http://blog.lerctr.org/ My little place on the web... en http://blog.lerctr.org/templates/bulletproof/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://blog.lerctr.org/ 100 21 http://blog.lerctr.org/index.php?/archives/2-Solaris-JumpStart-vs-the-Microsoft-DHCP-Server.html <p>Solaris JumpStart vs the Microsoft DHCP Server</p><br /> <br /> <p>I had a need to JumpStart a couple of Sun servers to a new level of Solaris 10. The network infrastructure at work is Microsoft Windows, so the DHCP servers are all Microsoft.</p><br /> <br /> <p>I did my usual of trying to use Google, and the other search engines for what I needed to have put into the Microsoft DHCP server to make the JumpStart magic happen, and came up with a bunch of questions, but no answers. I also posted a quick note to the SunManagers mailing-list, and got some encouragement back in private email, and some ideas, but nothing definitive.</p><br /> <br /> <p>I finally got it to work, and this post is to document it for others.</p><br /> <br /> <p>I created a Solaris 10 X86 VM to use as the JumpStart boot and install server, and loaded the Solaris 10 SPARC DVD using the normal jumpstart scripts in the Tools directory.</p><br /> <br /> <p>I then set out to find the options I needed to set in order to get the DHCP options sent from the DHCP server to the client.</p><br /> <br /> <p>you must define a Vendor Class that matches the solaris &quot;Client Class Identifier&quot; For a T1000:<br /><br /> SUNW.Sun-Fire-T1000</p><br /> <br /> <p>And then under that Class Identifier you must define the options in the table at the end of this article.</p><br /> <br /> <p>Once I set this up, I added the following items in the DHCP server reservations. I used a static IP for this.</p><br /> <br /> <p>Reservation Name: the machine name<br /><br /> IP Address: a static IP<br /><br /> MAC Address: the actual MAC address of the BGE0 interface of the T1000</p><br /> <br /> <p>Then on the options pane, under standard options:<br /><br /> Router (003): the gateway address for our network<br /><br /> Host name (012): the hostname for the new server<br /><br /> DNS Doman Name (015): our domain name<br /><br /> Boot Server Host Name (066): the IP of the TFTP / Boot server (I chose IP, but suspect DNS would work as we have the DNS servers set as being sent on all requests by default)<br /><br /> Bootfile name (067) the file name set by the ./add_install_client -d script (01+the mac address, in all upper case)</p><br /> <br /> <p>Under the SUNW.Sun-Fire-T1000 options pane:<br /><br /> root-server-ip-address (002): the IP of the JumpStart VM<br /><br /> root-server-hostname (003): the hostname of the JumpStart VM<br /><br /> root-path-name (004): the path to the Tools/Boot directory (this info is given by the add_install_client -d script)<br /><br /> install-server-ip-address (010): ip of the JumpStart VM<br /><br /> install-server-hostname (011): hostname of the JumpStart VM<br /><br /> install-path (012): the path to the OS to install, again this is given by the add_install_client -d script.</p><br /> <br /> <p>Once this is all done, do a boot net:dhcp - install from the OK prompt and off you go.</p><br /> <br /> <p>The major thing that drove me nuts is that the options class name MUST match exactly the Client Class Identifier that the machine is sending. I haven't found a way to wild card this. (Comments/tips readily accepted).</p><br /> <br /> <p>Thanks for listening.</p><br /> <br /> <p>PS: this is a repost of this article after my server lost a filesystem. <br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <table><br /> <tr><br /> <td><b>Name</b></td><br /> <td><b>Type</b></td><br /> <td><b>Code</b></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>root-mount-options</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>1</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>root-server-ip-address</td><br /> <td>ip-address</td><br /> <td>2</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>root-server-hostname</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>3</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>root-path-name</td><br /> <td>text</td><br /> <td>4</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>swap-server-ip-address</td><br /> <td>ip-address</td><br /> <td>5</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>swap-file-path</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>6</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>boot-file-path</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>7</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>posix-timezone-string</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>8</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>boot-read-size</td><br /> <td>Word</td><br /> <td>9</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>install-server-ip-address</td><br /> <td>ip-address</td><br /> <td>10</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>install-server-hostname</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>11</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>install-path</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>12</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>sysid-config-file-server</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>13</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>JumpStart-server</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>14</td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td>terminal-name</td><br /> <td>string</td><br /> <td>15</td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br /> </p><br /> <br /> Larry Rosenman's personal blog nospam@example.com (Larry Rosenman) 2007-12-24T22:32:19Z http://blog.lerctr.org/wfwcomment.php?cid=2 0 http://blog.lerctr.org/rss.php?version=1.0&type=comments&cid=2