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Operating Systems SCO Need help in BOOTP Server and Client configuration Post 302138150 by porter on Saturday 29th of September 2007 03:29:56 PM
Old 09-29-2007
It's useful to know...

1. the exact platform used for the server

2. the config of the clients, are they diskless or is bootp just a way to manage configuration?

3. Are you using a dynamic or static IP allocation scheme?

4. If static, have you got all the MAC addresses, and are they all on the same subnet as the server?

The first step is normally setting up the "/etc/ethers" file which maps MAC address to hostname.

And make sure the name resolving works, typically by "/etc/hosts".

Then you need additions in "/etc/bootparams" which map hostname to root file, swap file and dump file.

You need NFS started for clients to access shared directories.
You need tftp enabled for clients to load their kernel
You need [rpc.]bootparamd started in order for client to get rest of boot up configuration.

I suggest enabling debugging on TFTP server so you can monitor what clients are doing and what kernels they are requesting.
 

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dhcpmgr(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       dhcpmgr(1M)

NAME
dhcpmgr - graphical interface for managing DHCP service SYNOPSIS
/usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr DESCRIPTION
dhcpmgr is a graphical user interface which enables you to manage the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service on the local sys- tem. It performs the functions of the dhcpconfig, dhtadm, and pntadm command line utilities. You must be root to use dhcpmgr. The dhcpmgr Help, available from the Help menu, contains detailed information about using the tool. USAGE
You can perform the following tasks using dhcpmgr: Configure DHCP service Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP daemon as a DHCP server, and select the data store to use for storing network configuration tables.. Configure BOOTP relay service Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP daemon as a BOOTP relay. Manage DHCP or BOOTP relay service Use dhcpmgr to start, stop, enable, disable or unconfigure the DHCP service or BOOTP relay service, or change DHCP server parameters. Manage DHCP addresses Use dhcpmgr to add, modify, or delete IP addresses leased by the DHCP service. Manage DHCP macros Use dhcpmgr to add, modify or delete macros used to supply configuration parameters to DHCP clients. Manage DHCP options Use dhcpmgr to add, modify or delete options used to define parameters deliverable through DHCP. Convert to a new DHCP data store Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP server to use a different data store, and convert the DHCP data to the format used by the new data store. Move DHCP data to another server Use dhcpmgr to export data from one Solaris DHCP server and import data onto another Solaris DHCP server. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. non-zero An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWdhcm | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
dhcpconfig(1M), dhtadm(1M), pntadm(1M), in.dhcpd(1M), dhcpsvc.conf(4), dhcp_network(4), dhcptab(4), attributes(5), dhcp(5), dhcp_modules(5) SunOS 5.11 13 Mar 2001 dhcpmgr(1M)
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