creating ICP vortex raid arrays
Hi, I'd like to automate also the creation of the RAID array with ICP Vortex. There is a binary only curses-like interface to do so under linux, but no command line tool to do so. I mean, I don't know any. Do some of you have ever done that or have some ideas on how to do that ? -- Philippe BiondiCartel Sécurité Security Consultant/R&D http://www.cartel-info.fr Phone: +33 1 44 06 97 94Fax: +33 1 44 06 97 99 PGP KeyID:3D9A43E2 FingerPrint:C40A772533730E39330DC0985EE8FF5F3D9A43E2
Re[1] Re[1] Introduction
> > addresses using a standalone floppy disk, enter these MAC > Enter them by hand ? Typing MAC addresses takes much time and will > lead to typos. Also that does not scale if you have a cluster with hundreds > of nodes. It's better to use the hint in the manual using tcpdump -qte > Then the user has only to assign the AMC addresses to hostnames and IP > addresses. The dissatvantage with such a GUI tool is, that they don;t > work in all kind of environment. What if I;m using NIS or LDAP ? The end distribution will be a very custom product targeted towared small Moroccan business who want to protect their networks without going into the hassles of configuring linux and firewalls.. For example we chose Proftpd as an ftp server and postfix as a mailserver etc.. The firewall is configured through a wizard and everything is collected through a GUI.. It's all aimed to the technically unskilled sysadmins.. They just need to know the range of their assigned IP addresses and some knowledge about the purpose of each server and the whole architecture behind it.. So entering MAC addresses won't be an obstacle since in all cases they won't have more than say 10 servers.. And also this is just a method they can follow and not the only one.. So this is a very specific distrib.. Thanks for your help and I hope that one day even OpenBSD could use FAI Hichame _ Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com
Re: Re[1] Introduction
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:42:41 GMT+1, Hichame Jeffali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > card.. More precisely I would like to know whether I can put all > the card modules in a floppy disk and to detect any card If you have a very big floppy ;-) The size of all ethernet driver is too big for a normal floppy disk. > whatever weird it is.. I can even provide the user with a > bootable CD to do it in case the modules won't fit in a single > floppy disk OK. > addresses using a standalone floppy disk, enter these MAC Enter them by hand ? Typing MAC addresses takes much time and will lead to typos. Also that does not scale if you have a cluster with hundreds of nodes. It's better to use the hint in the manual using tcpdump -qte Then the user has only to assign the AMC addresses to hostnames and IP addresses. The dissatvantage with such a GUI tool is, that they don;t work in all kind of environment. What if I;m using NIS or LDAP ? -- Thomas
Re[1] Introduction
> Just write a little hook which tries to load all network card drivers > and then look if new cards are detected. What about: > > for driver in `ls /lib/modules/2.2.19/net/*` ; do > modprobe $driver > # test if new ethernet device is found; use ifconfig or dmesg,... > done I am assuming that FAI-BOOTP floppy failed to detect any card and thus we have no access yet to the install server.. This happened for me with a Compaq NetIntelligent 10/100 TX card.. More precisely I would like to know whether I can put all the card modules in a floppy disk and to detect any card whatever weird it is.. I can even provide the user with a bootable CD to do it in case the modules won't fit in a single floppy disk > > > floppy disk that just detects MAC addresses at startup and for > > example highlights them in red and then rebuild the bootptab > > file using a GUI. I would be interested to hear about your > > Sine the bootptab is located on the install server, it's impossible to > change a file from an install server. What about collecting MAC > addresses on this floppy ? I 'm working on a GUI center written in Tcl/Tk that assist the user in building FAI files from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/bootptab and even starting the NFS server and re-running make-fai-nfsroot whenever needed.. In my case, the user can go collect the MAC addresses using a standalone floppy disk, enter these MAC addresses to the GUI and associates to each one an IP number and a server name.. The GUI then generates configuration files and start the install server.. Thanks for you advice Hichame __ Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com
Re: Introduction
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:59:40 GMT+1, Hichame Jeffali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > detection of all kind of network cards and also building a Just write a little hook which tries to load all network card drivers and then look if new cards are detected. What about: for driver in `ls /lib/modules/2.2.19/net/*` ; do modprobe $driver # test if new ethernet device is found; use ifconfig or dmesg,... done > floppy disk that just detects MAC addresses at startup and for > example highlights them in red and then rebuild the bootptab > file using a GUI. I would be interested to hear about your Sine the bootptab is located on the install server, it's impossible to change a file from an install server. What about collecting MAC addresses on this floppy ? -- Thomas
Introduction
Hi all, I am a Moroccan system administrator. I want to be able to automate the installation of a bunch of servers and a firewall machine. My aim is to build a small distribution that can be used by many system administrators to build networks based on the same architecture (firewall+DMZ+protected zone) with additional features like distant secure logging and daily backups. I had the chance to look at the FAI code and to experiment with it. I would thank you for building such a tool and I would like to help making it more user friendly for people who are not highly skilled. One area I want to improve is detection of all kind of network cards and also building a floppy disk that just detects MAC addresses at startup and for example highlights them in red and then rebuild the bootptab file using a GUI. I would be interested to hear about your opinions.. Keep up the good work Hichame _ Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com
