HP Insight Control for Linux 7.0 Installation Guide

• IP address to assign to the NIC
• Host name to assign to the server. The host-name field is data that is passed to the managed
server to set its default host name.
NOTE: In Example 3, the settings required by Insight Control for Linux are shown in bold font.
If you need more information about the required settings, see Table 10 (page 30).
Example 3 Insight Control for Linux best practices in the /etc/dhcpd.conf configuration file
#
# DHCP Configuration modified for Insight Control for Linux
#
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
deny duplicates;
# Insight Control for Linux Settings
option option-140 code 140 = text;
option option-140 "172.1.1.1";
next-server 172.1.1.1;
filename "pxelinux.bin";
# log-servers
option log-servers 172.1.1.1;
# Optional settings depending on the network configuration
# List of DNS servers for the managed nodes
option domain-name-servers 192.0.2.25,192.0.2.26;
# DNS Domain for managed systems
option domain-name "example.com";
# Default gateway for managed nodes
option routers 192.168.0.254;
# NTP servers for time synchronization
option ntp-servers ntp1.example.com, ntp2.example.com;
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subnet 172.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
default-lease-time 1209600;
max-lease-time 1814400;
# NIC from first server
host server001 {
hardware ethernet 00:1E:0B:74:A2:CE;
fixed-address 192.0.2.21;
option host-name "server001";
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}
# NIC from second server
host server002 {
hardware ethernet 00:1E:0B:76:54:A0;
fixed-address 192.0.2.22;
option host-name "server002";
}
# iLO2 console port from server 1
host server001-cp {
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hardware ethernet 00:1E:0B:74:A2:CA;
fixed-address 192.0.2.27;
option host-name "server001-cp";
}
32 Configuring the network