=head1 NAME B - Creates and updates DHCP configuration files. =head1 SYNOPSIS B B<-n> [B<-l>|B<--localonly>] B B<-a> [B<-l>|B<--localonly>] B B<-a -d> [B<-l>|B<--localonly>] B B<-d> I [B<-l>|B<--localonly>] B I [B<-s> I] [B<-l>|B<--localonly>] B [I<-h|--help>] =head1 DESCRIPTION The B command creates and updates the DHCP configuration on the management node and service nodes. The B command is supported for both Linux and AIX clusters. =over 3 =item 1. Start by filling out the L table properly. =item 2. Then use the B option to create a new dhcp configuration file. You can set the site table, dhcplease attribute to the lease time for the dhcp client. The default value is 43200. =item 3. Next, get the node IP addresses and MACs defined in the xCAT database. Also, get the hostnames and IP addresses pushed to /etc/hosts (using L) and to DNS (using L). =item 4. Then run B with a noderange or the B<-a> option. This will inject into dhcpd configuration data pertinent to the specified nodes. On linux, the configuration information immediately takes effect without a restart of DHCP. =back If you need to delete node entries from the DHCP configuration, use the B<-d> flag. =head1 OPTIONS =over 12 =item B<-n> Create a new dhcp configuration file with a network statement for each network the dhcp daemon should listen on. (Which networks dhcpd should listen on can be controlled by the dhcpinterfaces attribute in the L table.) The B command will automatically restart the dhcp daemon after this operation. This option will replace any existing configuration file (making a backup of it first). For Linux systems the file will include network entries as well as certain general parameters such as a dynamic range and omapi configuration. For AIX systems the file will include network entries. On AIX systems, if there are any non-xCAT entries in the existing configuration file they will be preserved and added to the end of the new configuration file. =item B<-a> Define all nodes to the DHCP server. (Will only add nodes that can be reached, network-wise, by this DHCP server.) The dhcp daemon does not have to be restarted after this. On AIX systems B will not add entries for cluster nodes that will be installed using NIM. The entries for these nodes will be managed by NIM. =item I Add the specified nodes to the DHCP server configuration. =item B<-s> I For the input noderange, the argument will be interpreted like dhcp configuration file text. =item B<-d> I Delete node entries from the DHCP server configuration. On AIX, any entries created by NIM will not be removed. =item B<-a -d> Delete all node entries, that were added by xCAT, from the DHCP server configuration. =item B<-l>|B<--localonly> Configure dhcpd on the local machine only. Without this option, makedhcp will also send this operation to any service nodes that service the nodes in the noderange. =item B<-h|--help> Display usage message. =back =head1 RETURN VALUE 0 The command completed successfully. 1 An error has occurred. =head1 EXAMPLES =over 3 =item 1. Create a new DHCP configuration file and add the network definitions: makedhcp -n =item 2. Define all nodes to the dhcp server: makedhcp -a Note: This does not add nodes that will be installed with AIX/NIM. =item 3. Will cause dhcp on the next request to set root-path appropriately for only node5. Note some characters (e.g. ") must be doubly escaped (once for the shell, and once for the OMAPI layer). makedhcp node5 -s 'option root-path \"172.16.0.1:/install/freebsd6.2/x86_64\";' =back =head1 FILES DHCP configuration files: [AIX] /etc/dhcpsd.cnf [SLES] /etc/dhcpd.conf [RH] /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf =head1 SEE ALSO L