From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Allen Bierbaum
Sent: Thu 05/01/2006 07:26
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Sisuite-users] Interactive SystemImager installs with CD
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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>
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Allen
>
Bierbaum
> *Sent:* Wed 04/01/2006 16:21
> *To:*
[email protected]
> *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
*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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