There is no reason why you can't setup a DHCP static lease for your SmartOS server.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Sebastien Perreault via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > From experience, DHCP could give out generic ip addresses for the PXE > client, then if your zpool is setup and you have /usbkey/config your > smartos host will use the information in there. > > Seb, > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Mark Creamer via smartos-discuss < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Probably a simple question - I'd just like to understand the process >> better before I try it. >> >> I have 3 SmartOS hosts running in one subnet. They currently boot from >> individual USB sticks. I''m interested in moving them to PXE to make new >> SmartOS releases simpler to implement. >> >> Currently there is no DHCP server in that network because none is needed. >> There are only a few servers and each server has a static IP. >> >> Is the network that the PXE boot method uses to boot and load the OS into >> memory typically the same network as will be used to manage the server? >> >> In other words, if my current servers are 192.168.1.100, 101 and 102, and >> I want to keep those addresses, do I need to change each host to PXE boot >> from DHCP and use reservations to make sure that each server still gets its >> original IP address? Or is the PXE boot network independent of the >> management network and the server just boots from NIC #1 on some other IP >> but is managed on NIC #2 connected to the "management" network? >> >> Hopefully I'm explaining my question well enough. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Mark >> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26900931-98fbc364> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Sebastien Perrreault > Partner > Les Technologies Alesium Inc > P: 514-298-7193 > F: 514-221-3668 > E: [email protected] > > "Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem more poignant to us > than those we embraced--because in our imagination they have a perfection > that reality can never rival." -- Roger Ebert > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26772761-5af1dc68> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Greg http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregtreantos ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
