Re: [opensuse] Multihomed network install

On 20 January 2012 20:39, Per Jessen wrote:

Javier Conti wrote:

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On Jan 20, 2012 2:38 PM, "Per Jessen" mailto:per@opensuse.org> wrote:  >  > Javier Conti wrote:  >  > > Hi list,  > >  > > I'm trying to (re)install a multihomed server with many interfaces  > > with SLES (in this case, although my curiosity also applies to  > > openSUSE 12.1). I'm using a network install, specifying network  > > parameters and Autoyast XML file on the kernel command line.  > >  > > Using the "netdev" parameter, I'm able to specify which interface  > > to use, but the problem is that interfaces don't get the same  > > names across reboots and only one has connection to the  > > install server. I have to try several times until it boots with the  > > correct name/interface association.  > >  > > Is there a way to specify the interface by MAC address instead  > > of by name?  >  > I often install on machines with multiple NICs - as far as I remember,  > the installation process will just try one after another until it hits  > one that works.  It'll take a while to skip to a working NIC, but it's  > only for one installation.

What do you mean? That not specifying "netdev" will try to configure the network with the given parameters on all interfaces, one after the other, trying to fetch the XML file, until it succeds?

I have not tried this with autoyast so ymmv, but yes, that is what I mean. Let us know how it goes.

Hi Per, the installation didn't work, but for another problem: the interface seems to take too long to come up. Launching the installer afterwards, with the interface already configured works fine. The probe for all interfaces works fine though, we have seen the system configuring the IP address on all the interfaces, one after the other, and that is exactly what we needed. Thanks for the info, regards, Javier

/Per

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