IP Package ocnfiuration with subnet mask

[Roberto Volsa]

Hello,
is it possible to configure a package IP indicating a particular subnet mask?
I need to configure a subnet with is not the default (if you configure SUBNET=10.10.10.0 then the netmask is chooses by default as 255.255.255.0).

Thanks and regards
RV

[Geoff Wild]

You can configure the subnet in the control script:

IP[0]=10.10.10.0 SUBNET[0]=10.10.10.128

Rgds...Geoff

[Roberto Volsa]

This is right Geoff, but i cannot configure a different subnet mask, which is what i need.

RV

[Geoff Wild]

Okay....

Say you need a SM of 255.255.248.0

And your ip you want is 10.10.10.136

That means your Network (subnet) would be: 10.10.8.0

So, in the package config file:

SUBNET 10.10.8.0

And in the control file:

IP[0]="10.10.10.136" SUBNET[0]="10.10.8.0"

And you netmask should be generated correctly - as 255.255.248.0

ifconfig lan2:1

Or whatever your lan card is set to...

Rgds...Geoff

[Stephen Doud · Accepted solution]

The standard package control script functions do not support adding a relocatable IP with a non-standard subnet to a NIC. Therefore, do NOT list the IP/SUBNET as a parameter pair in the package control script. Instead, edit the customer_defined_run_cmds to ifconfig the particular NIC with the IP/NETMASK that you need. Similarly, you MUST edit the customer_defined_halt_cmds to locate the correct LAN:index value to zero out the assignment when the package halts.
Note that HP has not tested this strategy and therefore does not support it.

[Geoff Wild]

Good call Stephen - probably why I don't do it - the only thing we have is heartbeat networks with differnet subnets - not relocatable ips...

Rgds...Geoff

[Roberto Volsa]

Hi Stephen,
the solution seems good.

Only a question now:
1- how to avoid package assign the relocatable IP address

Thanks in advance,
RV

[Roberto Volsa]

Solution found with stephen suggestion