ignite nightmare with mac addresses..

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

hi all,
I'm creating backup and restore scripts for ignite and while my ignite config looks good under /var/opt/ignite/clients/
ie hostname -> correctMAC

on reinstall, the lanscan output is not the same as ignites (GUI) view hardware.

what's gone wrong?

no mention of macs in /var/opt/ignite/data/../config.local or core11i.cfg

ignite version is:B.3.7.96 on 11.00


Later,
Bill

[Eugeny Brychkov · Accepted solution]

Bill,
I do not remember file names, but there are ones where mac addresses are written on installation. If you load this image to anoter hpux host mac addresses become the same as on original host :-(
Simpy on bootup hpux takes these mac address values from this file and overrides original card's mac addresses.
If you wish I can research which file to look for. I remember there are 2 files, for 10mb and 100mb cards. You simpy should remove these mac addresses, and originals will stay in effect.
Eugeny

[John Bolene]

the 10 meg file is

/etc/rc.config.d/hpetherconf

[Eugeny Brychkov]

100 mb is
/etc/rc.config.d/hpbase100conf
variable is HP_BASE100_STATION_ADDRESS
Eugeny

[Helen French]

This document might be help you (TKB #KBRC00002415):
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063200446