Dynamic Diskless Client

[Justin McKinley]

I'm looking to do a simple cluster on an isolated network of 3 computers (one server, the other two diskless clients) using HP-UX 10.20 on the server. The problem is that these 3 computers could be any one of MANY computers (all same configuration), so I am unable to set up clients via SAM, as it requires each client's hardware address. That (not having or not wanting to get each client's hardware address) is the only issue in this configuration. Thus, i'm looking for advice / guidance on how to set up the cluster so that i can have any given two clients do diskless boots without the server's knowledge of their hardware addresses. Thanks in advance for any help!

[Berlene Herren]

How about using DHCP?

Berlene

[Justin McKinley]

That's the problem - I could setup DHCP to blindly give each machine an IP address, but the configuration for the diskless clients requires a hardware address (which is what i'm trying to avoid). There's no clear path (as far as i can see) to using DHCP in place of, or in tandem with, BOOTP (which is what it seems that the clients need in order to boot). I'm hoping that either I've missed something or that someone has tried the same thing and found a way around it.