Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual page 385

These are the settings that the device is told to use after it is imaged. It uses them for Preboot
Services work any time it reboots.
Use DHCP: Allows the devices to be dynamically assigned IP addresses.
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, using the DHCP option causes a "Could not look up
Internet address..." message to be displayed during bootup. This is because zislnx does not
know the IP address when DHCP is being used, so the
image does not have the new IP address and host name. Simply select the Log In Anyway
option to continue. Then to prevent this message from displaying each time the device
boots, edit the
/etc/hosts
Specify address list: Uses IP addresses to identify your devices. The addresses you add to
the list are available to be used by your devices. This way, you can specify a range of IP
addresses or individual IP addresses that you want your devices to use. For example, you
can ensure that all of your lab devices use addresses between 10.0.0.5 and 10.0.0.25.
If you select this option, the following fields are displayed:
Subnet mask: (Optional) For assigning devices to a specific subnet mask.
Default gateway: (Optional) For assigning devices to a specific gateway for access to the
Internet or network after the device is imaged and rebooted.
IP addresses available for machines: According to the information you provide in this
section, this list box displays the available IP addresses for your devices to use.
file on the device and add in its IP address.
file contained in the
/etc/hosts
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