Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - VIRTUAL SERVER ADMINISTRATION, Installation Manual

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Chapter 19. Sample Parameter Files
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For example (a sample qeth SUBCHANNEL statement):
SUBCHANNELS=0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602
The following parameters are optional:
HOSTNAME=string
Where
string
is the hostname of the newly-installed Linux guest.
NETTYPE=type
Where
type
must be one of the following: qeth or lcs.
IPADDR=IP
Where
IP
is the IP address of the new Linux guest.
NETWORK=network
Where
network
is the address of your network.
NETMASK=netmask
Where
netmask
is the netmask.
BROADCAST=broadcast
Where
broadcast
is the broadcast address.
GATEWAY=gw
Where
gw
is the gateway-IP for your eth device.
MTU=mtu
Where
mtu
is the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for this connection.
DNS=server1:server2:additional_server_terms:serverN
Where
server1
:
server2
:
additional_server_terms
:
serverN
is a list of DNS servers,
separated by colons. For example:
DNS=10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2
SEARCHDNS=domain1:domain2:additional_dns_terms:domainN
Where
domain1
:
domain2
:
additional_dns_terms
:
domainN
is a list of the search domains,
separated by colons. For example:
SEARCHDNS=example.com:example.org
PORTNAME=osa_portname | lcs_portnumber
This variable supports OSA devices operating in qdio mode or in non-qdio mode.
When using qdio mode:
osa_portname
is the portname specified on the OSA device when
operating in qeth mode. PORTNAME is only required for z/VM 4.3 or older without APARs
VM63308 and PQ73878.
When using non-qdio mode:
lcs_portnumber
is used to pass the relative port number as
integer in the range of 0 through 15.