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3.1 Configuring a DHCP Server

Install a DHCP server on the Linux head node. Then, to configure the server, do the following:

  1. Configure the service to run on startup, and change the DHCP Server configuration file (typically located at /etc/dhcp3/dhcp.conf or /etc/dhcp.conf). For Red Hat and SLES, run the following command to configure the service to run on startup:
    2. > chkconfig --level 3 5 dhcpd on
  2. Open the dhcp.conf file and configure preferred options.
  3. Add a "host" configuration section for each host, or for larger ranges of machines or IP address pools, consult the documentation for the DHCP server (man dhcpd).

The following is a sample DHCP Server configuration file:

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;
ddns-update-style ad-hoc; 
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
interface eth0;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.0.254;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2;
option domain-name "server.example.com";
range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.200;
} 
host node001 {
#hardware MAC address
 hardware ethernet 00:03:47:43:3F:73;
 # this is the unused IP address we will assign temporarily to the PXE client
 fixed-address 192.168.0.90;
#TFTP server address (should be same as Linux head node)
 next-server 192.168.0.1; 
 # path of the bootloader file, relative to tftpd's root (usu. /tftpboot)
 filename "pxelinux.0";
}
...
host nodeXXX {
  hardware ethernet 00:1F:29:C9:34:F6;
  fixed-address 192.168.0.99; 
  next-server 192.168.0.1;  
  filename "pxelinux.0";
}
Caution If your DNS configuration is pointing anywhere other than the Windows head node, you will see unexplained errors in your HPC/WMI configuration. If you intend to use any other DNS server (Windows or Linux), you must set up forwarding zones so lookups to the Windows Domain Controller are answered correctly.

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