Satellite bound to a VLAN interface

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Hello,

Is it possible to bind Satellite to a VLAN interface? I tried and was not able to make it work. DHCP discovery packets never make to the VLAN interface on the Satellite server (because PXE client is not VLAN aware?). I think I read most of the documentation, but not able to find a solution. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Ashok

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Hello,

Can you use a boot disk for the clients? That way you can configure a VLAN interface at boot time. See Boot Options in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Installation Guide.

A more complicated way: iPXE can configure VLANs ipxe.org/cmd/vcreate and you could use PXE to load iPXE PXE booting via HTTP for kickstart . You need to check if there is an iPXE driver for the NIC in your clients first.

HTH

Stephen, Thanks.

Will look into the 2 options more closely. I imagine both of those options are not fully automated and needs some manual interaction.

Thanks, Ashok

looks like the iPXE version libvirt has does not have the vcreate command

iPXE> help

Available commands:

  config          cpuid           dhcp            pxebs           ifopen
  ifclose         ifstat          ifconf          imgfetch        module
  initrd          kernel          chain           imgselect       imgload
  imgargs         imgexec         boot            imgstat         imgfree
  login           menu            item            choose          show
  set             clear           read            inc             reboot
  route           sanhook         sanboot         sanunhook       prompt
  goto            sync            autoboot        sleep           iseq
  isset           exit            echo            shell           help

libvirt version:

[root@kvm2 tools]# virsh --version
2.0.0
[root@kvm2 tools]#

Hello, are you using iPXE build from RHEL? That might be older version. Use newer version: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2143311

Hello Lukas,

Yes, the version shipped with RHEL 7.2. Will try the newer version.

Thanks, Ashok

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