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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure Solution 1018119.1 : Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: Configuring an extra hub for network installation
PreviouslyPublishedAs 229443 Description This document describes how to configure an extra hub for network installation of a Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000. Steps to Follow In order to ensure the ability to service the Sun Enterprise 10000 domains, you must ensure that you are able to "boot net" each domain, in the same way that you would "boot cdrom" any other Sun server or workstation. There are cases where this is not possible because there are other machines on the customer's network which interfere with the Jumpstart[TM] process. In other cases, you may need to use "boot net" on another network in order to prove a fault with the customer's network equipment. Any solution must provide the following 3 features: 1) "boot net - install" must install the correct nodename on the domain. 2) "add_install_client" must put the correct hostname in /etc/bootparams. 3) "netcon_server" must be able to resolve the IP address back to the correct domainname. For this procedure to work correctly, you must ensure that the name service switch points to files first in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Example: hosts: files nisplus dns To ensure that the machine gets the correct nodename when "boot net - install" is run, you must ensure that the nodename appears before any alias name on the line in /etc/hosts. Also, to ensure that the correct interface is defined by "add_install_client", you must ensure that this interface appears before all others in /etc/hosts. Example: 129.156.3.168 p10k-a p10k-a-jumpstart 129.156.183.168 p10k-a p10k-a-public NOTE: If the nodename of the domain is not the same as the domainname of the domain, you must edit the SSP's /etc/hosts file to ensure that the domainname is the first entry on the line for the interface after the domain is installed. See the example above where p10k-a" appears before "p10k-a-jumpstart". The reason for this is that the netcon/cvcd must receive the domainname when it does a reverse lookup from the IP address. To ensure that the servername specified in /etc/bootparams can be accessed across this hub, you must specify the network specific hostname first on the line in /etc/hosts, so that "add_install_client" uses this name in the /etc/bootparams file. Example: 129.156.183.173 s4m-sspa loghost 129.156.1.12 s4m-sspa-le0 129.156.2.12 s4m-sspa-qfe1 129.156.3.12 s4m-sspa-qfe2 s4m-sspa-jumpstart s4m-sspa Once the domain is installed, you need to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf such that files is first or cvcd will consume lots of CPU (see SRDB 17782). Example: hosts: files nisplus dns Then add an entry for the extra network into the /etc/hosts file, rename the existing /etc/hostname.<net> file to be the public network one, and add a /etc/hostname.<net> file for the extra network. Example: 129.156.183.168 p10k-a loghost 129.156.3.168 p10k-a p10k-a-jumpstart # mv /etc/hostname.qfe1 /etc/hostname.qfe0 # echo p10k-a-jumpstart >> /etc/hostname.qfe1 When "ssp-config" asks for the name and IP address of the SSP, reply with the hostname specific to the extra network. Example: Please enter the hostname of the SSP for p10k-a [p10k-a-ssp]: s4m-sspa-qfe2 I could not automatically determine the IP address of s4m-sspa-qfe2. Please enter the IP address of s4m-sspa-qfe2: 129.156.3.12 Product Sun Enterprise 10000 Server Previously Published As 18117 Change History Date: 2003-09-30 User Name: 43660 Action: Approved Comment: Cleaned up the grammar a bit. Version: 0 Date: 2003-09-29 User Name: 72607 Action: Approved Comment: There's no changes in this doc, it's still an useful DOC. To be published. Version: 0 Date: 2003-09-29 User Name: 6196 Action: Approved Comment: Reviewed article still relevant spent .5 hours Version: 0 Date: 2003-09-29 User Name: 6196 Action: Updated Comment: Version: 0 Date: 2003-05-20 User Name: Administrator Action: Migration from KMSCreator Comment: updated by : Matthew Shattuck comment : Added Trademarks and ran a spell check Verified collection,category and corrected the audience date : Jun 26, 2002 updated by : No owner comment : Checked effects of having 2 networks. No problem. Added explanatory sentence to say why domainname should be first. date : Apr 13, 1999 Version: 0 Product_uuid 29ddef46-0a18-11d6-92de-ae47474f0f6c|Sun Enterprise 10000 Server Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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