There was a recent thread with another user using external DHCP:
https://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/mailman/xcat-user/thread/29ab7994faef2a3514c4fe1b8a416dd812c7c570.camel%40cscs.ch/#msg36337178
If you are using 'xnba' netboot method for http transfer/UEFI boot support,
then there are some unusual gymnastics for the DHCP server to do. If using
noderes.netboot=pxe however, then you can largely ignore those complexities,
though you won't be able to boot UEFI mode...
From: Pharthiphan Asokan <paso...@ddn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:28 AM
To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [External] [xcat-user] Configuring external DHCP server with xCAT
Hello,
I have DHCP Server configured and working on a server other than xcat server.
how to setup the external dhcp server with the xCAT, I couldn't get the node
booted for installation
I have stopped and disabled the dhcpd server on xCAT Server and configured site
"dhcpsetup","0",,
Anything else that need to be done to get the installation done through pxe ?
tabdump site
#key,value,comments,disable
"blademaxp","64",,
"domain","ime.md.ddn.com",,
"fsptimeout","0",,
"installdir","/install",,
"ipmimaxp","64",,
"ipmiretries","3",,
"ipmitimeout","2",,
"consoleondemand","no",,
"master","10.52.96.35",,
"forwarders","10.52.96.48,10.52.96.49",,
"nameservers","10.52.96.48,10.52.96.49",,
"maxssh","8",,
"ppcmaxp","64",,
"ppcretry","3",,
"ppctimeout","0",,
"powerinterval","0",,
"syspowerinterval","0",,
"sharedtftp","1",,
"SNsyncfiledir","/var/xcat/syncfiles",,
"nodesyncfiledir","/var/xcat/node/syncfiles",,
"tftpdir","/tftpboot",,
"xcatdport","3001",,
"xcatiport","3002",,
"xcatconfdir","/etc/xcat",,
"timezone","US/Eastern",,
"useNmapfromMN","no",,
"enableASMI","no",,
"db2installloc","/mntdb2",,
"databaseloc","/var/lib",,
"sshbetweennodes","ALLGROUPS",,
"dnshandler","ddns",,
"vsftp","n",,
"cleanupxcatpost","no",,
"dhcplease","43200",,
"auditnosyslog","0",,
"xcatsslversion","TLSv1",,
"auditskipcmds","ALL",,
"dhcpsetup","0",,
Thanks
Pharthiphan Asokan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most
engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot
_______________________________________________
xCAT-user mailing list
xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
