pxe clients and pools

[Brendan Kearney]

On 10/15/2016 02:40 PM, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
>
> On 15 October 2016 19:17:59 GMT+01:00, Brendan Kearney <bpk678 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Even if i were to clear the leases from the dhcp
>> servers, NM would still request an IP from the pxe client range.
>>
>> how can i manage this so that i can have pxe clients in the one pool
>> when needed, but once they are done building, they get an ip from an
>> appropriate pool, based on the criteria of that pool?
>>
> Class definitions aren't useful inside a pool. Move them out, and eliminate duplicates.
>
> You haven't set any criteria (allow/deny) in your pool definitions.

good point on the classes.  did not know that.  odd, though that any of 
it works at all.  when i am not in this odd ball scenario, the host 
always gets an IP from the correct pool.  is it just a happy accident, 
or something else?

my concern is that the pxe build process results in an IP being 
requested a couple of times, as i have been told.  the pxe client makes 
a request, and then the installer (anaconda, in my case) makes a 
request.  anytime after the pxe client makes the request, the vendor 
classs identifier will not be the pxe client, and the installer will get 
an IP from a pool not meant for pxe building.