Jan Damborsky wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Dave Miner wrote: >> Susan Sohn wrote: >>> Notes from the meeting have been posted at: >>> >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/ai_svc_scenario_mtg_0610.txt >>> >>> >> >> I'm concerned about scenario 4 assuming that DHCP servers (and AI >> servers) would be provided per-subnet. This would be fairly unusual >> and undesirable in my experience, as it scales poorly in >> administrative overhead. Does this make any substantive difference in >> the solution? > > In current proposal, it is possible that one AI server and DHCP server > take care of multiple > subnets. The general limitation is that only one service with global > scope can be created > per one AI/DHCP server - client specific setup would be needed for rest > of the clients. > > This scenario assumes that client types are mostly grouped by subnets > (e.g. lab subnets, > offices, ...) and that administrator would prefer to create install > service with global > scope per each subnet. >
I would assume that by manually placing the correct options within the network macro, you would get the same effect. Is there a reason this wouldn't be the case? If it is, what could we add to the administrative tools to make that easier? Dave
