Disabling the Plug-In Provided DHCP

By default, the OS Provisioning Plug-In creates and starts an ISC DHCP server to enable target hosts to boot and install over the network. If, however, you want to use your own DHCP server to respond to DHCP requests on your network, you can disable the provisioning software DHCP server.

If you disable the ISC DHCP server that is provided with the provisioning software, you must ensure that your DHCP server is correctly configured to respond to DHCP requests on your network, and responds to network boot requests.

To disable the ISC DHCP server that is provided with the provisioning software, set the com.sun.n1.isp.dhcp.DHCPManager.serverBinding property in the n1osp-dhcp.properties file as follows.

com.sun.n1.isp.dhcp.DHCPManager.serverBinding=com.sun.n1.isp.dhcp.NoDHCP

The n1osp-dhcp.properties file os located in the /opt/SUNWn1osp/etc/n1osp-dhcp.propertieson the OS Provisioning server.