On Sunday, 11/27/2011 at 01:38 EST, Richard Troth <[email protected]> wrote: > ... I should add that I don't personally recommend DHCP in a z/VM context. > Better to have the addresses pre-assigned to each guest. (You'd want to do > some prep of your virt MAC addresses. Might as well cut to the chase, even > relegate the MAC addrs to VM and save that effort.) On z/VM there are other > ways to match the IP addr with the guest.
Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater, eh? :-) If you specify MACID on the NICDEF, a DHCP "reservation" can be used to assign a permanent IP address. Some installations do this for all servers, as they want to be able to update the gateway, dns, subnet mask, etc. from a central point. Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 [email protected] IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
