Configuration & Running of DHCP server in a Solaris Container

[Glenn Satchell]

Hi Paul

Someone did this and posted the results, 25 March 2006. Try a
search of the mailing list archives.

regards,
-glenn

>Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:57:05 +0100
>From: Paul Cassidy - Sun Microsystems - Solution Integration Engineer 
<Paul.Cassidy at Sun.COM>
>Subject: Configuration & Running of DHCP server in a Solaris Container
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>
>I'm trying to run the dhcp server in a Solaris 10 container/zone. The 
>server has built and
>installed without issue. But I am unable to start the server as it 
>cannot find the loopback
>interface lo0.
>
>Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.1.0
>Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
>All rights reserved.
>For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
>Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
>Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
>Can't get interface flags for lo0: No such device or address
>
>The container/zone does not have this interface, as it is a logical 
>mapped onto the global zone. The config
>only requires serving requests on the qfe4:1 interface
>
>lo0:3: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 
>8232 index 1
>        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
>qfe4:1: flags=1040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4> 
>mtu 1500 index 7
>        inet 192.168.20.232 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
>
>very basic config file:-
>
>        ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
>
>        subnet 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 {
>        }
>
>        subnet 129.159.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {
>        }
>
>        subnet 192.168.20.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>                range 192.168.20.10 192.168.20.100;
>        }
>
>        host etherlite01 {
>                hardware ethernet 00:A0:E7:21:B7:DE;
>                fixed-address 192.168.20.10;
>                filename "/tftpboot/80007009_E.bin";
>        }
>
>Can anyone help, or is this a none starter?
>
>-- 
>       Paul Cassidy,
>       Solutions Integration Engineer
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