How to configure HP9000 a DHCP client

[Cai Nan]

Morning,all
I want to configure HP9000 a DHCP client,so I do changes on /etc/rc.config.d/netconf:
IP_ADDRESS[0]=""
SUBNET_MASK[0]=""
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]=""
LANCONFIG_ARGS[0]="ether"
DHCP_ENABLE[0]=1

ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=default
ROUTE_MASK[0]=""
ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]=""
When I reboot, I use netstat -I lan0,and got
:Network--None and Address-None./etc/rc.config.d/netconf:DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0
Could it be configured a DHCP client?

Thank you!
--Frank

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Setting DHCP_ENABLE to 1 is sufficient for running your system as a DHCP client.

Verify that your DHCP server is running and accessible. Is your DHCP server on the same broadcast domain (eg. VLAN) as your DHCP client?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Cai Nan]

Hi,Steven.
One thing must be supply,this HP9000 is used in Win2000 network, DHCP server is Win2000 server.

Yes,the DHCP server and the HP9000 is in the same VLAN.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

On the DHCP server side, check your DHCP server logs to see if a request arrived from your DHCP client?

On the DHCP client side, check the /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log and /etc/rc.log for any error messages during DHCP client startup?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Ravi_8 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
In /etc/rc.config.d/netconf enabling DHCP_clinet[1] should make the machine as DHCP clinet, if it is not then here is something to check.
In /etc/inetd.conf for the bootps entry, is it commented? uncomment this and do #inetd -c , it should add the service correctly.

try #dhcpclient -b lano -u it should create an /etc/dhcpclient.data file

finally=>
1. set DHCP_client flag to 1 in netconf
2.edit netconf and remove the hostname for this system. (hostname should be "")
3.remove all dhcp* files that may exist from /etc
4.In /etc run touch dhcpclient.data so that 0 byte file is created
5.reboot the systemYou may also have a failure after the auto_parms script has rebooted the system since it may force you to put in an NIS domain. You will need to let the system timeout and the login.
6.After logging into system edit /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file and set the NIS_CLIENT ="" instead of 1
7.reboot the system and the system should now boot up properly

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
Just be careful to hook such a system to a DHCP server. You may end up with a changing IP address, which can spoil the installation of software like OmniBack II, where the licences depend on the IP address. In such a case you your server should have s static IP address.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes