replace <facility>
   2. change path of the EPICS_IOC_APP if your st.cmd file is in a non-standard location.
2. cp ../template/screenrc   screenrc
3. edit screenrc and replace <ioc> with your ioc name
4. Setup a relative symbolic link to the TOP of the IOC Application release.

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