Bernard Li wrote:
Hi Allen:
You mention that you cannot use a custom DHCP - can you use the
_existing_ one then for this purpose?
That would make things easier, but unfortunately I can't modify the
existing network in any way. The clusters I am using are normally
inside corporate networking environments where I can not modify the
existing DHCP system in any way. It would be possible to get standard
network settings from it (IP, domain, gateway, etc), but I can not
extend it to return custom information like the image server information.
To make thinks even more difficult, I can't create a "local" DHCP server
because it would be on the same network as "normal" server. Also I am
not in a setup where I am able to create a private subnet for the
cluster and hide them behind a dual-homed control node or anything like
that.
Is this type of setup that abnormal for using SystemImager?
-Allen
If you go with the "static DHCP" route, you should just need a DHCP
server for initial deployment, as the IP address should then be
hardcoded on the node's network files so subsequently the nodes will
boot fine without a DHCP server. Perhaps this is one route you can take?
Cheers,
Bernard
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Bierbaum
*Sent:* Wed 04/01/2006 16:21
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*Subject:* [Sisuite-users] Interactive SystemImager installs with CD
I recently started investigating the use of SystemImager to standardize
the installation and maintenance method for a number of clusters I use.
So far it looks very close to what I want but I have run into an issue
where I am not going to be able to use a custom DHCP server with my
clusters. Instead I would like to use a boot CD to start the installs
and then interactively provide the hostname and other minimal
information during the installation process. I can do this manually by
using a local.cfg file but this seems like something that could be made
a little less painful. Looking through the list archive I found the
following postings:
HP CD: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?m=109467156214191
Jan Ekholm: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?m=109508123028725
Jan's method sounds like what I want (or at least a start), but the
details of this method were never posted. Can anyone provide more
extensive details as to how I would accomplish this? I am more then
willing to test it out and post the complete results and associated
instructions/files on the wiki for people to use in the future.
Thanks,
Allen
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