Jumpstart(Solaris 9)

Please read the solution in the following Sun Doc:

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Document Audience: SPECTRUM
Document ID: 50741
Title: Warning:add_install_client fails with "No interfaces configured for client_ip_address
Update Date: Mon Feb 14 00:00:00 MST 2005
Products:  Solaris
Technical Areas:  JumpStart

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Keyword(s):jumpstart, add_install_client, No interfaces configured for, subnet, Timeout waiting for arp/rarp request, client See Also:InfoDoc: #70955 Handsoff Jumpstart[TM] using "sysidcfg" with no Nameservice InfoDoc: #17710 Jumpstart[TM] Problems Using A Mult

Problem Statement:  

 Warning: add_install_client fails with "No interfaces configured for <client_ip_address>

First, the above warning may occur while attempting to add a Solaris[TM] 2.x jumpstart client
via "add_install_client" command. The "add_install_client" command will succeed,
however, you will receive the above warning while adding the client. The "Warning" occurs
if the client's IP address is not under the same subnet as the jumpstart server.

Next, while attempting to boot the client over the network, you will receive:

       Timeout waiting for arp/rarp request

In this case, the "Timeout" occurs as a direct result of the client not being on the same subnet as the server

Resolution:  

1. Assign an IP address to the client which is part of the same subnet as the server.

The below script can help to determine if the IP address of both the server and client are part of the same subnet.

Note: The below script works on a "as is" state to provide an automated method of quickly determining
if the client resides on the same subnet as the server.

Script name: checknetwork.sh

Arguments needed to execute script. # ./checknetwork.sh <Netmask in Hex> <ServerIP> <ClientIP>

Netmask in Hex format: the server's interface netmask to which the jumpstart
client is connected to. You can find the hex value for the servers netmask by typing:

             # ifconfig -a
               lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
               inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
               hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
               inet 192.168.0.5 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 129.147.44.255   <--See netmask value = ffffff00

Server's ipaddress: IP address of the server's interface to which the jumpstart client is connected.

Client's ipaddress: IP address of the jumpstart client

               Example: # ./checknetwork.sh ffffff00 172.20.10.74 172.20.10.76

Copy and paste the below script into a file named "checknetwork.sh" on the server, giving it 777 permissions.

               Example: #chmod 777 checknetwork.sh

Script begins below the line

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  #!/bin/sh

 #
 # check_network:
 #    This function splits out the parts of each the netmask($1), the
 # server ipaddress($2), and the client ipaddress($3).  It ANDs each
 # part of the server ipaddress with the associated part of the
 # netmask.  It also ANDs each part of the client ipaddress with the
 # associated part of the netmask.  The final setp is to determine if
 # the results of the two ANDs are equal.  If they are equal the client
 # is on the same network interface as the server ipaddress.
 #
 # INPUTS:
 #    netmask - netmask of the server network interface, $1
 #    server ipaddress - network address of the server network interface, $2
 #    client ipaddress - network address of the client machine $3
 #
 # OUTPUTS:
 #    NETWORK_MATCHED -- 0, not matched
 #                       1, match found
 #

 # split out the parts of the netmask
       nm1=`expr $1 : '\(..\)......'`
       nm2=`expr $1 : '..\(..\)....'`
       nm3=`expr $1 : '....\(..\)..'`
       nm4=`expr $1 : '......\(..\)'`

       # split out the parts of the server ip address
       SNO1=`expr $2 : '\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       SNO2=`expr $2 : '[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       SNO3=`expr $2 : '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       SNO4=`expr $2 : '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)'`

       # AND the server ipaddress and the netmask
       SNF1=`echo "0t${SNO1}&${nm1}=d" | adb`
       SNF2=`echo "0t${SNO2}&${nm2}=d" | adb`
       SNF3=`echo "0t${SNO3}&${nm3}=d" | adb`
       SNF4=`echo "0t${SNO4}&${nm4}=d" | adb`

       tmp="${SNF1}.${SNF2}.${SNF3}.${SNF4}"
       MASKED_SRVR=`echo $tmp | sed 's/ //g'`

       # split out the parts of the client ip address
       CNO1=`expr $3 : '\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       CNO2=`expr $3 : '[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       CNO3=`expr $3 : '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)\..*'`
       CNO4=`expr $3 : '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]*\)'`

       # AND the client ipaddress and the netmask
       CNF1=`echo "0t${CNO1}&${nm1}=d" | adb`
       CNF2=`echo "0t${CNO2}&${nm2}=d" | adb`
       CNF3=`echo "0t${CNO3}&${nm3}=d" | adb`
       CNF4=`echo "0t${CNO4}&${nm4}=d" | adb`

       tmp="${CNF1}.${CNF2}.${CNF3}.${CNF4}"
       MASKED_CLNT=`echo $tmp | sed 's/ //g'`

       NETWORK_MATCHED=0

       if [ ${MASKED_SRVR} = ${MASKED_CLNT} ]; then
           NETWORK_MATCHED=1
          echo "The server and the client address are on the same subnet"
         else
          echo "The server and the client address are not on the same subnet"
       fi                        

 #End of Script

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After running the script, the output will be either:

       "The server and the client address are on the same subnet"
       "The server and the client address are not on the same subnet"  

Note: Determining valid network subnet values is out of the scope of this document. You can use internet
search engines for "network calculators" as a means to determine valid network address ranges.

Temporary Workaround:  


Additional Information:
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