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Solution  1018119.1 :   Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: Configuring an extra hub for network installation  


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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


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Change History
Date: 2003-09-30
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Comment: updated by : Matthew Shattuck
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Verified collection,category and corrected the audience
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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
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