Hi Ethan.
(snip)
>>
>>>
>>> 6.1
>>>
>>> > XXX I assume here that derived profiles can be used for SC
>>> > manifest (as well as AI manifest)
>>>
>>> The SC manifest has not been in the scope of the Derived
>>> Manifests work. Though, I suppose it could be considered.
>> I could be wrong, but I think we need it... Here's my reasoning...
>>
>> Hostnames are to be set up via SMF, per the doc Sundar sent out. If
>> you are installing multiple systems with the same bits on a single
>> network, how would each be given a unique hostname to live on the
>> same network together? (Or maybe DHCP is a requirement?)
>>
>> Let me know if I am incorrect and I'll remove the following from my doc:
>
> The statement above sounds correct, but that doesn't necessarily
> mean the derived manifest mechanism is what's going to drive
> that. We need to discuss this some more, but for now, I wouldn't
> assume derived manifests is going to derive the SC manifest.
OK. I've changed the text below my signature to now be:
Note: Use of Derived Profiles is one way of making systems unique on a
network if they work with SC manifests. Whether they will be used or
some other mechanism will be used for this is still under discussion.
Updated doc in the same place.
Thanks,
Jack
>
>
> thanks,
> -ethan
>
>>
>> - - -
>>
>> Derived Profiles can dynamically generate parameters values which are
>> unique to each system, allowing similarly-installed systems to
>> co-exist on the same network.
>>
>> XXX I assume here that derived profiles can be used for SC manifest
>> (as well as AI manifest)
>>
>> - - -
>>
>> Thanks for your review.
>>
>> Updated doc with your and Sarah's comments is posted at:
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/XML_Parsing/xml_2_func_spec.3.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jack
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> -ethan
>>>
>>>
>>> Jack Schwartz wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a link to a "functional specification" for solving the XML
>>>> parsing problem of "Current AI manifests are not easy to use." It
>>>> is a rough draft, and I'm posting it to verify that I am on the
>>>> right track.
>>>>
>>>> It deals with XML problem statement 2:
>>>>
>>>> Current AI manifests are not easy to use.
>>>>
>>>> Its scope is inter-file organization of the manifests (naming,
>>>> high-level structure, inter-relatedness), which is quite a limited
>>>> scope for a functional specification. Other redesign tasks (XML and
>>>> others) will tackle the fields inside the manifests.
>>>>
>>>> Please send comments / feedback by lunchtime tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/XML_Parsing/xml_2_func_spec.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jack
>>>>
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