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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:49:43 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
Cc: "dl-Design Review" <dl-designreview@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: [Zonda] Network initial config via WebUI -- system component
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Then we would have to use some kind of discovery like bonjovi to find
the gateway.  And the implementation time goes way up.  The idea is to
free ourselves of the console all together, because serial is ancient,
akward and not pretty.  Although we could make it prettier.  But that's
another discussion.

a

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:40:55 -0700 "Tim Gardner"
<tim.gardner@onstor.com> wrote:

> Why don't we just do like NetApp does?
> If DHCP is enabled on the network, the filer configures its SC port
> using DHCP. Admin then uses a browser to complete configuration.
> If no DHCP, you have to use the console port.
> 
> Take a look at the netapp install docs at
> \\mightydog\docs\netapp_docs_64
> 
> Tim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:33 AM
> Cc: dl-Design Review
> Subject: Re: [Zonda] Network initial config via WebUI -- system
> component
> 
> Again, not simple enough to implement.  We can't always stop the
> customer from doing lots of stupid things to themselves.  We could run
> the dhcp server only on the second interface or other things to
> ammeliorate this.
> 
> In addition to this scheme, we can also pre-configure boxes before
> shipping them to customers in some cases.  This would be a good
> additional capability for ops.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> a
> 
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 "Jeseem S" <jeseem@onstor.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Andy,
> > 	IMHO
> >    The one drawback I see is if the customer plugs in the filer
> > without configuring it. He will introduce a new DHCP server in the
> > server farm and may potentially destablise other devices (other
> > pcs/servers or phones may pick up ip from the filer's dhcp server).
> > So not many administrators will accept devices which have default
> > dhcp server into their network.
> > 
> > The alternative solution is to have default dhcp client behaviour
> > and if it fails to fallback to 169.254.0.0 subnet as windows pcs do
> > currently. If we get a valid dhcp ip , then update dynamic dns (bind
> > or windows dns) with a default name.
> > 
> >  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Brown 
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:57 AM
> > To: Andy Sharp; Charissa Willard
> > Cc: dl-Design Review
> > Subject: Re: [Zonda] Network initial config via WebUI -- system
> > component
> > 
> > Andy, it would be even easier if you add support for boujour which  
> > will take your idea to the next level and make it so you don't
> > have to plug your laptop's ethernet cable directly into the
> > gateway, but will allow you to do the same thing by just plugging
> > the gateway directly into the network as it would be normally would
> > be, and would allow you to configure it that way (via boujour (i.e.
> > dhcp)), and it would allow you to have any number of gateways
> > plugged in and still it would work fine, and it would continue to
> > work as an dynamic dns/ dhcp after it is configured.
> > 
> > http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> > 
> > On Apr 24, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > 
> > > I've heard that we are going to try and have a WebUI initial
> > > (install) config thing for Zonda release, so I thought I would
> > > write up how I think we should make the system level network part
> > > of that equation happen.  This what I planned to do for Linux
> > > regardless of how the config was done, rather than use a serial
> > > port.
> > >
> > > I'm asking for RFC at this time.  If there are no objections or
> > > questions, I'll schedule a meeting if people think it's necessary.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > a
> > > <dhcpd_initial_ip.txt>
> > 
