[netmagis] Re: Problem to translate multi-view in Netmagis etc ...
- From: Jean Benoit <jean@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: netmagis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:01:29 +0200
On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 05:30:15PM +0200, Benoit Mandy wrote:
> Netmagis is great and we decide to use it. (on CentOS 6.2 -
> some problems with "grant" on postgresql, some problems with ldap
> connection, with shell scripts, but now it's ok)
> We have some questions and didn't find any answers in documentation.
> - Search host by 'mac address' without TOPO installation ?
There is a specific problem if you collect mac address on uplink ports :
the mac address occurs more than once on your network. It becomes very
difficult to locate a host...
That's why the TOPO module is needed. It informs the mac address polling
process about which switch ports should be processed : mac addresses
are collected only on edge ports or never collected on uplink ports.
> - We use views in our configuration. So, depending on where the
> client comes from, the answer for the same domain will be different.
> (For example : inside, it could be a private address and of course
> from outside, it will be a public on for the same FQDN). How can we
> do that ?
You can't do this for the moment : if a host has multiple addresses, the
zone file will have all its addresses associated to its domain name.
An interface and a data structure are needed to tell to which view an IP
address belongs.
> - Declare the same 'mac address' on multiple host in the same
> domain. (for example : Visioconference station on multiple vlans)
If it's the same host, why does it have different names ?
You can have a host with a mac address and multiple IP addresses. The
DHCP server will give the right address depending on the originating
subnet of the request.
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Jean Benoit
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