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diff --git a/docs/cobbler.pod b/docs/cobbler.pod index 8326987..0962278 100644 --- a/docs/cobbler.pod +++ b/docs/cobbler.pod @@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ already looks like a mac address, this is inferred from the system name and does MAC addresses have the format AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. +If you would like to specify additional MACs, use --mac0=x, --mac1=y and so on. + =item ip If cobbler is configured to generate a DHCP configuratition (see advanced section), use this @@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ Example: ---ip=192.168.1.50 Note for Itanium users: this setting is always required for IA64 regardless of whether DHCP management is enabled. +If you would like to specify additional IPs, use --ip0=x, --ip1=y and so on. + =item hostname If using the DHCP configuration feature (see advanced section) with dnsmasq, use this to define a hostname for the system to @@ -222,6 +226,18 @@ basically ignored. Example: --hostname=mycomputer.example.com +If you would like to specify additional hostnames, use --hostname0=x, --hostname1=y and so on. + +=item --gateway and --subnet + +If you are using static IP configurations, you may find it useful to store gateway and subnet +information inside of cobbler. These variables are not used internally by cobbler, but are +made available in cobbler templates, which are described later in this document and on the Wiki. +For DHCP configurations, these parameters should be left blank. + +To describe gateway and subnet information for multiple intefaces, use --gateway0=x, --gateway1=y +and so on. Subnets work the same way. + =item --kickstart (optional) While it is recommended that the --kickstart parameter is only used within for the "profile add" command, there are scenarios when an install base switching to cobbler may have kickstarts created on a per-system basis (one kickstart for each system, nothing shared) and may not want to immediately make use of the cobbler templating system. This allows specifing a kickstart for use on a per-system basis. Creation of a parent profile is still required. If the kickstart is a filesystem location, it will still be treated as a cobbler template. @@ -237,6 +253,8 @@ If you are setting up a PXE environment with multiple subnets/gateways, and are By default, the dhcp tag for all systems is "default" and means that in the DHCP template files the systems will expand out where $insert_cobbler_systems_definitions is found in the DHCP template. However, you may want certain systems to expand out in other places in the file. Setting --dhcp-tag=subnet2 for instance, will cause that system to expand out where $insert_cobbler_system_definitions_subnet2 is found, allowing you to insert directives to specify different subnets (or other parameters) before the DHCP configuration entries for those particular systems. +If your system has multiple network interfaces, use --dhcp-tag0=x, --dhcp-tag1=y and so on. + =end =head2 ADDING A REPOSITORY TO MIRROR |