[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler: defining network profiles

[Hristov, Georgi]

This reminds me a lot of AIX NIM (Network Installation Manager
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247296.html). NIM has similar
functionality. Actually, NIM would even setup a static route on a
provisioned system if the system is being installed via a secondary NIC.
This functionality is made possible via the knowledge of networks,
similar to what is being discussed here. 

-Georgi


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[mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Peter Wright
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 15:54
To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools
Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler: defining network profiles

James_Martin at ao.uscourts.gov wrote:
> Greetings folks.  I was working out a RFE with mpdehaan in #cobbler
this
> morning, and he thought I should post it here to get other folks
input.
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ticket/164
>
> I think it would be a great addition to be able to define network
profiles
> for systems/profiles, etc.
>
> A network profile would consist of :
>
> subnet mask default gateway dns server
>
>   
hmm - that's an interesting idea.  that would make IP'ing workstations 
here a little easier, and less error prone. 

it would be very helpful for sites that have a ton of VLANs - with this 
method you could have your senior admins create profiles for all your 
VLANs ahead of time - then easily have your junior admins assign network

profiles based on the location of a desktop for example (we use a 
separate VLAN for each teleco closet here - and system moves are pretty 
frequent unfortunately).

<snip>
> In the background, my guess is that the information is still stored
the
> same way, and if a network profile is changed, systems that use it are
> synced whenever a cobbler sync occurs.
>   
Yea that would be best I think - you may want to make these changes to 
many systems for example, but only have dhcpd change it's config after a

sync. 

great idea!

-pete

-- 
Peter Wright
Systems Engineer
Sony Pictures Imageworks
wright at imageworks.com
www.imageworks.com


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