Jasper Capel wrote: > Koelewijn, Marcel - Acision wrote: > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cobbler- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jasper Capel >>> Sent: woensdag 15 oktober 2008 23:01 >>> To: cobbler mailing list >>> Subject: Advanced networking: ethernet bonding proposal >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Now that the arbitrary interface name and VLAN stuff is done, I'd like >>> to add bonding support to Cobbler. I'd like to start with coming to an >>> agreement on how this should look from a CLI-perspective. >>> >>> I'd suggest the following: >>> >>> cobbler system edit --name=system1 --add-interface=bond0 >>> --bonding=master --bonding-opts="miimon=100" --ip=192.168.0.1 >>> --subnet=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.0.254 --static=1 >>> cobbler system edit --name=system1 --add-interface=slave0 >>> --mac=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:f0 --bonding=slave --bonding-master=bond0 >>> cobbler system edit --name=system1 --add-interface=slave1 >>> --mac=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:f1 --bonding=slave --bonding-master=bond0 >>> >>> I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. :) >>> >>> --Jasper >>> >> Hi, >> >> Would it be possible to combine the VLAN and trunking? >> >> > Combine it in what way? I assume you want to add VLANs to the newly > created bond0, that would be: > cobbler system edit --name=system1 --add-interface=bond0.10 > --ip=10.1.1.1 --subnet=255.255.255.0 > cobbler system edit --name=system2 --add-interface=bond0.11 > --ip=10.1.2.1 --subnet=255.255.255.0 > > > >> The commandline itself seems to be fine. >> >> The problem I now see with the Cobbler way of working is that when you have >> systems using 6+ NICs (as we have) you need to know a lot of MAC addresses >> beforehand. >> >> > True, but this was the best way I could think of to assure the > addressing ends up on the right physical interface... But, if you don't > want to configure all interfaces from the cobbler snippets, but just > want to make sure the installer-interface is configured correctly you > only have to define one interface in Cobbler, and solve the rest with > your other snippets (that's the way I'm doing this right now). An other > option is not to define /any/ MAC-addresses, it would (should? we might > want to test this) just fall back to DHCP for the installer, and you can > use your own snippets to configure your networking. > If you got any ideas on how this might be improved: I'm open to > suggestions! :) > > Jasper > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
Sounds like we have a reasonable amount of agreement. Make it so, and hopefully some folks can try it out and see how it works in practice? --Michael _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
