Set attributes in the site
table
Verify the following attributes have been correctly set in the xCAT
site
table.domain
forwarders
master [1]
nameservers
For more information on the keywords, see the DHCP ATTRIBUTES in the site table.
If the fields are not set or need to be changed, use the xCAT
chdef
command:chdef -t site domain="domain_string" chdef -t site fowarders="forwarders" chdef -t site master="xcat_master_ip" chdef -t site nameservers="nameserver1,nameserver2,etc"
Initialize DNS services
Initialize the DNS [2] services on the xCAT Management Node:
makedns -n
Verify DNS is working by running
nslookup
against your Management Node:nslookup <management_node_hostname>
For more information on DNS, refer to Cluster Name Resolution
Setting up name resolution and the ability to have hostname resolved to IP addresses is required for xCAT.