Hi Michael,
I've added the management interface field a while back. It was added for
the buildiso feature so that Cobbler could create a valid isolinux boot
line to setup static networking for multihomed systems.It can very well be
used in other places.... but i'm not sure.
Anyway as I intended it; it's the interface that gets used for the
provisioning process. You can specify more than one; there really is no
input validation on that kind of stuff.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Michael Tiernan <mtiernan(a)mit.edu> wrote:
I know what *I* think of when I see the button for "Management
Interface" when configuring a system but I'm curious about a couple of
things and I suspect getting them well documented for those who come
after us might be a good idea.
So, I'm going to pose them here in the hopes that it stirs others to
consider the info and/or answers and maybe allow a dialog where this
stuff gets more understanding across the board.
1) What exactly does cobbler think a management interface is?
2) Are there any restrictions or conditions on declaring something as a
management interface?
3) Does cobbler allow me to have more than one management interface?
(Either by error or design.)
4) Does value of the flag for "management interface" get used *anywhere*
else inside of cobbler or is it only an indicator?
5) What effect might I expect to see on a system that does NOT have any
interface declared as a management interface?
Thanks for everyone's time!
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