I second what josh mentioned. Even i have experience on linux based DHCP servers.
-Georgy On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Josh Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > If you are only using VMs, you can use a DHCP server on a separate machine. > However, don't forget that you need to serve out addresses on the public > and > private networks. The simplest way to do the public side is just to have > normal, dynamic addressing. On the private side, each node needs to get > the > same address every time so that VCL knows how to connect to it after > loading > to finish the configuration. So, on the private side, you need to have > fixed > host address entries for each node that you will be provisioning. After > you > have entered your nodes into the VCL web frontend, you can go to Manage > Computers->Computer Utilities and get the text needed for DHCP > configuration. > However, that formats the configuration for dhcpd as is typically used > under > linux. I have no experience configuring a DHCP server on windows to know > how > you would add the entries to it. > > Josh > > On Friday, October 12, 2012 3:50:08 PM [email protected] wrote: > > Thank you Josh and Georgy > > > > with your help I'm able to finish the installation now,you guys are > awesome > > > > but I have another question. > > At the end of the guide told me to set up an dhcp server, > > I already have a dhcp server set up on a windows machine, do I have to > > create another one? > > coz I see this in the guide > > "You will add host definitions to the dhcpd.conf file after you add > > computers to VCL using the website. > > The website will display the dhcpd.conf host definitions after the > computers > > have been added to VCL, > > which can be copied and pasted into the dhcpd.conf file." > > > > so I wonder that will I be fine with the dhcp server on the windows box > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Josh Thompson > > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: unable to retrieve management node information from database > -- > ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > Systems Programmer > Advanced Computing | VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > [email protected] > 919-515-5323 > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. >
