HI everyone.
On 04/01/09 05:54, Sarah Jelinek wrote:
> Sundar Yamunachari wrote:
>> Sarah Jelinek wrote:
>>> Hi Sue,
>>>
>>> In the case of needing to add a static ip for the client on the dhcp
>>> server, we need to run pntadm, correct? Assuming the user has not
>>> setup a set of addresses for clients in their dhcp server.
>>>
>>> Do we need to address this case in this bug? I ran in to this issue
>>> yesterday, specifically I ran the dhtadm commands but my client
>>> couldn't boot because the I didn't have the clients ip address
>>> setup. I didn't know this, and when I ran the dhtadm commands it
>>> didn't fail, so I was kind of clueless. Sundar helped me understand
>>> the issue.
>>>
>>> I am not sure it is feasible to provide this type of information,
>>> unless we check somehow. Is there a way to check? The dhtadm
>>> command will return 0 even in the case I describe above.
>> Sarah,
>>
>> pntadm uses to add, delete or modify IP address records in the
>> DHCP table. Since DHCP server is remote, we can not check what IP
>> addresses are available in the DHCP server or which address should be
>> assigned to the client. However, we could tell the user that IP
>> address assignment for the client or set of clients should be done.
>>
> That seems like a reasonable compromise. That is letting the user know
> that the IP address assignment for the client should be done.
I think this is a great idea! This nicely handles what I was talking
about in yesterday's meeting.
I suggest putting some kind of quick reference in the message, for example:
"Note: be sure to assign client IP address if needed (e.g. run pntadm(1M))"
Thanks,
Jack
>
>
> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> sarah
>> - Sundar
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> sarah
>>> ***
>>>> Please review the changes for:
>>>>
>>>> 7747 Installadm should print actual commands needed for the DHCP setup
>>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7747
>>>>
>>>> which are posted at:
>>>>
>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~sohn/7747
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sue
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