Configuring The Network Interface - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

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4.4.2 Configuring the Network Interface

IMPORTANT: Configuring the Network Interface
All settings discussed here only apply to the network interface used during in-
stallation. Configure additional network interfaces in the installed system by
following the instructions given in Section "Configuring a Network Connection
Manually" (Chapter 17, Basic Networking, ↑Administration Guide).
Hostname=zseries.example.com
Enter the fully qualified hostname.
Domain=example.com
Domain search path for DNS. Allows you to use short host names instead of fully
qualified ones.
HostIP=192.168.1.2
Enter the IP address of the interface to configure.
Gateway=192.168.1.3
Specify the gateway to use.
Nameserver=192.168.1.4
Specify the DNS server in charge.
InstNetDev=osa
Enter the type of interface to configure. Possible values are osa, hsi. ctc, escon,
and iucv. (CTC, ESCON, and IUCV are no longer officially supported).
For the interfaces of type hsi and osa, specify an appropriate netmask and an
optional broadcast address:
Netmask=255.255.255.0
Broadcast=192.168.255.255
For the interfaces of type ctc, escon, and iucv (CTC, ESCON, and IUCV are
no longer officially supported), enter the IP address of the peer:
(page 285).
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Installation on IBM System z 69